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Image for UK summons Chinese ambassador after national security convictions linked to Hong Kong
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UK summons Chinese ambassador after national security convictions linked to Hong Kong

May 9 (Reuters) - Britain summoned China's ambassador on Friday, the Foreign Office said on Saturday...

9th May, 2026

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Putin says he thinks the Ukraine conflict is coming to an end

MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he thought the Ukra...

9th May, 2026

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UK nationals on hantavirus-hit cruise ship to isolate in hospital on return

LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - British passengers and staff on the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbre...

9th May, 2026

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Settlers force re-burial of Palestinian man in West Bank, family says

By Mohammed Torokman ASASA, West Bank, May 9 - Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank forced Pal...

9th May, 2026

Image for Gaza flotilla activists to be released from Israel detention and deported
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Gaza flotilla activists to be released from Israel detention and deported

JERUSALEM, May 9 (Reuters) - Two activists arrested last month when Israeli forces intercepted the G...

9th May, 2026

Image for Ukrainians welcome respite from Russian attacks, Moscow says peace still far off
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Ukrainians welcome respite from Russian attacks, Moscow says peace still far off

By Yurii Kovalenko and Vitalii Hnidyi KYIV/KHARKIV, May 9 (Reuters) - Ukrainians welcomed a three-da...

9th May, 2026

Image for Merz says Europe wants a strong NATO and shares US goal of ending Iran war
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Merz says Europe wants a strong NATO and shares US goal of ending Iran war

By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, May 9 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday Eur...

9th May, 2026

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Australia's far-right party wins first lower house seat

SYDNEY, May 9 (Reuters) - Australian far-right populist party Pauline Hanson's One Nation won its fi...

9th May, 2026

Image for Kremlin says peace in Ukraine is still a very long way off
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Kremlin says peace in Ukraine is still a very long way off

MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Saturday said that the United States was in a hurry to clin...

9th May, 2026

Image for UK police charge two men in connection with filming antisemitic TikTok videos
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UK police charge two men in connection with filming antisemitic TikTok videos

LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - British police have charged two men with religiously aggravated harassment...

9th May, 2026

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US, Iran no closer to ending war as Gulf clashes flare 

By Idrees Ali, Erin Banco and Hatem Maher WASHINGTON/CAIRO, May 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Iran appe...

9th May, 2026

Image for Indonesia locates two Singaporeans missing after Mount Dukono eruption
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Indonesia locates two Singaporeans missing after Mount Dukono eruption

By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA, May 9 (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities on Saturday located two Singapor...

9th May, 2026