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Russian PM proposes new ministers, retains ministers of finance, economy
(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin proposed a raft of ministerial appointments on Saturday, including new names, but retained Maxim Reshetnikov as economy minister and Anton Siluanov...
Thomson Reuters May 11, 2024
Egypt refuses to coordinate with Israel on entry of aid from Rafah crossing, Alqahera News reports
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has refused to coordinate with Israel on the entry of aid into Gaza from the Rafah crossing due to Israel's "unacceptable escalation", Egypt's state affiliated Alqahera News sa...
Thomson Reuters May 11, 2024
Factbox-Who is in - and who is out - in the Russian government?
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister. What are the other key positions in the government still to be filled? * Prime Minister -...
Thomson Reuters May 11, 2024
Oil plant in Russia's Bashkortostan stopped its cat cracker after drone attack 9 May, sources say
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil processing, petrochemical and fertiliser complex located in the Bashkortostan region has stopped its catalytic cracker after being attacked by...
Thomson Reuters May 11, 2024
Colombia paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso released by Bogota court
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A court in Colombia granted conditional release to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, his defense team confirmed on Saturday. Mancuso, a former top commander of the param...
Thomson Reuters May 11, 2024
Wildfire evacuation notice issued for Alberta town Fort McMurray
TORONTO (Reuters) - An evacuation alert has been issued for Fort McMurray, Alberta, as an out-of-control fire rages southwest of the Canadian oil town, making it among the first actions ahead of the w...
Thomson Reuters May 11, 2024
Billionaire investor Ken Griffin calls on Harvard to embrace ‘western values’
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Kenneth Griffin called on his alma mater Harvard University on Saturday to embrace "western values", saying that the turmoil across college campuses was the product of...
Thomson Reuters May 11, 2024
Eight more Chinese cities join Hong Kong solo travel scheme
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Eight more Chinese cities have joined a scheme allowing their residents to travel to Hong Kong on their own, rather than as part of a tour group, as part of efforts to boost Hong...
Thomson Reuters May 11, 2024
Death toll from floods in Brazil's south climbs to 136
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 136, local civil defense said on Saturday, up from 126 in the previous day, while another ...
Thomson Reuters May 11, 2024
Fierce fighting rages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, governor says
KYIV (Reuters) - Fierce fighting was raging on Saturday for control of several Ukrainian villages near the Russian border as the Russian military sought to press home its attacks in the northeastern K...
Thomson Reuters May 11, 2024

