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Eleven killed in Russian strike, rescue teams sift through wreckage

By Kai Pfaffenbach SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing 11 people, wounding 21 and reducing parts of apartment blocks to a tangled mess of metal and concrete. Eleven people were killed and 21 wounded, Ukrainian public braodcaster Suspilne reported on Saturday, citing regional …

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U.S., Vietnam say they hope to deepen ties as Blinken visits Hanoi

By Humeyra Pamuk HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday expressed a desire to deepen their ties as Washington seeks to solidify alliances to counter an increasingly assertive China.     In his first visit to the southeast Asian country as the top U.S. diplomat, Blinken …

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Four Kenyans, told their work on Earth was done, fast to death, police say

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Fifteen “radicalised” Kenyan Christians were rescued on Friday from a fast which began after they were told they were going to meet their maker, but four died during the rescue mission, police said. All 15 were members of the Good News International Church in the coastal county of Kilifi, police said. “In …

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Security of Europe, Indo-Pacific in focus as G7 foreign ministers gather

By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) -Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations will focus on the security of both Europe and the Indo-Pacific as they gather in Japan from Sunday against a worrying backdrop of the war in Ukraine and China’s growing assertiveness.        The three-day meeting in the resort town of Karuizawa also …

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Sudan’s army chief, paramilitary head ready to de-escalate tensions – mediators

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of Sudan’s army, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of a powerful Sudanese paramilitary group, are prepared to take steps to de-escalate tensions between their forces, mediators said in statements on Friday and early Saturday. The army on Thursday warned …

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