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Malian troops, foreign forces executed 500 people in village in 2022 – UN
By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) - Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign military personnel were likely to have executed at least 500 people during a five-day operation in the village of Moura ...
May 12, 2023
Pope says only rich can afford to have children in Italy
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Starting a family in Italy is becoming a "titanic effort" that only the rich can afford, Pope Francis said on Friday, warning that "savage" free-market conditions w...
May 12, 2023
Warring Sudanese factions fight on after failing to agree truce
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Air strikes and artillery pounded Khartoum on Friday after Sudan's warring army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary failed to agree a ceasefire despite committing to protect civ...
May 12, 2023
Yellen says most U.S. banks would be able to pay off uninsured depositors
NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) - Most U.S. banks, including those whose share prices are under pressure, would be able to pay off uninsured depositors, if they began to flee, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Y...
May 12, 2023
Fighting ebbs across Israel-Gaza border, ceasefire efforts go on
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Fighting subsided across the Israel-Gaza border on Friday after days of Israeli air strikes and Palestinian rocket fire disrupted li...
May 12, 2023
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet beefs up defences amid drone strikes -commander
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has said its defences are being tightened amid a flurry of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting its home base, the Crimean port of...
May 12, 2023
Northvolt considers building two battery plants in parallel – spokesperson
(Reuters) - Swedish batterymaker Northvolt could build two battery plants in parallel, a spokesperson said on Friday, after fears in Europe that the company would put plans on the continent on hold in...
May 12, 2023
Kyiv reports small gains around Bakhmut, decries Russian ‘false information’
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces have advanced by about 2 km around the eastern city of Bakhmut this week and have not given up any positions there in that time, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar ...
May 12, 2023
Frontline residents evacuated to Russian-controlled port before expected counter-offensive
BERDYANSK, Russian-controlled Ukraine (Reuters) - At a temporary accommodation centre in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk children evacuated from towns and villages near the fro...
May 12, 2023
U.S., German ministers discuss efforts to counter Russian sanctions evasion
NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Friday, underscoring the importance of working together to counter evasion of Western s...
May 12, 2023
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