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Taliban detains three journalists in Afghanistan, UN says
KABUL, May 14 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government has detained at least three journalists on unspecified charges, the United Nations mission there said on Thursday in a statement that called for the protection of reporters.
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King Charles visits Jewish area of London hit by antisemitic attacks
LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - King Charles was greeted by cheering crowds on Thursday when he visited an area of London which has suffered a spate of antisemitic attacks in recent weeks, in a show of support for Britain's fearful Jewish communities.
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Global Sumud Flotilla: Mission enters final phase, 54 ships heading to Gaza
SEPANG: The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) 2026 mission has entered its final phase with a total of 54 ships beginning to depart from Marmaris Port, Turkiye, heading towards Gaza at about 7.30pm Malaysian time on Thursday (May 14).
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From ally to rival, Wes Streeting turns on UK PM Starmer
LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced growing calls to resign at the weekend, his health secretary, Wes Streeting, went to see "The Devil Wears Prada 2", a film which depicts a rival challenging a weakened leader.
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Outcry in Italy over plans to expand Rome's famed Borghese Gallery
ROME, May 14 (Reuters) - Italian heritage groups have said they will battle proposals to build a new structure near Rome's Borghese Gallery, saying the project would damage one of the world's most famous museums for the sake of mass tourism.
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Yemen government, Houthis to release more than 1,600 prisoners in conflict's largest swap
ADEN/AMMAN, May 14 (Reuters) - The internationally recognised Yemeni government and the Iran-aligned Houthi group will exchange more than 1,600 prisoners, the office of the U.N. special envoy for Yemen said on Thursday, marking the largest release of detainees since the outbreak of the war in Yemen.
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Denmark's Queen Margrethe admitted to hospital
COPENHAGEN, May 14 (Reuters) - Denmark's Queen Margrethe, 86, was admitted to hospital due to angina on Thursday, the royal court said.
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UK's Princess Kate learns pasta-making on visit to Italy
PARMA, May 14 (Reuters) - Britain's Princess of Wales learned how to make pasta on Thursday during a visit to a hillside community in northern Italy's so-called food valley, an area globally known for products such as the Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.
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Almost 20 million people in Sudan still face acute hunger, monitors say
CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Some 19.5 million Sudanese people, or more than 40% of the population, are facing acute hunger, according to a report by a global hunger monitor, as the contours of a war that has created the world's worst hunger crisis shift.
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'We are thirsty for justice': Philippine families demand senator face drug war charges
MANILA, May 14 (Reuters) - As tension and gunfire erupted inside the Philippine Senate, where Senator Ronald dela Rosa had taken refuge to evade arrest and later escaped, Llore Pasco, the mother of two sons killed in an anti-drugs campaign, said the scene felt painfully familiar.
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Trump invites Xi to White House on September 24
BEIJING, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House for a visit on September 24 during a state banquet Xi held for Trump in Beijing.
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Senior UK minister resigns, calls for a leadership contest to oust PM Starmer
LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - Labour's Wes Streeting resigned as health minister on Thursday to call for a leadership contest to oust Keir Starmer, accusing the British prime minister of overseeing political drift and forcing others to take the blame for his government's failings.
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Latvian Prime Minister resigns over handling of Ukrainian drone incidents
May 14 (Reuters) - Latvia's centre-right Prime Minister Evika Silina said on Thursday she had resigned, triggering the collapse of her coalition government just months before an election due in October.
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French central bank succession fight tests Macron's sway ahead of 2027 election
PARIS, May 14 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron faces a test next week when lawmakers decide whether to approve his former chief of staff to run the central bank, a nomination some critics say is part of a campaign to protect key institutions from a possible far-right election win in 2027.
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Ukraine's anti-corruption court places Zelenskiy's former chief of staff under arrest
KYIV, May 14 (Reuters) - Ukraine's anti-corruption court on Thursday ordered the arrest of Andriy Yermak, a close ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and former head of his administration, on money-laundering charges.
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Rights group says M23, Rwandan army committed killings, rapes in Congo’s Uvira
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Protests flare across Havana as power cuts deepen amid US blockade
HAVANA, May 13 (Reuters) - Protests broke out across the Cuban capital of Havana on Wednesday evening as the city confronted its worst rolling blackouts in decades amid a U.S. blockade that has starved the island of fuel.
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Nearly 90 killed as storm lashes India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR, May 14 (Reuters) - Almost 90 people were killed in a violent storm that battered India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, with rain and hail, the state disaster management and relief office said on Thursday.
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Protests break out in Havana over power cuts
May 13 (Reuters) - Scattered protests broke out in multiple neighborhoods in Cuba's capital Havana on Wednesday evening, with hundreds of residents banging pots against frequent power cuts despite a strong police presence, according to a Reuters witness.
