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ECB President renews calls for capital markets union
FRANKFURT, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde on Friday outlined a framework to advance the creation of a Capital Markets Union (CMU) among European countries.
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China Focus: Harnessing AI to build a people-centered digital future
HANGZHOU, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Harsh weather and challenging terrain once made fieldwork at remote solar power stations very dangerous. However, an AI-driven automated inspection solution is set to change that.
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Russia says Kyiv returned 46 civilians taken to Ukraine after incursion
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday that Ukraine had returned 46 Russian citizens who were taken there after Ukrainian forces seized a chunk of Russia's western Kursk region in August.
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Trump may seek dismissal of hush money case, sentencing delayed
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump may seek dismissal of the criminal case in which he was convicted in May of 34 felony counts involving hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday, while also indefinitely delaying Trump's sentencing in light of his victory in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election.
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Analysis-Putin sends a missile message to the West: 'Back off'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin's hypersonic missile carried a simple message to the West over Ukraine: back off, and if you don't, Russia reserves the right to hit U.S. and British military facilities.
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Russia says hypersonic missile strike on Ukraine was a warning to 'reckless' West
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday that a strike on Ukraine using a newly developed hypersonic ballistic missile was a message to the West that Moscow will respond harshly to any "reckless" Western actions in support of Ukraine.
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US bars former Colombia army commander, cites extrajudicial killings
(Reuters) - The United States on Friday barred former Colombian army commander General Mario Montoya from entering the U.S., citing what it called credible evidence he had been involved in the extrajudicial killings of civilians.
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Italy's same-sex civil unions rise to six-year high
ROME (Reuters) - Same-sex civil unions in Italy rose in 2023 to a six-year high, the country's national statistics office said on Friday, but at the same time LGBTQ groups say the current conservative government is making life harder for them.
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Ottawa denies it has evidence linking India PM Modi to violence in Canada
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, which expelled six Indian diplomats over allegations they were involved in a plot against Sikh separatists, denied it had evidence Prime Minister Narendra Modi was linked to violence on Canadian soil.
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Blinken to attend G7 meeting in Italy, US State Department says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will attend a meeting of the Group of Seven major democracies in Italy at the weekend, the State Department said on Friday, amid rising tensions in the war in Ukraine.
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Poland and Slovakia to sign agreement on ammunition production in 2025
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland and Slovakia will sign an agreement on cooperation in ammunition production next year, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Friday after meeting his Slovak counterpart Robert Kalinak.
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Bomb squad sent to London's Gatwick Airport after terminal evacuation
LONDON (Reuters) -British police sent a bomb disposal team to London's Gatwick Airport after a suspected prohibited item was discovered in luggage, authorities said on Friday, following the earlier evacuation of a passenger terminal.
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Romania and Bulgaria may become full Schengen members in January, Hungary says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Romania and Bulgaria may become full members of Europe's borderless Schengen travel zone in January 2025, Hungary said on Friday, adding a final decision would be made at next month's meeting of EU interior ministers.
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Explainer-How quickly can Trump's Musk-led efficiency panel slash US regulations?
(Reuters) - Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who were tapped by Republican President-elect Donald Trump to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency, have revealed plans to wipe out scores of federal regulations crafted by what they say is an anti-democratic, unaccountable bureaucracy.
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Fast-forming alien planet has astronomers intrigued
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3 million years to form - quite swift in cosmic terms - in a discovery that challenges the current understanding of the speed of planetary formation.
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NATO's Rutte visiting U.S. President-elect Trump, De Telegraaf reports
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - NATO chief Mark Rutte is visiting U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at his residence in Florida, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported on Friday, citing sources.
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Russian Defence Minister says Moscow has sped up its advance in northeast Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said on Friday that Russian forces had accelerated their advance in the north-east of Ukraine and had ground down the Ukrainian army's best units there.
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London police carry out controlled explosion near U.S. embassy
LONDON (Reuters) -British police officers carried out a controlled explosion near the U.S. embassy in south London following the discovery of a suspect package, authorities said on Friday.
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In razor-tight Uruguay election, fringe votes could tip the balance
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguayans will be choosing between two centrist candidates for their next president on Sunday, but the closely fought run-off could be decided by voters who went for an anti-vax radical and other fringe candidates in the first round.
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Germany's Merkel laments influence of big business on Trump
BERLIN (Reuters) - Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has called the influence of tech billionaires such as Elon Musk over U.S. President-elect Donald Trump a "huge concern".
