Factbox-Foreign dignitaries attending Taiwan president inauguration
(Reuters) - Lai Ching-te is inaugurated as Taiwan's new president on Monday. Following is a list of some of the foreign leaders and dignitaries attending the ceremony. UNITED STATES Former White House economic adviser Brian Deese, one-time State De...
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces U.S. extradition judgment day
By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) - A British court could give a final decision on Monday on whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret U.S. documents, the culmina...
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Ukraine destroys all 37 drones launched by Russia overnight, air force says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's forces have destroyed all of 37 attack drones launched by Russia overnight, Ukraine's Air Force chief said on Sunday. "As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, all 37 'Shaheds' were shot down in Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Sum...
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Saudi king to undergo tests due to high fever, state news agency says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz will undergo medical tests on Sunday due to "high temperature and joint pain", state news agency SPA reported. The examinations will be conducted at the royal clinics at Al Salam Palace in ...
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Incoming Taiwan president courts diplomatic allies with shrimp fishing
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - President-elect Lai Ching-te took leaders from some of Taiwan's handful of remaining diplomatic allies shrimping on Sunday, the day before he takes office and has to deal with China which believes the island has ...
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Saudi crown prince meets White House national security adviser
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan in the Saudi city of Dhahran, the Saudi state news agency reported on Sunday. (Reporting by Muhammad Al Gebaly; Editing by Willia...
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Northern Ireland minister Heaton-Harris will not stand for re-election as MP
(Reuters) - Britain's minister for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, will not stand for re-election to parliament, he said in a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday. Heaton-Harris asked Sunak to let him remain secretary of state fo...
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Irish business tycoon and rugby record breaker Tony O'Reilly dies at 88
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Tony O'Reilly, the Irish media tycoon and former H.J. Heinz Co boss who first rose to prominence as a record breaking British and Irish Lions rugby player, died on Saturday at the age of 88. For decades one of I...
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Tunisia recovers bodies of four migrants off its coast, rescues dozens
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia recovered the bodies of four migrants off the country's coast on Saturday, the national guard said, amid an increase in migrant boats heading from Tunisia toward Italy in recent weeks. The force said the coast guard separa...
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Iran to send experts to ally Venezuela to help with medical accelerators
CARACAS (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday said it will send experts to its ally Venezuela to help with medical accelerators in hospitals it said had been stopped due to Western sanctions. Venezuela requested Iran's help, according to a message on the so...
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