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Factbox-Who are the main contenders in Romania's presidential election?
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanians vote in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, with the second round due to be held on Dec. 8. A parliamentary ballot is also set for Dec. 1.
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Cost of living fuels radical right challenge in Romanian presidential vote
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanians vote in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, with worries about the cost of living likely to earn radical right leader George Simion, who opposes military aid to Ukraine, a shot at victory.
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Pope says Vatican's pension fund faces 'serious imbalance'
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Thursday the Vatican's pension fund is facing a "serious imbalance" that may require changes to its operating structure, and appointed a senior cardinal to take over the fund's administration.
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Cambodia jails another government critic for defamation
(Reuters) - A court in Cambodia on Thursday sentenced activist Ny Nak to two years in prison for incitement and defamation, authorities and his lawyer said, the latest jailing of a dissident critical of the government.
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Kyiv accuses Russia of launching intercontinental ballistic missile attack
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP): Kyiv has accused Russia of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile attack at Ukraine for the first time on Thursday (Nov 21) but without a nuclear warhead in a new escalation of the conflict.
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Greece's Socialist PASOK becomes main opposition after leftist party collapse
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece saw a change in its main opposition party on Thursday after a wave of defections from the leftist Syriza party opened the door for the centre-left PASOK to challenge the dominance of rightist Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
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Man arrested in investigation into 2022 Irish blast that killed 10, law firm says
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish police investigating a 2022 explosion at a petrol station that killed 10 people have arrested a man who voluntarily presented himself at a police station in relation to the incident, the law firm representing the man said on Thursday.
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WHO chief hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro, report says
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Samaritano Barra da Tijuca, local newspaper O Globo reported on Thursday.
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Kenya investigating how Uganda opposition figure was 'abducted'
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Kenya's government has said it was investigating how a prominent Ugandan opposition leader was spirited out of Nairobi this week, amid growing criticism that it had failed to protect foreign dissidents on its soil.
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In Spain's Canaries, rescuers exhausted as new migrant routes open
VALVERDE, Spain (Reuters) - El Hierro, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, is Europe's latest frontline in the struggle to cut irregular migration. Nearly twice as many migrants as residents have landed this year on the southernmost of Spain's Canary Islands.
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Russia is ready to consider any 'realistic' Ukraine peace initiative, says Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ready to consider any "realistic" peace initiative on the conflict in Ukraine which takes into account Russia's own interests and the situation on the ground, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.
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Russia says new US base in Poland raises overall nuclear danger
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that a new U.S. ballistic missile defence base in northern Poland will lead to an increase in the overall level of nuclear danger and was on a Russian targeting list for potential destruction if necessary.
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Russia fired new ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday in response to the U.S. and UK's allowing Kyiv to strike Russian territory with advanced Western weapons, in a further escalation of the 33-month-old war.
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Hungary to install air defence system near Ukraine border
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary is going to install an air defence system in the northeastern part of the country as the threat of an escalation of the Ukraine-Russia war is "greater than ever", its defence minister said.
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Factbox-Key facts about John Prescott, Britain's former deputy PM, dead at 86
LONDON (Reuters) - Here are key facts about John Prescott, Britain's combative former deputy prime minister, who has died after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, his family said on Thursday:
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Analysis-Sinn Fein struggles deal blow to nationalists' united Ireland dream
DUBLIN/BELFAST (Reuters) - Sinn Fein's polling collapse from government-in-waiting to likely also-rans at an Irish election next week looks set to rob Irish nationalists of a potentially transformative moment in their pursuit of a united Ireland.
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Russian attack on Dnipro damages industrial enterprise, rehabilitation centre, authorities say
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia's attack on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro damaged an industrial enterprise and caused two fires in the city on Thursday, its regional authorities said.
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North Korea hackers behind 2019 $42 million Ethereum heist, South Korea police say
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said on Thursday an investigation confirmed that hackers linked to North Korea's military intelligence agency were responsible for an Ethereum cryptocurrency heist in 2019, worth 58 billion won ($41.5 million) at the time.
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Australian teen dies from tainted liquor in Laos; fourth suspected victim
SYDNEY/BANGKOK (Reuters) - An Australian teenager died on Thursday after drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol in Laos, Thai police and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, the fourth foreign national now suspected to have died in the incident.
