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By Robert Muller and Jason Hovet (Reuters) -Slovakia’s minority centre-right government lost a no-confidence vote on Thursday, raising political instability and possibly bringing an early election sometime in 2023 while …

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -The crew of a British fishing boat helped prevent what could have been a much larger tragedy when they rescued more than 30 migrants from …

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) – An agreement to relaunch a political transition in Sudan and unlock billions of dollars in frozen international support faces many pitfalls, …

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia is digging in for a long war in Ukraine and still wants to conquer the entire country, a senior Ukrainian military official said on …

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Negotiators in the U.S. Senate have reached a tentative deal to narrow sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine and plan to tuck the …

By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -Rudy Giuliani violated at least one attorney ethics rule in his work on a failed lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results on behalf of then-U.S. President …

DUBAI (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu urged key ally the United States to reaffirm its commitment to Saudi Arabia and pledged to pursue formal Israeli ties with Riyadh …

GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Thursday that further strikes on Ukraine’s infrastructure could lead to a serious deterioration of the humanitarian …

ROME (Reuters) – A migrant rescue charity caught up in a diplomatic row between Italy and France last month said on Thursday it urgently needs donations to keep its ship …

By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday it was unlikely the Black Sea grain deal would be expanded in the near term …

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament on Thursday passed a sexual and reproductive health law that allows girls aged 16 and 17 to undergo abortions without parental consent and, in a …

By Farouq Suleiman and Amanda Ferguson LONDON/BELFAST (Reuters) -National Health Service nurses in Britain staged a strike on Thursday, their first ever national walkout, as a bitter dispute with the …

By Jeffrey Dastin, Krystal Hu and Paresh Dave (Reuters) – ChatGPT, the new chatbot that is the talk of Silicon Valley, can spit out haikus, crack jokes in Italian and …

By Birsen Altayli, Ece Toksabay and Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) – Six months from an election in which Turkey’s opposition has its best shot at unseating President Tayyip Erdogan in …

By Stephen Grey, Maurice Tamman and Maria Zholobova (Reuters) – The hundreds of Russian drones hovering ominously over the Ukrainian battlefield owe their existence to an elastic, sanctions-evading supply chain …

SEOUL (Reuters) -International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said on Thursday the IAEA would make an all-out effort to stop North Korea’s nuclear programme and preserve international non-proliferation, …

By Makini Brice and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a stopgap one-week funding bill, a move intended to give lawmakers more time …

PRAGUE (Reuters) -Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti submitted a bid for Kosovo to join the European Union on Thursday, launching a process that could take years, if not decades, and …

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia holds an election for a new parliament on Saturday. Opposition parties say the legislative chamber – introduced under reforms that concentrated power in the hands of …

By Angus McDowall and Tom Perry TUNIS (Reuters) – President Kais Saied has dramatically reshaped Tunisian politics in his favour since mid-2021, amassing near total power in what critics see …

HAVANA (Reuters) – A bloc of left-wing countries meeting in Havana on Wednesday closed ranks in support of the ousted former president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, amid protests and roadblocks …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Parliament president Roberta Metsola told EU leaders on Thursday she would lead reforms to prevent a repeat of a corruption scandal that has rocked the assembly. …