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UK finance minister to set out 'clear path' to higher defence spending in spring
LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - British finance minister John Healey told The Times newspaper he would set out a "clear path" to higher defence spending at the government's spring spending review, amid spe...
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Reducing Indonesia wildfires will be challenging as El Niño peaks this month, minister warns
JAKARTA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Efforts to reduce wildfires ablaze across Indonesia will be challenging as the El Nio weather phenomenon will peak this month, the forestry minister said on Tuesday, descri...
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Iran says it has enough foreign currency despite US sanctions
DUBAI, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Iran has sufficient foreign currency reserves despite U.S. sanctions, Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Tuesday, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sa...
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Deep-sea team aids search for missing in Cyprus ferry disaster
NICOSIA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A specialist team equipped to search deep waters was due to arrive from Turkey on Tuesday as emergency crews pressed on with efforts to find 20 people missing after a ferry...
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UNHCR says it has no role in Malaysia's planned repatriation of Myanmar refugees, warns country is still unsafe
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday it was not involved in Malaysia's planned repatriation of Myanmar refugees, and warned that it remains unsafe for the...
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Poland pivots to home-grown defence production as it builds Europe's biggest army
By Karol Badohal, Maria Rugamer and Michael Kahn WARSAW/GDANSK/PRAGUE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - As Poland builds Europe's biggest army, it is pivoting toward domestic and other central European defence comp...
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Nepal flood death toll crosses 1,000, rescuers reach remote areas
By Gopal Sharma, Sahana Bajracharya, Liz Lee and Ethan Wang KATHMANDU/BEIJING, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The death toll from Nepal's devastating floods surpassed 1,000 on Tuesday as rescuers deployed heavy m...
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Kenya aviation workers end strike that disrupted flights, officials say
By George Obulutsa and Vincent Mumo Nzilani NAIROBI, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Kenya's aviation workers have called off a strike that disrupted flights at its main international and other airports, Transport...
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Massachusetts primaries test Democratic appetite for generational change
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Generational change is on the ballot in Massachusetts on Tuesday as Democratic voters choose whether to renominate 80-year-old progressive U.S. Sen...
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Strait of Hormuz commodity vessel transits stay in single digits, data shows
SINGAPORE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The number of vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz was little changed on Monday compared with the weekend, hovering around five, preliminary ship-tracking data sh...
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