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Chad announces deployment of 1,500 security personnel to Haiti
YAOUNDE, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Chad announced on Monday the deployment of a contingent of 1,500 security personnel to Haiti as part of an international effort to support local authorities in tackling armed gangs.
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Canada's CPI rises 2.4 pct in March
OTTAWA, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Canada's Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 2.4 percent year over year in March, up from an increase of 1.8 percent in February, Statistics Canada said on Monday.
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China to strengthen management of addictive drugs pregabalin, dextromethorphan
BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese central authorities have recently decided to further strengthen the management of pregabalin and dextromethorphan and guaifenesin preparations to prevent these addictive drugs from flowing into illegal channels and being abused.
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6 died in north Philippine residential fire
MANILA, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed in a house fire in northern Philippines early Monday, said local authorities.
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China Focus: China shares emerging industries' IP experience to boost global governance
BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- China's annual National Intellectual Property (IP) Publicity Week kicked off on Monday with a high-level forum focused on sharing its governance experience in protecting innovations in emerging industries like artificial intelligence (AI), as part of broader efforts to contribute to global governance.
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UK's Starmer orders review into security concerns from Mandelson's time in office
LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said he had asked the group overseeing security standards across government to examine any security concerns raised during Peter Mandelson's tenure as ambassador to the United States.
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UK's Starmer says he and ministers not told Mandelson failed clearance in January 2025
LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday foreign office officials did not inform him, or any ministers, that they had granted security clearance to former U.S. ambassador Peter Mandelson against the vetting agency's recommendation in January 2025.
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Mexico to probe security role of US officials killed in Chihuahua car crash
MEXICO CITY, April 20 (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday she was not aware U.S. embassy officials were working with the northern state of Chihuahua to combat drug cartels and said her government would review whether national security law was broken, after the officials died in a car crash.
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Russian blogger whose angry appeal to Putin went viral hits back after state TV attack
MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) - A celebrity blogger whose sharp criticism of the authorities has been watched by tens of millions of Russians has hit back after one of state TV's best-known political presenters accused her of working for the West and called for her to be investigated.
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UK pharmacist fights Indian extradition for allegedly killing his ex-mother-in-law with arsenic
LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - A British-based pharmacist wanted in India for allegedly poisoning his ex-wife's family with arsenic, killing her mother, and trying to hire assassins to kill her father began his fight against extradition on Monday.
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Czechs want to discuss role in French nuclear deterrence initiative, PM Babis says
PRAGUE, April 20 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic is interested in discussing possible involvement in a French plan to extend nuclear deterrence, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Monday.
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FBI Director Kash Patel sues the Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences
(Corrects spelling of Deanna Shullman in paragraph 15)
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Hungary's Magyar renews call for president, top judges to resign
BUDAPEST, April 20 (Reuters) - Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar reiterated on Monday a call for Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok, backed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party, and top judges to resign by May 31 or face being removed from office.
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Rumen Radev, Russia-friendly ex-fighter pilot, sweeps Bulgaria's election
SOFIA, April 20 (Reuters) - When Rumen Radev stepped down from his role as president of Bulgaria in January to run in Sunday's parliamentary election, he urged voters to ditch the "corrupt officials, conspirators and extremists" that he said were running the country.
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Ugandan and Congolese troops free 200 captives from IS-affiliated militants
KAMPALA, April 20 (Reuters) - Ugandan and Congolese soldiers rescued at least 200 civilians in a raid on an Islamist militant camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week, Uganda's military said on Monday.
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Analysis-Venezuela’s melting 'permafrost' draws debt investors' optimism
WASHINGTON, April 20(Reuters) - Venezuela, a country subject to Western sanctions and saddled with billions in debt, was the biggest cause for optimism at last week's otherwise sombre IMF-World Bank meetings, investors and officials said.
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Slovenia PM Golob's party goes into opposition after coalition talks fail
SARAJEVO, April 20 (Reuters) - Slovenia's outgoing prime minister, Robert Golob, on Monday said that his liberal Freedom Movement (GS), which narrowly won a parliamentary vote in March, would go into opposition after failing to secure a majority coalition, indicating that centre-right parties would form a government.
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Exclusive-Pakistan places $1.5 billion Sudan weapons sale on hold after Saudi objection, sources say
ISLAMABAD, April 20 (Reuters) - Pakistan has put a $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan on hold after Saudi Arabia asked for the agreement to be terminated and said it would not finance the purchase, two Pakistani security sources and a diplomatic source said.
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Hormuz shipping again near standstill after shots and seizure
LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - Ships were largely avoiding the Strait of Hormuz on Monday after an escalation at the weekend in which Iran fired what appeared to be warning shots at vessels and the U.S. military seized an Iranian cargo ship.
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Russia says it detains a German woman with a bomb in her rucksack
MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service said on Monday that it had detained a 57-year-old German woman with a bomb in her rucksack as part of what it cast as a false-flag operation directed by Ukrainian intelligence.
