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Smiling King Charles visits cancer centre on his return to public duties
LONDON (Reuters) -A smiling and healthy-looking King Charles returned to public duties on Tuesday for the first time since he was diagnosed with cancer in February, telling patients at a treatment centre for the disease in London that he was "alright".
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2nd LD Writethru: Bus plunges into ravine, killing 25 in north Peru
LIMA, April 29 (Xinhua) -- As many as 25 people were killed and another 13 injured after a passenger bus plunged into a 300-meter-deep ravine in north Peru on Sunday night, authorities said on Monday.
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Iraq exports over 106 mln barrels of crude oil in March
BAGHDAD, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Iraq exported about 106.11 million barrels of crude oil in March, the country's Oil Ministry announced on Monday.
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As new Haiti leadership takes power, gangs demand a seat at the table
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's new transition council is set to choose the country's next president on Tuesday, but leaders of the gangs who have exerted increasing control are clamoring for political influence and amnesties and threatening violence if their demands are not met.
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Multiple injured after tornado hits parts of Texas
HOUSTON, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Multiple people were injured after a tornado with 100-mph winds touched down parts of Trinity County, U.S. state of Texas, overnight, authorities said on Monday.
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Multiple law enforcement officers shot in North Carolina
NEW YORK, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Multiple members of a U.S. Marshals fugitive task force were shot on Monday afternoon as they were conducting an investigation in a suburban area of Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina, according to local police department.
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Over 9.3 mln tourists visit Tunisia in 2023
TUNIS, April 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 9.37 million tourists visited Tunisia in 2023, marking a rise of 45.5 percent compared to 2022, said Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) on Monday, citing figures by the Tourism and Handicrafts Ministry.
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Brazil's government to launch commission to unlock South American integration projects
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government will soon create an interministerial commission chaired by the Planning Ministry to unlock projects for integration in South America, a top official said on Monday.
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Pro-Palestine encampment erected in UChicago, Northwestern universities
CHICAGO, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of University of Chicago (UChicago) students set up an encampment in the center of the campus on Monday, joining groups on over 100 university campuses across the United States in support of Palestinians.
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Four law enforcement officers killed in North Carolina, police say
(Reuters) -Four law enforcement officers were shot to death and four others were wounded on Monday in a gun battle that erupted while they were serving a fugitive arrest warrant at a house in Charlotte, North Carolina, authorities said.
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Duchess Sophie visits Ukraine in first trip by British royal since start of war
LONDON (Reuters) - Sophie, Britain's Duchess of Edinburgh, has visited Ukraine, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his wife in the first trip to the country by a British royal since the conflict with Russia began, Buckingham Palace said on Monday.
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U.S. dollar ticks down
NEW YORK, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Monday.
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G7 countries reportedly to commit to coal phase-out in 2030s
ROME, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The Group of Seven (G7) countries are ready to make a commitment to phasing out coal in the first half of the 2030s, local media reported on Monday.
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1st LD Writethru: At least 20 killed in northern Peru bus accident
LIMA, April 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 20 people were killed and over 10 others injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in northern Peru, local media reported Monday.
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Exclusive-UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Ukraine's Kharkiv
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, United Nations sanctions monitors told a Security Council committee in a report seen by Reuters on Monday.
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Argentina oilseed union strikes to protest Milei labor reforms
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's SOEA oilseed workers' union kicked off a strike on Monday to protest a labor reform bill backed by President Javier Milei, which hit the lower house floor for debate shortly before.
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Feature: Systematic training by Chinese company empowers local talent in Uganda
WAKISO, Uganda, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The continuous participation of Chinese enterprises in Uganda's economic development has equipped local employees with professional skills and knowledge, helping them to build their dreams.
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Interview: Positive prospects for Spanish job market despite Q1 setback, says economist
BARCELONA, Spain, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The prospects for Spain's labor market remains positive despite recently registering the worst employment figures since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Javier Vazquez, an economist at the University of Barcelona, told Xinhua on Monday.