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Vietnam police address ex-politician's car crash that killed a teenager
HANOI, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A former Vietnamese politician unintentionally killed a teenager in a traffic accident in central Hanoi last year but was exempted from criminal prosecution, a police officer told state television, shedding light for the first time on a case that has fuelled criticism online for months.
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Bolivia lawmakers likely force economy minister's removal in setback for President Paz
LA PAZ, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Bolivia's Congress voted on Tuesday to censure Economy Minister Jose Gabriel Espinoza, a decision President Rodrigo Paz's government said was unconstitutional and signaled would be challenged before the country's top constitutional tribunal.
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Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson begins appeal against sentence
SYDNEY, Aug 19 (Reuters) - An Australian court on Wednesday began hearing the appeal of a woman convicted of murdering three of her estranged husband's relatives with a meal laced with deadly mushrooms.
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Japan's farmers go nocturnal as deadly heat intensifies
NIKKO, Japan, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Long after sunset, Motoaki Iijima's illuminated greenhouse north of Tokyo glows like a lantern as the flower farmer harvests pink and orange gerberas, avoiding a daytime sun fierce enough to be deadly.
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US, South Korea to cut length, scope of military drills after Trump order
SEOUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) - South Korea and the United States will cut short annual joint military drills to five days from 11 and scale back some field training, the allies said on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump ordered a substantial reduction in U.S. participation.
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Climate change is driving record heat in Europe's seas, scientists say
BRUSSELS, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Human-caused climate change was the main driver of recent record-breaking sea temperatures around Europe, scientists said on Wednesday, warning of severe consequences for marine ecosystems and coastal communities.
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U.S. stocks close lower as tech shares sink
NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday as technology equities faced renewed selling pressure, while elevated crude oil prices and climbing government bond yields weighed on broader market sentiment.
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Iran says its ambassador met four nationals detained in Kuwait
DUBAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Iran's ambassador to Kuwait met four Iranian nationals who have been detained in Kuwait for three months, Iranian state media quoted Iran's embassy in Kuwait as saying on Tuesday, a few days after an Iranian military official accused Kuwait of withholding information about their fate.
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1st LD: Dozens killed in gold mine collapse on Cameroon-CAR border
YAOUNDE, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of miners were killed and many others trapped Tuesday after a gold mine collapsed in a border village between Cameroon and the Central African Republic (CAR), according to witnesses and local media reports.
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Urgent: Dozens feared dead in gold mine collapse on Cameroon-CAR border
YAOUNDE, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of miners were feared killed Tuesday after a gold mine collapsed in a border village between Cameroon and the Central African Republic, according to witnesses and local media reports.
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Interview: China's growing radio astronomy capacity helps push frontiers of cosmic exploration, Polish astronomer says
KRAKOW, Poland, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's growing radio astronomy capacity, led by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), can help scientists tackle some of astronomy's biggest unanswered questions, renowned Polish astronomer Aleksander Wolszczan has said.
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DOJ unseals new charges against 17 hackers in Iran-backed campaign
Aug 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday unsealed new and updated charges against 17 individuals working with an Iranian company that it alleges carried out hacks and data theft against U.S. universities, companies and government agencies.
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France to expel two Iranian diplomats in coming days, foreign minister says
PARIS, Aug 18 (Reuters) - France will expel two Iranian diplomats in the coming days in response to an incident in July involving two staff of the French embassy in Tehran.
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Ukraine's ousted defence minister calls for wartime elections
KYIV, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine's ousted Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections in a bombshell address on Tuesday, arguing the nation faced a crisis of governance, in the biggest internal challenge to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy since Russia's invasion.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro campaign adds Sachsida, market figures to policy team
BRASILIA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro on Tuesday unveiled new additions to his presidential campaign team, including former Mines and Energy Minister Adolfo Sachsida, who will help strengthen the campaign's economic platform.
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Kazakhstan's exports reach 40.3 bln USD in H1
ALMATY, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan's exports rose 8.6 percent year on year to 40.3 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2026, the country's Ministry of Trade and Integration said Tuesday.
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U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar advanced in late trading on Tuesday.
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Liberia agrees to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from US
MONROVIA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. in the coming year, and an initial group of 20 deportees is expected to arrive in the West African nation on Thursday, a government statement said on Tuesday.
