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Incoming Singapore PM says incumbent Lee to serve as senior minister in next cabinet - media
(Reuters) - Singapore's prime minister-designate, Lawrence Wong, on Tuesday said the city-state's incumbent leader Lee Hsien Loong would serve as a senior minister in his cabinet after he takes power ...
Apr 16, 2024
Armenia asks World Court to pursue ethnic cleansing case against Azerbaijan
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Armenia on Tuesday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hold Azerbaijan responsible for what it said was the ethnic cleansing of Armenians from the Nagorno-Karabakh ...
Apr 16, 2024
Israel still imposing 'unlawful' restrictions on Gaza aid, UN rights office says
GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel is still imposing "unlawful" restrictions on humanitarian relief for Gaza, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday, despite assertions from Israel and others that restri...
Apr 16, 2024
Olympics-Paris 2024 Olympics torch lit in ancient Olympia
By Karolos Grohmann ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) -The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, marking the final stretch of the seve...
Apr 16, 2024
Israeli artist refuses to open Venice show in war protest
ROME (Reuters) - The artist chosen to represent Israel at the prestigious Venice Biennale art fair said on Tuesday that she was refusing to open the national pavilion until there was a ceasefire and h...
Apr 16, 2024
British lawmakers to vote on smoking ban for younger generations
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers will vote on Tuesday on moves by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ban anyone aged 15 and under from ever buying cigarettes. Though expected to be appro...
Apr 16, 2024
US trade chief Tai says taking 'serious look' at tools to deal with China
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will tell lawmakers on Tuesday that the Biden administration is "taking a serious look" at U.S. trade defense tools to de...
Apr 16, 2024
Spain's Canary Islands plan tighter short term rental rules with police backup
By Corina Pons SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (Reuters) - Soon after Maria Rosa Sanchez reported her neighbour for renting her building's rooftop in Tenerife as a campsite on Airbnb, police officers ca...
Apr 16, 2024
Georgia's parliament presses forward with 'foreign agent' bill despite protests
By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) - The speaker of Georgia's parliament said that lawmakers would debate the first reading of a bill on "foreign agents" on Tuesday as opponents called for a second day ...
Apr 16, 2024
South Koreans still seek answers 10 years after Sewol ferry disaster
By Sebin Choi and Dogyun Kim ANSAN, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea remembered the 304 people, most of them school children, who died on the Sewol ferry on the 10th anniversary of its sinking on T...
Apr 16, 2024
