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Russia plans to defend oil and gas facilities with missile systems
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian energy ministry official told a parliament meeting on Tuesday there were plans to defend oil and gas facilities with missile systems."We are jointly working, including with colleagues from the Russian National Guard, ...
Separatist Puigdemont might return to Spain to tilt for Catalan presidency
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Exiled Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont will announce on Thursday whether he will run for president of the restive region in May, risking his arrest on entering Spain and raising implications for the ...
Hedge funds shake up the euro zone's $10 trillion government bond market
By Yoruk Bahceli, Nell Mackenzie, Harry Robertson and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds are piling into the euro zone's $10 trillion government bond market, scenting opportunities as funding needs surge and the European Central ...
Canadian miner Teck's Elk Valley clean up could cost at least C$6.4 billion, environment group says
By Divya Rajagopal and Clara Denina TORONTO (Reuters) - The cost of cleaning British Columbia's (B.C.) Elk Valley river from the toxic materials released by Teck Resources' coal mining could be at least C$6.4 billion ($4.7 billion), a report ...
Yulia Navalnaya says Putin is not Russia's legitimate president
By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) - Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin was not the legitimate president of Russia and that she would try to convince world leaders not to ...
Brazil's Bolsonaro indicted for suspected fraud on vaccine records
(Reuters) - Brazil's federal police on Tuesday indicted the country's former president Jair Bolsonaro for suspected fraud on his vaccination records, two sources related to the matter said. (Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Writing by Peter ...
Zimbabwe sect leader accused of child abuse is denied bail
By Nyasha Chingono NORTON, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - The leader of a religious sect in Zimbabwe was denied bail on Tuesday after being arrested last week for suspected child abuse when police found 251 minors working on his farm and 16 graves. Ishmael ...
Israel hits Rafah from the air as U.S. urges rethink on the ground
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel killed 14 people in air strikes in Rafah on Tuesday, Palestinian medical officials said, as the United States urged a rethink of a promised ground sweep against Hamas ...
India stares at summer water crisis as reservoir levels slide
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's main reservoirs have hit their lowest March levels in five years, government data showed, indicating a possible squeeze on drinking water and power availability this summer. In major centres such as India's 'Silicon ...
Hong Kong legislature unanimously passes new national security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Legislative Council on Tuesday unanimously passed the city's new national security bill, 11 days after it was published by the government. The 90-member council, stacked with Beijing loyalists, has been ...