Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Man who attacked Russian art masterpiece says driven by ideology

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A man who attacked and damaged a masterpiece of Russian painting with a metal pole said on Tuesday he had acted for ideological reasons to rescue the reputation of a tsar, recanting an earlier confession that the vandalism was fueled by vodka.


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Tanzania government wins court case to impose online regulations

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DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's government won a court case on Tuesday against bloggers and activists who sought to block the enforcement of tough, new online content regulations that require them to be registered and declare their financial backers.


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Italy may return to polls in July, sources say, amid market rout

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ROME (Reuters) - Italy may hold repeat elections as early as July after its prime minister-designate failed to secure any support from major political parties for even a stop-gap government, sources said on Tuesday, as markets tumbled on the growing political turmoil.


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Senior North Korea envoy to hold talks in U.S. about summit

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SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior North Korean official is headed to New York for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the latest indication that an on-again-off-again summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader may go ahead next month.


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'Radicalised' Belgian convict kills three before being shot dead

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LIEGE, Belgium (Reuters) - A man killed two policewomen and a bystander in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being gunned down at a school in what officials say was a terrorist attack by a radicalized "lone wolf" just out of prison.


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Most senior North Korean envoy to hold official talks in U.S. in 18 years

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SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior North Korean official is headed to New York to discuss an upcoming summit, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, the latest indication that an on-again-off-again meeting between Trump and North Korea's leader may go ahead next month.


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No Warning: Witnesses describe how Indian police shot and killed smelter protesters

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THOOTHUKUDI, India (Reuters) - Police in the port city of Thoothukudi in southern India gave no warning last Tuesday before firing with live ammunition on protesters seeking the closure of a copper smelter owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, according to 16 witnesses interviewed by Reuters.


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Nationalist Serb leader to run for Bosnia's tripartite presidency

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SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who seeks the secession of Bosnia's Serb-dominated region, announced his official candidacy on Tuesday for the Serb seat in the country's inter-ethnic presidency in an Oct. 7 vote.


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