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Image for Labour mayor Burnham signals he would run in leadership contest against UK's Starmer
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Labour mayor Burnham signals he would run in leadership contest against UK's Starmer

LONDON, June 4 (Reuters) - Labour mayor Andy Burnham signalled on Thursday he would run in any leade...

4th June, 2026

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Zelenskiy, in open letter, invites Putin to talks to end the war

KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy published an open letter to Preside...

4th June, 2026

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Putin on Ukraine war and the prospects for peace

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that U....

4th June, 2026

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Putin urges Germany to make decision on buying Russian gas again via Nord Stream

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was...

4th June, 2026

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Putin says Russia will defeat Ukraine

By Mark Bendeich ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday...

4th June, 2026

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UN peacekeeper killed, two wounded in shelling in Lebanon

June 4 (Reuters) - A Serbian U.N. peacekeeper in Lebanon died on Thursday from wounds sustained when...

4th June, 2026

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International peace body fails to agree on Bosnia's new envoy

By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO, June 4 (Reuters) - The international body overseeing Bosnia's peace pr...

4th June, 2026

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Explainer-How Trump's ceasefires are failing to stop Middle East violence

June 4 - Residents of Gaza, south Lebanon, northern Israel and Kuwait were all under fire this week...

4th June, 2026

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Trump Jr. talks crypto and geopolitics at business gathering in Switzerland

By Marleen Kaesebier ZURICH, June 4 (Reuters) - Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the U.S. preside...

4th June, 2026

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Slovenia's parliament approves Jansa's centre-right government

LJUBLJANA, June 4 (Reuters) - Slovenia's parliament on Thursday approved Prime Minister Janez Jansa'...

4th June, 2026

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White House to replace National Security Council's Europe chief amid broader shake-up

By Gram Slattery, Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - The White House's...

4th June, 2026

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German far-right party takes aim at domestic security services

By James Mackenzie BERLIN, June 4 (Reuters) - The man Germany's far-right AfD hopes will become the...

4th June, 2026