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Electricity in the air for one Cuban couple’s two-wheeler wedding procession

By Mario Fuentes and Alien Fernandez HAVANA (Reuters) - Wedding processions on wheels are nothing new along Havana's famous seafront drive, the Malecon, but this week electric motorcycles and scooters...

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Japan lodges protest with S.Korea over reported disputed islets military drill

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Foreign Ministry lodged a stern protest with the South Korean embassy in Tokyo and South Korea's foreign ministry over a military drill reportedly conducted practising the de...

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In Nigeria and much of Africa, Catholic same-sex couples see no blessings soon

By Abraham Achirga ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian Catholic couple Jane and Lucy have little hope their local parish church will bless their same-sex union anytime soon, as conservative priests across Afri...

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Workers bedeck Indian town with flowers amid preparations for temple opening

By Saurabh Sharma and Anushree Fadnavis AYODHYA, India (Reuters) - Less than a month before a grand Hindu temple opens, India's northern town of Ayodhya is buzzing with activity as finishing touches a...

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Turkey detains 29 people with suspected Islamic State ties planning attacks, says minister

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish authorities have detained 29 people suspected of having ties to militant group Islamic State in operations across nine provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Fr...

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China appoints Dong Jun as new defence minister – state media

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has appointed Dong Jun as its new defence minister, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday. The appointment was made by Chinese lawmakers, the Standing Committee of the Nati...

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NATO air forces scrambled over 300 times in 2023 due to Russian military aircraft

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO air forces were scrambled more than 300 times in response to Russian military aircraft in 2023, the treaty organisation said on Friday. "The vast majority of aerial encounter...

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Russian court sentences Navalny ally in Siberia to 9.5 years in prison

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced an ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Friday to nine and a half years in prison for running an "extremist organisation", her legal team said. ...

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Kremlin says it has a list of Western assets to be seized if Russian assets are confiscated

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has a list of Western assets that would be seized if G7 leaders decide to confiscate $300 billion in frozen Russian central bank assets, the Kremlin said on Friday. G7 leader...

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Unidentified object entered Poland from direction of Ukraine, says Polish army

WARSAW (Reuters) -An unidentified aerial object entered the airspace of NATO-member Poland from the direction of the border with Ukraine on Friday morning, the Polish army's Operational Command said. ...

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