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Russian warships make routine visit to Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) - Havana residents watched from shore on Saturday as Russian warships arrived for the second time in as many months, in a visit that Cuba called routine.
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Mali rebels say they killed and injured dozens of soldiers, Wagner mercenaries in fighting
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's northern Tuareg rebels said they had killed and injured dozens of soldiers and Wagner mercenaries in two days of fighting near the Algerian border, after the army said it had lost two soldiers but killed some 20 rebels.
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At least 22 killed in RSF attacks on Sudan's al-Fashir, says activist group
CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed when Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked the city of al-Fashir, a pro-democracy activist group said on Saturday, the worst toll after weeks of stalemate on that front in the country's civil war.
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Trump tells Christians they won't have to vote after this election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Christians on Friday that if they vote for him this November, "in four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not gonna have to vote."
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How El Chapo's son helped U.S. arrest fabled narco chief "El Mayo"
(Reuters) - As a propeller plane on Thursday whirred towards the U.S.-Mexico border to cross illegally, U.S. agents raced to meet it at a small municipal airport near El Paso, Texas, and arrest two men who were part of Mexican drug trafficking royalty.
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As racist and sexist attacks fly, Republicans grapple with how to take on Harris
(Reuters) - Republican nominee Donald Trump has called her "crazy," "nuts" and "dumb as a rock." Republicans in Congress disparage her as a diversity hire. Right-wing activists and trolls have smeared her online with racist, sexist and sexualized barbs.
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French minister says foreign involvement not ruled out in rail sabotage
PARIS (Reuters) -France's interior minister said on Saturday he could not rule out foreign involvement in an attack that sabotaged signal stations and cables on the country's high-speed rail network, causing travel chaos on the opening day of the Olympic Games.
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Ugandan police say 104 people were arrested in anti-corruption protests
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Police in Uganda arrested 104 people during anti-corruption protests this week and almost all of them have been charged with public order offences, a police statement said late on Friday.
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Trump to rally in Minnesota, seeking to blunt Harris' campaign momentum
(Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plans a campaign rally on Saturday in Minnesota as he tries to recapture momentum after Vice President Kamala Harris' whirlwind week that saw her emerge as his new Democratic opponent.
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Greece's former spy boss tells judges service did not use illegal malware in 2019-22
ATHENS (Reuters) - The former head of Greece's EYP intelligence service has denied allegations that the state agency used illegal phone malware in 2019-2022 to spy on targets, court documents show.
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Russia's Lavrov says US-South Korea nuclear guideline adds concern, media reports
SEOUL (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday a recently announced guideline on the operation of U.S. nuclear assets on the Korean peninsula is certain to add security concern in the region, South Korean and Russian news agencies reported.
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Nigeria courts convict 125 Boko Haram Islamist insurgents in mass trial
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-general's office said.
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Greece's Santorini bursts with tourists as locals call for a cap
SANTORINI, Greece (Reuters) - Armed with selfie sticks and phones, the tourists flood into Santorini from everywhere - on dinghies from giant ocean liners, on coaches that zigzag up the steep hillsides, atop donkeys that clip-clop along the narrow cobbled streets.
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Australia signs $1.4 billion deal to upgrade navy submarines
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Saturday it had signed a A$2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) four-year contract with state-owned submarine builder ASC to upgrade the navy's Collins class submarines.
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Australia's Wong urges Myanmar generals to take a different path and end conflict
(Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday the conflict in military-ruled Myanmar was worsening and her message to the ruling junta was the situation there was unsustainable and it should take a different path for the country and the people.
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FBI confirms Trump hit by bullet in assassination attempt
WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump was indeed hit by an assassin's bullet or a fragment of one, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday, putting to rest questions over the nature of the Republican candidate's wounding at a campaign rally this month.
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Biden will announce Supreme Court reform plans on Monday, Politico reports
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will announce plans to reform the Supreme Court on Monday, Politico reported citing two people familiar with the matter, adding he was likely to back term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics.
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Xinhua Headlines: Olympic Games return to Paris with spectacular waterborne opening ceremony
by sportswriter He Leijing
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Olympics | Sporting, showbiz stars come out at opening ceremony
PARIS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Friday in Paris was the day that the stars began to shine before the sporting events began, with a host of celebrities and political leaders seen in the city and at the ceremony.
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Man fatally shot at art gathering in U.S. Seattle
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26 (Xinhua) -- A man was killed in a shooting at an art gathering in Seattle, U.S. state of Washington, late Thursday, police said.