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Zelenskiy says several draft documents prepared after 'productive' U.S. talks
KYIV, Dec 23 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that several draft documents, including on security guarantees, had been prepared after Ukrainian officials held talks in Miami with U.S. counterparts on ending Russia's war.
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Trump flew on Epstein jet eight times in the '90s, according to prosecutor email
WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump flew on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private jet "many more times than previously has been reported," according to an email from a New York prosecutor that forms part of a new batch of documents about Epstein released Tuesday by the U.S. Justice Department.
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Sinkholes in Turkey's agricultural heartland fuel farmers' concerns
KONYA, Turkey, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Hundreds of sinkholes have emerged in Turkey's central agricultural region due to dwindling rainfall and receding groundwaters, causing concern among farmers and environmental experts who see it as a worrying sign of climate change.
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Greenland's PM 'sad' about Trump's renewed interest in acquiring island
COPENHAGEN, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Tuesday he was "sad" about U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed expression of interest in acquiring the Arctic territory.
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US seeks to cancel thousands of asylum cases, CBS News reports
Dec 23 (Reuters) - The Trump administration launched a nationwide campaign to void asylum claims of thousands of people with active cases in immigration courts by arguing that they can be deported to countries that are not their own, CBS News reported on Tuesday.
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Trump's anti-corporate DEI campaign faces high legal hurdles
WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-discrimination enforcement agency has a high bar to clear to prove companies' diversity, equity and inclusion policies run afoul of the law, according to interviews with more than a dozen corporate legal and compliance experts.
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WhatsApp complains about restrictions in Russia after reported slowdown
LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - WhatsApp complained about restrictions to its service in Russia on Tuesday, accusing the authorities of trying to deprive more than 100 million Russians of the right to private communications before the holiday season.
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Now in their 50s, trans Latinas reclaim a youthful rite of passage
HOUSTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Like teenage girls across the Americas, Kassandra Rivas dreamed of having a quinceañera party, the rite of passage for 15-year-old Latinas.
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Hundreds protest in New Delhi over killing of Hindu man in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people protested near Bangladesh's High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday against the lynching of a Hindu man over allegations of blasphemy that has exacerbated tensions between Hindu-majority India and its Muslim-majority neighbour.
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Russia and US discussed 'irritants' in relationship, key issues unresolved, Interfax reports
MOSCOW, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday that Russian and U.S. diplomats had held talks on removing "irritants" in relations between the two countries but the main issues remain unresolved, Russian news agency Interfax reported.
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Why the boss of a Russian defence factory set fire to himself on Red Square
NEW YORK, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine opened a potential goldmine for Vladimir Arsenyev.
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Uganda restricts imports of Starlink equipment weeks before election
KAMPALA, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Uganda's government has restricted imports of Starlink satellite internet equipment weeks before a national election at which the opposition fears the government will again impose an internet blackout.
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Five Pakistani police personnel killed in 'gun and bomb' attack
PESHAWAR, Pakistan Dec 23 (Reuters) - Five Pakistani police personnel were killed on Tuesday when their van was ambushed in a bombing and shooting attack in the country's northwest, provincial police said, as Pakistan struggles with a resurgence of militant violence.
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Russian air attack on Ukraine kills three and sparks sweeping outages
KYIV, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Russian missile and drone attacks killed at least three Ukrainians including a child on Tuesday, triggering widespread emergency power cuts and prompting neighbouring Poland to scramble jets.
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Poland scrambles aircraft after Russia strikes Ukraine, Polish armed forces say
Dec 23 (Reuters) - Polish and allied aircraft were deployed early on Tuesday to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched airstrikes targeting western Ukraine near the border with Poland, the armed forces of the NATO-member country said.
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US military says one person killed in strike on suspected drug vessel in Pacific
Dec 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said it killed one person in a strike on a "low-profile vessel" suspected of carrying drugs in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday.
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says border residents taken to Russia had long interacted with neighbours
Dec 22 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that residents of a border village taken into Russia by Moscow's troops had interacted with their neighbours for years without incident.
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Trump says US has to have Greenland
PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States needs to have Greenland, not for critical minerals but for national security.
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Australian state set to pass tougher gun, hate speech laws after Bondi attack
SYDNEY, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state is set to pass tougher gun laws, ban the display of terrorist symbols and curb protests in an emergency sitting following the Bondi mass shooting, as authorities stepped up their response to the antisemitic attack.
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Kremlin says weekend Ukraine peace talks not breakthrough, Izvestia reports
Dec 23 (Reuters) - Talks between Russia and the United States in Miami on ways to resolve the conflict in Ukraine should not be seen as a breakthrough, the Izvestia news outlet cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying in remarks published on Tuesday.
