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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will host leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a summit in Washington on May 12 and May 13, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement on Saturday. (Reporting by Jan…

PARIS (Reuters) – French security forces briefly fired tear gas in Paris on Saturday as opponents of the far-right marched in the capital, according to a Reuters witness. Demonstrators resumed their protests minutes later. (Reporting by Clotaire Achi; …

By Joseph Campbell and Zohra Bensemra TROSTYANETS, Ukraine (Reuters) – The handmade sign on the gate warns “The cemetery is mined. Danger.” but residents of the formerly occupied town of Trostyanets in northern Ukraine still come to visit the fresh gra…

By Rogan Ward KWANDENGEZI, South Africa (Reuters) -Rains that have killed around 400 people and left thousands homeless in South Africa this week began pounding the east coast again on Saturday, threatening more flooding and forcing many to take refuge…

(Reuters) – Russia demanded the surrender of Ukrainian soldiers in the southeastern port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces nearly completely controlled. FIGHTING * Russian armed forces destroyed an ammunition factory near Kyiv, a Russian Defenc…

By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s new ruling alliance took control of the lower house of parliament on Saturday with the election of a new speaker, cementing control of the assembly after former premier Imran Khan was ouste…

(Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday it had barred entry to the country for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and 10 other British government members and politicians. The m…

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian air raids and missile strikes hit Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and other major cities on Saturday as Moscow launched more long-range attacks following the sinking of its Black Sea fleet’s flagship….

By Elizabeth Piper KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s richest man has pledged to help rebuild the besieged city of Mariupol, a place close to his heart where he owns two vast steelworks that he says will once again compete globally. Rinat Akhmetov has seen his…

LINDELANI, South Africa (Reuters) – Bonakele Mtshali was away at a funeral when flash floods on South Africa’s east coast swept her iron-roof shack off the hillside in Lindelani township, taking two of her girls with it. She had been searching with a g…