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A Ukrainian reservist learns fighting skills she hopes never to use
By Maria Tsvetkova KYIV (Reuters) - Alisa, a 38-year-old Ukrainian with an office job in the capital, had always enjoyed...
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Skiing in Lebanon too steep for most with currency in freefall
By Issam Abdallah BEIRUT (Reuters) - Skiing in Lebanon has long been a luxury for the well-off, but the eastern...
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Hard choice to flee Kyiv for British father fearing Russian war
By Felix Hoske and Maria Tsvetkova KYIV (Reuters) - Out of seven countries 45-year-old British businessman Daniel Williams has lived...
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Somali doctors open war-scarred nation’s only public blood bank
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - When Somalia's biggest bomb blast killed more than 500 people in 2017, Dr. Ahmed...
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Far from Russian border, western Ukrainian city offers safe haven
By Matthias Williams LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Joel Wasserman knew it was time to leave Kyiv when the United States...
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Extra flights out of Ukraine fill up ahead of feared invasion
By Andrius Sytas RIGA AIRPORT (Reuters) - Latvian flag carrier airBaltic is setting up extra flights out of Kyiv this...
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Hardship deepens amidst Syria’s frozen conflict
DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - After her son was killed fighting for the Syrian government in 2013, the state began paying Amouna...
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Cyclone Batsirai’s rains bring temporary relief to Madagascan water seller
By Christophe Van Der Perre SAMPONA COMMUNE, MADAGASCAR (Reuters) - Standing at the side of a highway in the south...
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Exclusive-Myanmar army defector recounts heavy losses inflicted by Chin rebels
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Wa Lone (Reuters) - A Myanmar army officer who defected and fled the country has detailed...
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Tunisian enthusiast recreates sea snail purple dye that defined ancient royals
By Jihed Abidellaoui TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian history enthusiast is making dye from sea snail shells inspired by a...
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Turkey’s ritual corpse washers say faith overcame COVID fears
By Umit Bektas ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Eda Elal has prepared corpses for burial in accordance with Islamic rituals nearly half...
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Ethiopia’s holy town of Lalibela struggles to heal wounds of war
LALIBELA (Reuters) - The bedframes where sleepy pilgrims used to rest at the Cliff Edge Hotel lie twisted under the...
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One trans woman’s fight against a bill that would criminalise Ghana’s LGBT+ community
By Francis Kokoroko KUMASI, Ghana (Reuters) - In a dimly-lit room with racks of women's clothing, Ghanaian artist and LGBT+...
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Hungary’s opposition fights Orban’s media strength one letterbox at a time
By Anita Komuves DUNABOGDANY, Hungary (Reuters) - Setting a brisk pace, 79-year-old Peter Nogradi pounds the streets of a sleepy...
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Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria
By John Davison JALAWLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Yousif Ibrahim no longer travels by night along the roads around his hometown...
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Cambodian lion dancers cling to craft amid COVID pandemic
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian dragon and lion dancer Gnuon Virak huddles his troupe together in a circle, before they...
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Ahead of key polls, India’s ruling party revives Hindu-Muslim dispute
By Alasdair Pal and Saurabh Sharma MATHURA, India (Reuters) - In the streets around a revered religious site in the...
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Elderly Ukrainian couple left behind in bombed out eastern village
By Maksym Levin NEVELSKE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Elderly couple Kateryna and Dmytro Shklyar are among the last residents of Nevelske,...
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British army pensioners fondly recall Queen Elizabeth’s coronation
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Army veteran Tony Judge was just four years old when a young Queen Elizabeth...
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Indian village mourns family who froze to death on U.S.-Canada border
By Amit Dave DINGUCHA, India (Reuters) - Relatives and neighbours of the Indian family who froze to death near the...
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