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Haitians hold voodoo rituals to honor ancestors amid crisis
By Gessika Thomas PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitians honored their ancestors to mark the Day of the Dead on Tuesday in...
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Poles visit cemeteries on All Saints Day
LUBLIN, Poland (Reuters) - Poles lit candles and laid flowers on their loved ones' graves on Monday to celebrate All...
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Indonesia’s rain-averting shamans back in business after pandemic hiatus
By Heru Asprihanto and Adi Kurniawan BEKASI, Indonesia (Reuters) - Seated cross-legged amid a fog of incense and platters of...
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Mexicans return to Day of the Dead celebration with a vengeance
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thousands of Mexicans crowded into the main avenue of Mexico City for a lively Day of...
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Man dressed as Joker injures 17 on Tokyo train
TOKYO (Reuters) -A 24-year-old man dressed in Batman's Joker costume attacked passengers on a Tokyo train line on Sunday evening,...
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Russian says he dressed as doctor to tend to grandmother in COVID ward
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Worried that hospital staff were neglecting his ailing grandmother in a Siberian COVID-19 ward, a Russian man...
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No crowd surfing, orderly queues: Ireland lays down new COVID-19 rules
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Crowd surfing will not be permitted at concerts in Ireland and nightclub goers must form a socially...
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Sydney circus bar set for encore after months of lockdown
By James Redmayne SYDNEY (Reuters) - A circus-themed bar in Sydney is readying to open on Monday for the first...
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Ban bikes and scooters on Moscow’s Red Square, says guard service
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin guard service wants Russians banned from riding bicycles, scooters and rollerskates on Red Square and...
Read more‘Cat Man’ on trial for murder in Argentina expelled from courtroom for meowing
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A man accused of killing his mother and aunt in Argentina, dubbed 'cat man' by local...
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Japan’s Princess Mako defies odds to marry college sweetheart, gives up title
By Elaine Lies and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Princess Mako, the emperor's niece, married her college sweetheart on...
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Japan’s former Princess Mako, husband: sad over incorrect reports
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's former princess Mako, who on Tuesday married her college sweetheart and left the royal family, said...
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Factbox: Who are Japan’s Princess Mako and her husband, Kei Komuro?
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Princess Mako, the emperor's niece, on Tuesday married her college sweetheart, a commoner...
Read moreJapanese Princess Mako’s long wait to marry ends at last
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Princess Mako, the emperor's niece, was married on Tuesday after years of criticism...
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With axes and stones, women make their mark on traditional Basque rural sports
By Vincent West MUNGIA, Spain (Reuters) - Women lifted heavy stones up to their shoulders and swung axes during the...
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UK government’s media tactics clash with parliamentary tradition
LONDON (Reuters) - The speaker of Britain's House of Commons chided the government on Monday for releasing chunks of its...
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Auf Wiedersehen: Merkel attends her swan song EU summit – probably
By Johnny Cotton BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will pause their meeting in Brussels on Thursday for a farewell...
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Japan Princess Mako’s long road to marriage nears its end
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Princess Mako, the emperor's niece, will be married next week after years of...
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Japan princess overcomes money scandal, PTSD to marry college sweetheart
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Princess Mako will marry a commoner in a subdued ritual on Tuesday after...
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Grapefruit-sized hail hits Australia’s east coast
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Record-sized hailstones fell across Australia's east coast this week, with ice pellets larger than grapefruits lashing residents...
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