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Kuwait sets June 6 date for legislative elections -KUNA
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait on Wednesday set June 6 as the date for its legislative elections, state news agency Kuna reported, two days after the Gulf state's parliament was dissolved by royal decree. ...
May 03, 2023
Nine killed in Serbia school shootings, Tanjug news agency reports
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Eight pupils and a security guard were killed when a boy opened fired in a Belgrade elementary school on Wednesday morning, news agency Tanjug reported, quoting a source in the in...
May 03, 2023
Political prisoners among 2,000 pardoned by Myanmar junta
(Reuters) - Myanmar's military government on Wednesday pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners, state media reported, among them a journalist and what activists and media said were numerous political detai...
May 03, 2023
Journalist on Ryanair plane diverted by Belarus jailed for 8 years – state media
(Reuters) - An opposition journalist who was arrested after being hauled off a Ryanair plane that was forced to land in Belarus almost two years ago was jailed for eight years on Wednesday, state news...
May 03, 2023
India to form committee to examine problems same-sex couples face
By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will set up a committee to look into the problems gay couples face in their day-to-day life, the government told the country's top court on Wednesday du...
May 03, 2023
UBS CEO: expects to close Credit Suisse takeover by end May, early June
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti said on Wednesday that the Swiss bank was working on closing its merger with Credit Suisse by the end of May or early June. Ermotti was speaking a...
May 03, 2023
El Nino likely to return this year, fuelling global temperatures – WMO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The El Nino weather pattern is likely to develop later this year and could contribute to rising global temperatures, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday. The WMO...
May 03, 2023
Three civilians killed in Russian attack on Ukrainian hypermarket – officials
KYIV (Reuters) - At least three civilians were killed and five wounded in a Russian attack on a hypermarket in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday, the Ukrainian prosecutor's office an...
May 03, 2023
Rugby-Former World Rugby Chairman Lapasset dies at 75
(Reuters) - Former World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset has died at the age of 75, the France 2023 World Cup organising committee said on Wednesday. Lapasset was World Rugby Chairman from 2008 to 201...
May 03, 2023
Advance Intelligence raises $80 million, led by Warburg Pincus, Northstar
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore-based Advance Intelligence Group has raised $80 million from a consortium led by existing investors Warburg Pincus and Northstar Group, the technology company said on W...
May 03, 2023
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