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Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin's residence so Moscow's negotiating stance will change
MOSCOW, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Ukraine had tried to attack President Vladimir Putin's residence in the Novgorod region and so Moscow's negotiating position would change, Interfax reported.
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Brigitte Bardot to be buried by the sea in Saint-Tropez
PARIS, Dec 29 (Reuters) - French film icon Brigitte Bardot, who died on Sunday aged 91, will be buried in a cemetery by the sea in the French Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez, a spokesperson for the local authority said on Monday, without giving a date.
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Putin amends law to let Russia ignore foreign criminal courts
MOSCOW, Dec 29 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law changes that give Russia the right to ignore judgements in criminal cases issued by foreign and international courts amid Ukrainian and European attempts to punish Moscow for its actions in Ukraine.
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Kosovo's 'political earthquake' election sees Kurti resurgent
PRISTINA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - An emphatic election victory for Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti marks a resurgence for the nationalist leader, ending a political deadlock in Europe's youngest state and potentially determining its domestic and international agenda for years.
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Trump-Zelenskiy talks yield no progress on Ukraine-Russia territorial issues
KYIV, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine on Monday remained far apart on territorial issues that are blocking a peace deal, despite progress on security guarantees for Kyiv at talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
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US pledges $2 billion in humanitarian support to UN, State Department says
GENEVA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The United States has made a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid, a U.S. State Department official said on Monday, following major foreign aid cuts by the Trump administration in 2025.
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Families demand answers a year after South Korea's Jeju Air crash
MUAN, South Korea, Dec 29 (Reuters) - A year after the worst air disaster on South Korean soil, families of the 179 people who died gathered around the battered concrete embankment where Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed, demanding answers and a thorough investigation.
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Three Turkish police, six Islamic State militants killed in clash, amid national crackdown
YALOVA, Turkey, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Three Turkish police officers and six Islamic State militants were killed in a gunfight in northwest Turkey on Monday, the Interior Minister said, a week after more than 100 suspected IS members were detained for planning Christmas and New Year attacks.
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Kremlin says Ukraine should withdraw troops from Donbas, and a Putin-Trump call expected soon
MOSCOW, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that Ukraine should withdraw its troops from the part of Donbas that it still controls if it wanted peace, and that if Kyiv did not strike a deal then it would lose yet more territory.
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Indonesian authorities recover body during search for drowned Spanish soccer coach and his children
JAKARTA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Indonesian rescuers on Monday found a body during the search for Spanish soccer coach Fernando Martin and his children after their boat sank near the coast of a popular tourist spot on Friday, the country's rescue agency said.
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Bangladesh’s Gen-Z party faces revolt over Islamist alliance, risking its future
DHAKA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - A Bangladeshi youth-driven party born out of the country's 2024 uprising is facing an open revolt from within after sealing an election alliance with an Islamist group, a move analysts say could jeopardise its future and reinforce established parties.
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Syria secures Assad-era mass grave revealed by Reuters and opens criminal investigation
Dec 29 - Syria's government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad and has opened a criminal investigation, following a Reuters report that revealed a yearslong conspiracy by the fallen dictatorship to hide thousands of bodies on the remote desert site.
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South Korea's ex-First Lady Kim received bribes and meddled in state affairs, prosecutor says
SEOUL, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The wife of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol interfered in state affairs in return for expensive valuables and money, a special prosecutor said on Monday.
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Australia says Bondi review to check if terror attack could have been averted
SYDNEY, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday an independent review into law enforcement agencies set up after the Bondi mass shooting will assess whether authorities could have taken additional steps to prevent the terror attack.
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Nepal's former rapper to run for PM in key vote after Gen Z protests
KATHMANDU, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Two popular leaders have formed an alliance ahead of March parliamentary elections in Nepal that will challenge the older parties which have dominated the Himalayan nation's politics for over three decades, party officials and analysts said on Monday.
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South Korean president vows to reveal truth on anniversary of Jeju Air crash
MUAN, South Korea, Dec 29 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday apologised to the families of the 179 people who died in a Jeju Air crash a year ago, vowing to reveal the truth behind the worst aircraft accident on the country's soil.
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Indonesia fire kills 16 people in retirement home
JAKARTA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - A fire at a retirement home in the city of Manado on Indonesia's on Sulawesi island has killed 16 people, a local police official was quoted as saying on Monday by state news agency Antara.
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Mexican train derailment kills at least 13 people, 98 injured
MEXICO CITY, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities said on Sunday that at least 13 people were killed after an Interoceanic Train carrying 250 people derailed in the southern state of Oaxaca.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees cruise missile launches
SEOUL, Dec 29 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of long-range strategic cruise missiles on Sunday, which confirmed the integrity of its nuclear power and counter-attack readiness in the face of security threats, state media KCNA said on Monday.
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Sudan's gold production reaches 70 tons in 2025
KHARTOUM, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's Ministry of Minerals said on Sunday the country's gold production for 2025 reached 70 tons, 13 percent higher than the target.
