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Pope Leo heading back to Rome after outspoken Africa tour
By Joshua McElwee MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, April 23 (Reuters) - Pope Leo returns to Rome on Thursday after wrapping up an ambitious four-nation Africa tour in which he forcefully decried the directi...
Thomson Reuters Apr 23, 2026
Hong Kong fire victim returns to search for memories of his dog
By Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG, April 23 (Reuters) - Nearly five months after a devastating blaze tore through Hong Kong's Wang Fuk Court residential complex, Jason Kong took a small torchlig...
Thomson Reuters Apr 23, 2026
ICC rules that Philippine ex-President Duterte must stand trial for murder
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, April 23 (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court confirmed murder charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as crimes against huma...
Thomson Reuters Apr 23, 2026
Lebanon to seek ceasefire extension in US-hosted talks with Israel
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, April 22 (Reuters) - The United States will host a second meeting between Lebanese and Israeli envoys on Thursday, with Beirut seeking the extension of a ceasefire between Israel and...
Thomson Reuters Apr 23, 2026
Explainer-Hormuz crisis throws spotlight on world's largest 'chokepoint' - the Malacca Strait
BANGKOK, April 23 (Reuters) - The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has forced policymakers in Asia to face questions over the security of other maritime chokepoints, including the Strait of Malacca, wh...
Thomson Reuters Apr 23, 2026
Finland to spend 3.2% of GDP on defence by 2030 despite austerity
HELSINKI, April 23 (Reuters) - Finland will increase defence spending to 3.2% of gross domestic product by 2030, the government said, as it decided to cut other expenditure and drafted its budget for ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 23, 2026
Prince Harry arrives in Kyiv in a show of support
KYIV, April 23 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry made an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday in a show of support for the country in its fifth year of war with Russia. "It's g...
Thomson Reuters Apr 23, 2026
China rejects US criticism of pressure on Taiwan flight permit
BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry on Thursday said it firmly opposes Washington's criticism of Chinese pressure on some African countries to revoke overflight clearances for Taiwa...
Thomson Reuters Apr 23, 2026
Two trains collide in Denmark, injuring 17 people, emergency service says
By Stine Jacobsen and Soren Jeppesen COPENHAGEN, April 23 (Reuters) - Two local trains collided head-on north of the Danish capital Copenhagen on Thursday, injuring 17 people, five of them critically,...
Thomson Reuters Apr 23, 2026
China teases new aircraft carrier in video, vows to build up islands
(Corrects data about islands distribution in paragraph 12) By Ryan Woo and Xiuhao Chen BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) - China teased in a video an aircraft carrier that could be its fourth, and the first...
Thomson Reuters Apr 23, 2026

