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Germany summons Iranian envoy over plot to kill Jewish community leader
Oct 19 (Reuters) - Germany summoned the Iranian ambassador on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said in a post on X, after a German court sentenced two men for planning to kill the leader of a Jewish organisation in Germany.
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Death toll from torrential rain in Spain rises to 4
MADRID, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The death toll caused by Dana Adam, the latest episode of torrential rain battering northeastern and eastern Spain, has risen to four after two more fatalities were reported in the Valencia region on Monday.
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Roundup: Africa seeks to promote RMB settlement to align with zero-tariff treatment
ACCRA, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- African governments and financial institutions have been gradually promoting diversified trade settlement and expanding RMB settlement, as China fully implemented zero-tariff treatment for 53 African countries with which it has diplomatic relations in May.
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Bonfires of electric bikes burn in Paris riots
Oct 19 (Reuters) - As protests rock France, the sight of electric bikes burning has become commonplace in the unrest.
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Carney says cause of fire at Alberta military base still unknown
OTTAWA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday that the cause of a fire that killed at least four military members and injured dozens of others in Alberta on Saturday is still unknown.
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Namibia's mining outlook worsens amid diamond slump, rising costs
WINDHOEK, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Namibia's mining sector is projected to contract by 6.2 percent in 2026, a sharper decline than previously forecast, the Chamber of Mines of Namibia said Monday.
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Asian Para Games | Gabbasov's long road to gold leads past a friend
TOYOTA, Japan, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Yerkin Gabbasov from Kazakhstan knew that South Korea's Park Jinho was his friend and the arch rival on the shooting range at the 2026 Asian Para Games.
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US says immigrants from Ukraine, Sudan can keep protected status for now
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Immigrants from Ukraine and Sudan can keep their temporary protected status in the United States for now, the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday, the day protections had been set to expire.
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Four Salvadoran air force members missing after gang ambush in Haiti
SAN SALVADOR/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Four Salvadoran air force members deployed with an international security force in Haiti are missing after an ambush by heavily armed criminal groups, El Salvador's armed forces said late Sunday.
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13-year-old boy suspected of stabbing teacher and pupil in Romania after TikTok posts
BUCHAREST, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Romanian police said a 13-year-old schoolboy stabbed and wounded a teacher and another pupil on Monday, amid local media reports that he had posted about his plans on social media shortly before the attack.
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US Supreme Court snubs bid to revive plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind
Oct 19 (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, to revive a 2024 agreement that would have spared him the death penalty in exchange for a guilty plea — a deal scrapped by former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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Georgian journalist jailed for 30 days for criticising government figures online
TBILISI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A court in Georgia sentenced a well-known TV anchor to 30 days in jail on Monday after he posted comments online critical of ruling party politicians, part of a string of prosecutions of "hate speech" that have triggered concern about press freedom.
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Analysis-France's unrest lays bare 'slow agony' of Macron's twilight months
PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - France's worst bout of civil unrest in years has plunged President Emmanuel Macron's final months in office deeper into turmoil, exposing the powerlessness of a leader struggling to contain social anger with little money to spend, scant political capital and an increasingly fragile grip on public order.
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Milan luxury shops close for fear of new unrest as government prepares to deploy troops
MILAN, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Italy's government will dispatch 500 army troops to "defend Milan" after two days of unrest that saw demonstrators clash with police, loot shops and vandalise property, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday.
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Pope Leo to hold Wednesday audience for first time since cancer surgery
VATICAN CITY, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Pope Leo will hold a general audience with pilgrims at the Vatican on Wednesday for the first time since undergoing surgery for lung cancer, the Vatican said.
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Search for the wreckage of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart's plane comes up empty
A search for Amelia Earhart's plane, which crashed during her 1937 round-the-world flight, ended without success, researchers said on Monday.
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Alberta votes on leaving Canada, separatist movement likely to outlast expected defeat
CALGARY, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Oil-rich Alberta was holding a nonbinding referendum on Monday on whether the western province should secede from Canada, a debate many believe will not be settled by what is widely expected to be a defeat for the separatist cause.
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Terrorism squad probes vehicle attack that critically injured Australian lawmaker
SYDNEY, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Australian lawmaker Helen Haines was in a critical condition on Monday after being deliberately struck by a car outside her office, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying a terrorism taskforce would be investigating an arrested suspect.
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El Niño-powered drought leaves Indonesian palm farmers high and dry as river recedes
SANGGAU, Indonesia/JAKARTA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Supendi, a 33-year-old palm fruit farmer, cooled his heels at a mill in Indonesia's West Kalimantan for four frustrating days earlier this month trying to unload his harvest of fresh fruit bunches before being told to leave as the site was full.
