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Number of immigrants in EU reaches record high of 64.2 million in 2025, study shows
BERLIN, April 22 (Reuters) - The number of immigrants residing in the European Union climbed to a record high of 64.2 million in 2025, up about 2.1 million from a year earlier, according to a report published on Wednesday by the Centre for Research and Analysis on Migration at RFBerlin.
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Syrian minorities refused asylum in Europe as rejections surge
AMSTERDAM, April 22 (Reuters) - Armed men burst into the apartment where student Mohamad lived with his Alawite family in the Syrian city of Jableh on March 7 last year and forced the 20-year-old and his father to lie face down as they pleaded for their lives.
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Military planners to discuss Hormuz reopening in London
LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - Military planners from more than 30 countries will hold two-day talks in London from Wednesday to advance a mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and draw up detailed plans, the British government said.
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Trump extends ceasefire to give Iran more time to negotiate
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (April 22) said he was extending a ceasefire with Iran to give more time for negotiations, but would maintain a US naval blockade of the country's ports. Trump posted on social media that he would "extend the Ceasefire" until Iran came up with a proposal to end the conflict. However, he "directed our Military to continue the Blockade." Trump's ceasefire extension came hours before it was believed to be set to expire.
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Florida launches criminal probe into OpenAI and ChatGPT over deadly shooting
WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said on Tuesday the state was launching a criminal probe into OpenAI and its artificial intelligence app ChatGPT over a deadly shooting last year that killed two people at Florida State University.
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Guatemalan attorney general sanctioned internationally loses bid for third term
GUATEMALA CITY, April 21 (Reuters) - Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras, a leading adversary of President Bernardo Arevalo who has faced international sanctions, is set to step down next month after losing her re-election bid.
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Argentina's Milei will send electoral reform to congress
BUENOS AIRES, April 21 (Reuters) - Argentine President Javier Milei said on Tuesday he will send an electoral reform bill to Congress on Wednesday to eliminate mandatory primary elections.
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Russian official says Russians in Moldova's Transdniestria under threat
MOSCOW, April 21 (Reuters) - The safety of Russian citizens in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region is currently under threat and Moscow will take all steps to protect them, Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's powerful Security Council, was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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El Salvador holds mass trial for 486 alleged gang members
SAN SALVADOR, April 21 (Reuters) - A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members, one of the biggest mass trials under President Nayib Bukele's crackdown on gang violence through controversial emergency powers.
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Mexico disappearances climb as attacks on rights defenders persist, Amnesty says
MEXICO CITY, April 21 - Attacks on human rights defenders, journalists and activists searching for disappeared persons in Mexico continued in 2025 as disappearances climbed to 133,500 cases, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
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Peru election chief resigns as vote count drags on
LIMA, April 21 (Reuters) - The head of Peru's electoral authority, Piero Corvetto, resigned on Tuesday as pressure grows over the long-delayed results from the country's April 12 general election.
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Iran's foreign minister says US blockade of Iranian ports is an 'act of war'
April 21 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports was an "act of war" and thus a violation of the ceasefire.
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Nuuk airport evacuated after bomb threat, one person arrested, Greenland police say
COPENHAGEN, April 21 (Reuters) - The airport in Greenland's capital Nuuk was evacuated on Tuesday following a bomb threat and one person has been arrested in the case, police said.
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Uzbek president, WHO chief discuss health cooperation
TASHKENT, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus here on Tuesday to discuss modernizing the country's healthcare system and deepening cooperation.
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Mining investors jittery about politics in Peru as vote count drags on, analysts say
LIMA, April 21 (Reuters) - Investors in Peru's copper and gold mines are worried about the country's presidential vote count that has been slowed by allegations of irregularities, yet analysts expect the sector to weather the election with limited direct impact.
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Explainer-What to know about psychedelic therapies cited by Trump
April 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump this week signed an executive order directing health regulators to speed reviews of psychedelic treatments and increase federal funding for research into their use in response to advocates for the drug ibogaine including influential podcaster Joe Rogan.
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Zimbabwe steps up negotiations with China to tap zero-tariff policy for agricultural exports
HARARE, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe is intensifying discussions on export protocols with China to take advantage of the upcoming zero-tariff policy and boost agricultural exports, Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Development Anxious Masuka said Tuesday.
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Malawi to borrow 120 mln USD for fuel procurement amid forex shortage: minister
LILONGWE, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The Malawian government is considering borrowing 120 million U.S. dollars from the African Export-Import Bank to procure fuel as the country grapples with acute foreign exchange shortages, a senior official said on Tuesday.
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Italy summons Russian ambassador over TV host insults to PM Meloni
ROME, April 21 (Reuters) - Italy has summoned the Russian ambassador to protest against insults directed at Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by a pro-Kremlin Russian television host, Rome's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
