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Image for Georgia hands down long sentences to election-day protest organisers
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Georgia hands down long sentences to election-day protest organisers

By Lucy Papachristou May 7 (Reuters) - Georgia sentenced ten people, including a prominent opera sin...

7th May, 2026

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US-proposed Iran resolution at UN faces likely vetoes from China, Russia

May 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Thursday urged countries to support its United Nations resolution dema...

7th May, 2026

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Zelenskiy says Russian war commemoration ceasefire shows 'strange and inappropriate' logic

May 7 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia's proclamatio...

7th May, 2026

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UK to summon Chinese Ambassador after spying convictions

LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Britain will summon the Chinese ambassador following the conviction of two...

7th May, 2026

Image for Russia declares ceasefire to mark WWII anniversary
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Russia declares ceasefire to mark WWII anniversary

MOSCOW, May 7 (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Thursday that Moscow had declared a ceas...

7th May, 2026

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Explainer-Can Trump pull thousands of US troops out of Germany?

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump announced that he will wit...

7th May, 2026

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Two men found guilty of spying on Hong Kong dissidents in UK for China

LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Two men were found guilty in a London court on Thursday of spying on behal...

7th May, 2026

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Bulgaria's election winner Rumen Radev receives mandate to form government

SOFIA, May 7 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's election winner Rumen Radev received the mandate to form a new g...

7th May, 2026

Image for Anti-Kremlin Pussy Riot demonstrate in Venice against Russia's Biennale return
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Anti-Kremlin Pussy Riot demonstrate in Venice against Russia's Biennale return

VENICE, May 7 (Reuters) - Dozens of activists from the anti-Kremlin art collective Pussy Riot held a...

7th May, 2026

Image for UK police arrest man for allegedly threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Telegraph reports
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UK police arrest man for allegedly threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Telegraph reports

LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - British police have arrested a man after he allegedly threatened Andrew Mo...

7th May, 2026

Image for Singer Bonnie Tyler recuperating after emergency surgery in Portugal
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Singer Bonnie Tyler recuperating after emergency surgery in Portugal

LISBON, May 7 (Reuters) - Welsh pop singer Bonnie Tyler is recuperating after undergoing emergency s...

7th May, 2026

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Explainer-What's included in talks to end the Iran war and reopen Hormuz?

LONDON, May 7 - With the standoff over the frozen Iran war threatening a global economic meltdown, W...

7th May, 2026