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Flooding kills at least 4 in Ethiopian capital
ADDIS ABABA, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Flooding in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa has left at least four people dead, local officials disclosed on Monday.
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Sri Lanka to add 49 official tourism zones
COLOMBO, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan government has planned to designate 49 additional locations as official tourism zones, State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage said here on Monday.
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Kenya distributes 15.3 mln malaria insecticidal nets targeting 27 mln people
NAIROBI, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The Kenyan Ministry of Health is distributing 15.3 million long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in 22 counties, targeting 27 million people at risk of malaria, a government official said on Monday.
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World Bank assures African countries of cheaper, long-term loans
NAIROBI, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank on Monday said it would provide concessional loans to African nations and work with governments to enable the continent's sustainable development.
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Ecuador sues Mexico at ICJ over granting asylum to former VP
QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador's foreign ministry said on Monday it has sued Mexico at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, asking it to find that Mexico's decision to grant asylum to former Ecuadorean Vice President Jorge Glas violated international law.
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Lawmakers scuffle again in Georgia over 'foreign agent' bill
TBILISI (Reuters) - A female Georgian member of parliament hit a male colleague with a water bottle on Monday as tempers ran high during discussion of a contentious "foreign agents" law.
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India protests over separatist slogans allowed at Toronto event
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India summoned the Canadian Deputy High Commissioner on Monday and expressed "deep concern and strong protest" after separatist slogans in support of a Sikh homeland were raised at an event addressed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Finnair pauses some Estonia flights due to GPS interference
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Finnair is pausing flights to Tartu in eastern Estonia for one month due to GPS disturbances in the area, the Finnish airline said on Monday.
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Killing of two Ukrainian soldiers may be political, German prosecutors say
BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors on Monday said they were not ruling out a political motive as they investigated a Russian citizen arrested on suspicion of stabbing to death two convalescing Ukrainian soldiers over the weekend.
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NATO chief, on unannounced Kyiv visit, says arms flows to Ukraine will increase
KYIV (Reuters) - NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg told Ukrainians on Monday that his alliance’s members had failed to live up to their promises of military aid in recent months, but said the flow of arms and ammunition would now increase.
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Turkey backs Rutte as next NATO chief, Ankara official says
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has told allies that it will back the candidacy of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to be NATO's next secretary-general, a Turkish official said on Monday, an important step towards securing him the top job.
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Bangladesh again shuts schools due to heatwave
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh again closed all primary schools across the country and educational institutions in almost half of districts including the capital as a severe heatwave saw temperatures climb above 43 degrees Celsius (109 Fahrenheit) on Monday.
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls for faster arms supplies as NATO chief visits
KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that vital U.S. weapons were starting to arrive in Ukraine in small amounts but deliveries needed to be faster as advancing Russian invasion forces were trying to take advantage.
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Greece convicts six and clears 15 over deadly blaze, victims' families protest
ATHENS (Reuters) - A man was convicted of involuntary arson on Monday for his role in Greece's deadliest wildfire in memory, and five former fire officials found guilty of misdemeanours linked to their response to the 2018 blaze, judicial sources said.
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Georgia at political crossroads as 'foreign agent' bill draws protests
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia faces more protests this week as lawmakers resume debate on a "foreign agents" law that opponents denounce as a Russian-inspired tool to crack down on freedom of speech.
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Indian lawmaker allied with Modi's BJP faces sexual harassment probe
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's southern state of Karnataka will investigate a lawmaker whose party is a key ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on suspicion of sexual harassment, the state's chief minister has said.
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Internet
US man charged with sex-related crimes, used Instagram to lure teens
A Boston man is being held pending a dangerousness hearing following an arraignment Thursday on several sex-related charges, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office.
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Social media
TikTok creators fear economic blow of US ban
TikTok has gone from a novelty to a necessity for many US small businesses, according to an Oxford Economics study backed by the platform.
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World
EU restricts visa provisions for Ethiopian nationals
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has decided to restrict its visa provisions for Ethiopian nationals due to a lack of co-operation from Ethiopia's government over repatriating those who stay illegally, the EU Council said on Monday.
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AI
ChatGPT faces Austria complaint for ‘uncorrectable errors’
A Vienna-based privacy campaign group said April 29 it would file a complaint against ChatGPT in Austria, claiming the “hallucinating” flagship AI tool invents wrong answers, which creator OpenAI cannot correct.