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Ukraine reports battlefield clashes, drone strikes despite ceasefire
May 10 (Reuters) - Ukrainian officials reported on Sunday Russian drone strikes and nearly 150 battlefield clashes over the past 24 hours despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow.
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UKMTO says bulk carrier hit by unknown projectile near Qatar
DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - A bulk carrier reported being struck by an unknown projectile while sailing 23 nautical miles northeast of Doha, Qatar, the UK Maritime Trade Operations said on Sunday.
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Magyar sworn in as Hungary's prime minister on promises of change
BUDAPEST, May 9 (Reuters) - Centre-right leader Peter Magyar was sworn in as Hungary's prime minister on Saturday, propelled into office on promises of change after years of economic stagnation and strained ties with key allies under his predecessor Viktor Orban.
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Australia's Trump-aligned populists vow to fight mass migration after winning first lower house seat
SYDNEY, May 10 (Reuters) - Australia's right-wing populist One Nation party, which wants to emulate U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive deportations, vowed to focus on ending mass migration, after winning its first seat in the country's lower house.
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Two Singaporeans confirmed dead in Indonesia volcano eruption, bodies found
JAKARTA, May 10 (Reuters) - Two Singaporean nationals missing for days were confirmed dead on Sunday from the eruption of Mount Dukono on Indonesia's Halmahera island, the local rescue agency said.
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Putin says he thinks Russia-Ukraine war is coming to an end
MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end, remarks that came just hours after he had vowed victory in Ukraine at Moscow's most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years.
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Car bombing and shootout kills 14 Pakistani police officers
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan May 9 (Reuters) - A car bombing at a police post in northwestern Pakistan followed by an ambush on police personnel rushing to the scene has killed at least 14 officers, police said on Sunday.
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Spanish health officials board hantavirus-hit ship to start evacuating passengers
TENERIFE/MADRID, May 10 (Reuters) - Spain has begun the evacuation process of passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchored near Tenerife on Sunday, with health officials boarding the boat to conduct a final check and begin disembarking passengers, Spain's Health Ministry said.
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Putin says Ukraine war winding down, blasts West for backing Kyiv
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday (May 9) said the war in Ukraine was winding down, slamming Western support for Kyiv, as the first day of a US-brokered ceasefire was marked by mutual accusations of violations.
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Belarus commemorates 81st anniversary of victory in Great Patriotic War
MINSK, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Cities and towns across Belarus on Saturday held solemn ceremonies, exhibitions and cultural events to mark the 81st anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.
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WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents as hantavirus-hit cruise ship nears Canary Islands
MADRID, May 9 (Xinhua) -- World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday reassured residents on the Spanish island of Tenerife that the public health risk remained low as the cruise ship MV Hondius approached the Canary Islands following a hantavirus outbreak onboard.
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25 Bulgarian teenagers compete for spots in "Chinese Bridge" global final
VELIKO TURNOVO, Bulgaria, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese speeches, traditional cultural performances and a passion for China took center stage on Saturday as 25 Bulgarian teenagers competed in the final round of the 19th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign Secondary School Students in Bulgaria.
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WHO calls everyone aboard hantavirus-hit ship "high-risk" contacts
GENEVA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that all people aboard a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak should be considered "high-risk" contacts and actively monitored for 42 days.
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Britons aboard MV Hondius to isolate in England: media
LONDON, May 9 (Xinhua) -- British passengers and staff aboard the MV Hondius will be taken into isolation at a hospital in Merseyside, northwestern England, British media said on Saturday.
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African Investment, Trade Forum opens in Algiers, eyes economic integration
ALGIERS, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The 12th African Investment and Trade Forum opened in Algiers on Saturday, focusing on fostering partnerships to accelerate the continent's economic integration.
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Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea push for stronger cooperation at joint commission talks
HARARE, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea have called for deeper economic and diplomatic cooperation through expanded trade and stronger collaboration on African-led solutions to development challenges, senior government officials said on Saturday.
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Israel kills 31 more in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT: At least 31 people, including a member of the civil defence, were killed Friday (May 8) in wide-scale Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing Lebanon's official National News Agency.
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Russia holds scaled-back WW2 victory parade as worries over war in Ukraine deepen
MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - Russia held its most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years on Saturday due to the threat of attack from Ukraine, where victory for Moscow's forces has proven elusive more than four years into the deadliest European conflict since World War Two.
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Trump announces three-day Ukraine-Russia ceasefire
KYIV: US President Donald Trump announced a three-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia starting Saturday, saying he hoped it could lead to long term deal to end Moscow's war.
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Indonesia locates two Singaporeans missing after Mount Dukono eruption
JAKARTA, May 9 (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities on Saturday located two Singaporeans who went missing after Mount Dukono erupted on the Pacific island of Halmahera, officials said, but it was unclear whether they were alive.
