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Russia reports fierce fighting, Zelenskiy praises troops, counter-offensive

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Russia reported fierce fighting on Sunday on three sections of the front line in Ukraine while Ukraine’s president praised his troops for repelling enemy advances and said their counter-offensive was progressing well. The assesments of action along the 1,000-km (600-mile) long front were made a day after an African peace mission …

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Israel’s Netanyahu seeks ‘active steps’ on judicial overhaul this week

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would pursue “active steps” on a contested judicial overhaul this week after what he described as months of wasteful compromise talks with the political opposition. Netanyahu’s televised remarks to his cabinet were spare on detail and come after opposition leaders last …

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How U.C. Berkeley tried to buoy enrollment of Black students without affirmative action

By Sharon Bernstein BERKELEY, California (Reuters) – In the 25 years since California voters banned all consideration of race in college admissions, the state has spent more than $500 million to help create diverse student bodies across the University of California system – with some success. Yet in classes at the University of California at …

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Italy rules Pirelli’s Chinese top investor Sinochem cannot choose CEO

By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s government has ruled that China’s Sinochem cannot designate the chief executive of Pirelli despite being its main shareholder with a 37% stake, the Italian tyremaker said on Sunday. The decision is part of the measures announced this week by Rome’s right-wing administration to shield the autonomy of Pirelli and …

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Uganda sends more troops to pursue attackers who killed 37 students

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday ordered more troops to western Uganda where attackers from a group with links to Islamic State killed at least 37 secondary school students. Members of the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed the students late on Friday at Lhubirira Secondary School in Mpondwe, …

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Indian Oil exec expects Russia to make up 30% of company’s imports this year

(Reuters) – (This June 17 story has been corrected throughout to show comments were from Indian Oil executive, not head of ONGC, as erroneously reported by Interfax news agency; and adds quotes from online broadcast of the panel) Russia may account for almost a third of Indian Oil’s crude oil imports in the current financial …

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Blinken in China for rare trip amid frosty ties and dim hopes for progress

By Humeyra Pamuk BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began meetings in Beijing on Sunday, the first top American diplomat to visit China in five years, amid frosty bilateral ties and dim prospects for any breakthrough on the long list of disputes between the world’s two largest economies. Blinken, who postponed a February …

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