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Party of Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan seeks prison visit over health concerns

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The party of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan demanded a meeting with him on Thursday, saying it was worried about his health as he has been barred from seeing his family and lawyers for over three weeks. Khan has ...
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Spanish court orders remand in jail for former minister

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's Supreme Court ordered prison on remand for former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos on Thursday, who is implicated in one of the corruption scandals dogging the leftist government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. In a writ seen by Reuters, the court ...
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Analysis-Hong Kong fire poses test for China’s grip on the city

By Greg Torode and Antoni Slodkowski HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) -A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex that has killed at least 55 people with almost 300 missing poses the biggest test of Beijing's grip on the city it has transformed ...
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After meeting Pope, Erdogan praises his ‘astute stance’ on Palestinian issue

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan praised Pope Leo's stance on the Palestinian issue after meeting him in Ankara on Thursday, and said he hoped his first overseas visit as Catholic leader will benefit humanity at a time of tension and uncertainty. "We commend ...
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Kast, the favorite to win Chile’s presidential runoff, could limit abortion access

By Sarah Morland SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile's gradual expansion of abortion access is at risk of a dramatic reversal as far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast, a staunch Catholic who opposes even morning-after contraception, surges toward a likely presidential runoff victory in December. Abortion in Chile, which ...
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St Vincent heads to polls as incumbent party seeks sixth straight term

KINGSTOWN -Residents of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines head to the polls on Thursday in a general election that could usher in an unprecedented sixth-consecutive five-year term for Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP). Gonsalves, 79, has served as prime ...
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Factbox-Guinea-Bissau’s history of coups and instability

(Reuters) -Army officers in Guinea-Bissau said on Wednesday they had toppled President Umaro Sissoco Embalo after disputed elections, the latest coup in the West African nation long plagued by instability and drug trafficking. Here is a timeline of Guinea-Bissau's coups and attempted coups: NOVEMBER 1980 ...
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General sworn in as Guinea-Bissau transitional president, army statement says

BISSAU (Reuters) -General Horta Nta Na Man was sworn in as the transitional president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, an army statement said, one day after army officers announced they had deposed the country's president. The officers, referring to themselves as "The High Military Command for ...
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Russia to close Polish consulate in Siberia in row over railway sabotage

MOSCOW/WARSAW (Reuters) -Russia on Thursday ordered Poland to close its consulate in the Siberian city of Irkutsk in retaliation for Warsaw's decision to close the last Russian consulate in Poland after a railway explosion that was blamed on Moscow. Poland, a former Warsaw Pact member ...
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More than 30 dead and 14 missing as heavy rains trigger landslides and floods in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka stopped passenger trains and closed roads in some parts of the country where landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains have caused more than 30 deaths, officials said Thursday. The government's disaster management center said 18 of the ...
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Factbox-Who are the leading candidates in Honduras’ presidential election?

By Diego Oré (Reuters) -Most opinion polls show a statistical tie among three of the five contenders to succeed President Xiomara Castro in Sunday's Honduras election: ruling party candidate Rixi Moncada, former Tegucigalpa Mayor Nasry Asfura of the National Party and TV host Salvador Nasralla ...
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Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 55 people with fires still burning, officials say

(LONDON) -- The death toll from the massive fire at a residential apartment complex in Hong Kong rose to 55 as of Thursday, as search and rescue efforts continued.Fifty-one of the deceased victims died at the scene, fire department officials said in a press ...
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