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Pope Leo tells hundreds of thousands of young Catholics to build a better world

By Joshua McElwee ROME (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of young people filled a vast field on the o...

2nd August, 2025

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Amsterdam Pride parade blends celebration and protest in LGBTQ+ show of solidarity

By Charlotte Van Campenhout and Milan Berckmans AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Around 80 colorful pride boats...

2nd August, 2025

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In Hiroshima, a schoolboy keeps memories of war alive with guided tours​

By Rikako Maruyama HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Since the age of seven, Japanese schoolboy Shun Sasak...

31st July, 2025

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Over 60 rights groups call on France's Macron for reparations to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Over 60 rights groups signed a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron...

30th July, 2025

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Spain's new parental leave gives fathers one of Europe's most generous allowances

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain announced plans on Tuesday to give both mothers and fathers an extra week of...

29th July, 2025

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UN chief Guterres: creeping annexation of West Bank, wholesale destruction of Gaza must stop

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said that Isra...

28th July, 2025

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Hamas' exiled Gaza chief says ceasefire talks meaningless under 'blockade and starvation'

(Reuters) -The exiled head of Hamas in Gaza, Khalil al-Hayya, said on Sunday ceasefire negotiations...

27th July, 2025

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Teacher dies saving students from inferno in Bangladesh jet crash

By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -When a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into her school and er...

23rd July, 2025

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US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say

By Ammu Kannampilly, Jennifer Rigby and Jonathan Landay (Reuters) -U.S.-funded contraceptives worth...

23rd July, 2025

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Italy to add 15,000 prison places to ease overcrowding

By Alvise Armellini and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -Italy's government has pledged to expand priso...

23rd July, 2025

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More than 100 aid, rights groups call for action as hunger spreads in Gaza

By Daphne Psaledakis (Reuters) -More than 100 largely aid and rights groups on Wednesday called for...

23rd July, 2025

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At 70, skyscraper Stalin 'gifted' to Warsaw still evokes strong feelings

WARSAW (Reuters) -Seventy years after Soviet dictator Josef Stalin "gifted" the Palace of Culture an...

22nd July, 2025