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Germany’s Merz faces second state election test on Sunday

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BERLIN, March 20 (Reuters) – German ⁠Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives face their second electoral test this month on Sunday ⁠when they hope to unseat the centre-left Social Democrats, their coalition […]

South Korea parliament passes bill stripping prosecutors of investigative powers

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SEOUL, March 20 (Reuters) – ⁠South Korea’s parliament passed a sweeping legal reform bill on Friday that will ⁠strip prosecutors of investigative powers, a move that the government argues will […]

Myanmar parliament says to start process to select new president on March 30

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March 20 (Reuters) –  Myanmar’s parliament will start ⁠the process to elect a new president on March 30, officials ⁠said on Friday, a vote many analysts expect will be won […]

Trump compares Pearl Harbor to strikes on Iran in meeting Japan’s leader

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WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump drew a parallel on Thursday between ⁠U.S. strikes on Iran and Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, ‌as he defended the war […]

Norway’s crown princess says she was ‘manipulated and deceived’ by Epstein

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OSLO, March 20 (Reuters) – Norway’s Crown ⁠Princess Mette-Marit said on Friday she regretted her friendship with the ⁠late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, seeking to contain one of the ‌biggest […]

At least 25 hurt in fire at car parts factory in South Korea, Yonhap says

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SEOUL, ⁠March ⁠20 (Reuters) – A ‌fire at a car ​parts factory ⁠in ⁠Daejeon, South Korea, ⁠has ‌injured ⁠at least ​25 people ‌and ⁠the ​fire service ⁠is concerned about ​the […]

Joint statement on Strait of Hormuz by European nations, Japan, Canada

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LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Leading European ⁠nations, Japan and Canada issued a joint statement on Thursday saying they were ⁠ready to join appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through […]

Nashville reporter arrested by US ICE has been released, her legal team says

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WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – ⁠A Colombian reporter working for a Spanish-language news outlet who was arrested ⁠by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Nashville in early March ‌was […]

Brazil finance minister Haddad to run for Sao Paulo governor

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Sao Bernardo do Campo, ⁠Brazil, March 19 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad confirmed on Thursday he is going to run for governor of Sao Paulo, giving President Luiz […]

Indonesian billionaire Michael Bambang Hartono dies at 86

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JAKARTA, March 20 (Reuters) – Michael Bambang ⁠Hartono, an Indonesian billionaire who with his younger brother ran one of ⁠the country’s biggest conglomerates, Djarum group, died on Thursday at the […]

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