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Qatar urges Taliban to cease fire at meeting in Doha
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar said it had urged the Taliban to cease fire and pull back their offensive in Afghanistan during a meeting between the Qatari foreign minister and a top representative of the Af...
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Germany’s Laschet wants army to get local helpers out of Afghanistan
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor, Armin Laschet, on Saturday called on the foreign ministry to quickly authorise the army to assist in the dep...
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Messi departure painful but Barca can’t live in past, says coach
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lionel Messi is now in Barcelona's past and the club must live in the present, coach Ronald Koeman said on Saturday, as his side prepare for a new LaLiga season without their gre...
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Czech Republic evacuates embassy in Kabul
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic was evacuating its two diplomats from its embassy in Kabul on Saturday as the security situation in Afghanistan worsened, Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek said. Af...
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Russia says firefighting aircraft crashes in Turkey – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that five Russian servicemen and three Turkish citizens were on board a Be-200 firefighting aircraft that has crashed in Turkey, Interfax ...
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Major earthquake strikes Haiti, felt across Caribbean
PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA (Reuters) -A major earthquake struck western Haiti on Saturday and was felt across the Caribbean where people fled their homes for fear that buildings might collapse. The magnitu...
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Factbox-What to watch for as the Taliban inch closer to Kabul
(Reuters) - The insurgent Taliban have captured Afghanistan's second- and third-largest cities, and a town just south of Kabul, and now have their sights set on the capital. Here are some facts about ...
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Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes Alaska peninsula – EMSC
(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7 struck the Alaska peninsula, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1023362 on Satur...
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Romanian PM Citu says will nominate Liberal lawmaker as Finance Minister
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Saturday he will nominate Liberal lawmaker and economist Dan Vilceanu as finance minister. Citu, who sacked former minister Alexandru ...
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Iran orders travel ban and shutdown amid COVID surge
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is to impose a one-week lockdown and a ban on road travel amid a fifth COVID-19 surge in the worst-hit country in the Middle East, state television reported on Saturday. All non...
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