Spain's unemployment rate falls to 15-year low of 11.60% in Q2 (www.reuters.com)
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak braced for defeats in key elections (www.reuters.com)
Chemicals for Mexican fentanyl not from China, embassy in Mexico says (www.reuters.com)
MEXICO CITY, July 18 (Reuters) - Precursor chemicals used by Mexican cartels to make the deadly opioid fentanyl do not come from China, its embassy in Mexico said on Tuesday, rejecting U.S. officials’ accusations....
Spain election: Trans youths' families fear for rights under a right-wing government (www.reuters.com)
Heavy rain in Gaza brings new problems and fears for Palestinians (www.reuters.com)
Google's expert in US antitrust trial defends billions paid to device makers (www.reuters.com)
Hamas frees U.S. hostages Judith and Natalie Raanan held in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Islamist group Hamas released two U.S. hostages, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, who were kidnapped in its attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Friday....
Philippines defending territory, not seeking trouble in South China Sea, president says (www.reuters.com)
U.S. revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Navy is carrying out the biggest overhaul of its top-secret undersea surveillance network since the 1950s as China’s naval power surges and new technologies are fast reshaping maritime warfare. Beijing has similar plans of its own....
Canada says it suspects India involved in Sikh leader murder (www.reuters.com)
Russia may annex Georgian breakaway regions -Medvedev (www.reuters.com)
North Korea's Kim dismisses top general, calls for war preparations (www.reuters.com)
Putin says Russia will use cluster bombs in Ukraine if it has to (www.reuters.com)
Hong Kong plans widespread ban of Japanese sea products (www.reuters.com)
Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 million (www.reuters.com)
As the clock ticked down to the Nov. 1 deadline Pakistan set for undocumented migrants to leave the country, Muhammad Rahim boarded a bus from Karachi to the Afghan border.
At UN, Iran warns US will 'not be spared' if war in Gaza continues (www.reuters.com)
Iran’s Foreign Minster Hossein Amirabdollahian warned at the United Nations on Thursday that if Israel’s retaliation against Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip doesn’t end then the United States will “not be spared from this fire.”...
Ukraine's EU membership bid to be assessed in report due on Nov. 8 (www.reuters.com)
The European Union’s executive is set to present on Nov.8 an assessment of progress made by Ukraine in its membership bid, three officials said, a key stepping stone in the bloc’s decision on whether to start accession talks with Kyiv....
Foxconn's China probe may be political, sources briefed say (www.reuters.com)
Gaza residents lose entire families, fear more destruction (www.reuters.com)
Qatar in talks with Hamas, Israel to swap hostages for prisoners (www.reuters.com)
Qatari mediators have held urgent calls to try to negotiate freedom for Israeli women and children seized by the militant group and held in Gaza in exchange for the release of 36 Palestinian women and children from Israel’s prisons, a source briefed on the talks told Reuters....
Once welcoming Germany talks tougher on asylum ahead of elections (www.reuters.com)
Molotov cocktails thrown at Cuban embassy in Washington (www.reuters.com)
Sept 25 (Reuters) - An assailant attacked the Cuban embassy in Washington with two Molotov cocktails on Sunday night, Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said on X, adding that nobody was hurt....
Two tankers collide in Suez Canal - MarineTraffic citing eyewitnesses (www.reuters.com)
Russia officials say Ukraine hit Donetsk university with cluster shells (www.reuters.com)
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Ukraine has taken back 50% of territory that Russia seized, Blinken says (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while Ukraine has reconquered half the territory that Russia initially seized in its invasion, Kyiv faced a “a very hard fight” to win back more.
