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Senegal's parliament speaker quits two days after prime minister sacked
DAKAR, May 25 (Reuters) - Senegal's parliament speaker, El Malick Ndiaye, has announced his resignation, deepening political turmoil in the West African nation two days after the president dismissed the government.
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Latvian lawmaker moves to form new government, eyes vote as soon as this week
RIGA, May 25 (Reuters) - Latvian opposition lawmaker Andris Kulbergs of the United List said on Monday he aimed to form a four-party majority government after the ruling coalition collapsed this month over national security concerns, though a final deal has yet to be struck.
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Qalibaf reelected as Iran's parliament speaker, Fars says
DUBAI, May 25 (Reuters) - Iran's top negotiator in talks with the United States, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, has been reelected as the country's parliamentary speaker, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday.
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Iran executes man involved in January protests, state media reports
DUBAI, May 25 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man over charges related to the anti-government protests that took place nationwide in January, state media reported on Monday.
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Rubio says US prepared for later nuclear talks if Iran opens Hormuz strait
WASHINGTON (Bernama-Xinhua): United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States (US) was prepared to enter "into very serious talks" about Iran's nuclear programme if Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, Xinhua reported, citing The New York Times on Sunday (May 24).
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Philippine rescuers racing against time a day after deadly building collapse
ANGELES, Philippines, May 25 (Reuters) - Philippine rescuers were racing against time on Monday in a search for possible signs of life more than 24 hours after the collapse of a building under construction in the city of Angeles, with crews carefully removing rocks and surrounding debris by hand.
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Toshifumi Suzuki, father of Japan's convenience stores, dies at 93
TOKYO, May 25 (Reuters) - Toshifumi Suzuki, the founder of Seven-Eleven Japan and widely regarded as the father of Japan's convenience store industry, died of heart failure on May 18, Seven & i Holdings said on Monday. He was 93.
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Colombian presidential candidates wrap up campaigns with big rallies
BOGOTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Colombia's presidential candidates wrapped up their campaigns on Sunday with rallies that drew massive crowds, ahead of a May 31 vote that analysts predict will result in weeks of heated and deeply polarizing debate ahead of a June 21 runoff.
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Venezuelan inmates take to prison roof to protest shootings, abuse
CARACAS, May 24 (Reuters) - Prisoners in Venezuela's western Barinas prison staged a protest on the roof of the detention center on Sunday, piling flaming mattresses and calling for the removal of the prison's director, who they said had overseen guards as they shot unarmed prisoners.
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More than 900 suspected Ebola cases identified in DRC, WHO chief says
May 24 (Reuters) - More than 900 suspected Ebola cases, including 101 confirmed cases, have been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo, WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday.
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Pessimism over U.S. deepens among Canadians: poll
OTTAWA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Canadians expressed deep anxiety over the direction of the United States, with 80 percent of them saying their southern neighbor is on the wrong track, according to a survey released on Sunday by Abacus Data.
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"Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" tops North American box office in opening weekend
LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Disney and Lucasfilm's science-fiction film "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu" dominated the North American box office with an estimated three-day cume of 82 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend, data from measurement firm Comscore showed on Sunday.
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Forensic experts sift through ruined dormitory in Russian-held Luhansk region
(In paragraph 8, corrects surname from Lantrova to Lantratova)
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5 to 7 patients dying daily in Gaza due to delays in accessing treatment abroad: official
GAZA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Between five and seven patients are dying daily in the Gaza Strip due to delays in accessing treatment abroad, a medical official said on Sunday, as dozens of Palestinians protested against the Israeli blockade and what they called a deliberate "starvation policy."
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Feature: All-out treatment ongoing after north China coal mine accident
TAIYUAN, May 24 (Xinhua) -- All-out efforts have been made to treat the injured, while rescue and emergency response operations are ongoing, following a deadly gas explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province.
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Benin's Wadagni takes office, vows better living standards, security
COTONOU, May 24 (Reuters) - Benin's new president, Romuald Wadagni, vowed at his inauguration on Sunday to confront rising security threats and to ensure economic growth translated into concrete improvements in people's lives.
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At least 8 killed in bus-truck crash in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 24 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed early Sunday morning after a passenger bus collided with a truck on a federal highway in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais, according to the Federal Highway Police.
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Roundup: China's innovation capacity, cooperation potential become discussion highlights at Trento Festival of Economics
TRENTO, Italy, May 24 (Xinhua) -- China-related discussions stood out across sessions on green transition, artificial intelligence and cooperation potential at the Trento Festival of Economics which concluded here on Sunday.
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China issues top-level red alert for flash floods in Anhui, Hubei
BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration jointly issued a top-level red alert for flash floods on Sunday amid torrential rain across the country's central and eastern regions.
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Turkish police force ousted opposition out of headquarters as crisis deepens
ANKARA, May 24 (Reuters) - Turkish riot police fired tear gas and forced their way into the main opposition party's headquarters to evict its ousted leadership on Sunday, fuelling a crisis at the heart of Turkey's democracy.
