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Parliament passes law to allow multiple citizenship for Ukrainians

KYIV (Reuters) -Parliament passed a law on Wednesday to allow Ukrainians to have multiple citizenship in an attempt to ease a demographic crisis caused by Russia's war and to enhance ties with Ukraine's diaspora.

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Boeing 787’s emergency-power system likely active before Air India crash, WSJ reports

(Reuters) -Investigators believe the Air India Boeing Dreamliner had its emergency-power generator operating when it crashed last week in India's Ahmedabad, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the probe.

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Is brain rot real? Here's what brain health experts say

Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain rot" as its word of the year, defining it as the "supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state" caused by overconsuming "trivial or unchallenging" material found on social media and other online platforms.

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Thousands of Cambodians join government rally as border dispute with Thailand intensifies

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Thousands of Cambodians joined a state-organised march in its capital on Wednesday to support the government in an ongoing border dispute with Thailand triggered by the death of a Cambodian soldier last month. 

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Indonesian police arrest three Australian men over shooting in Bali

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian police have arrested three Australian men for a shooting incident that killed a fourth at a villa on the resort island of Bali, its police chief said on Wednesday.

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Analysis-Japan's Ishiba departs G7 with US trade deal and political future in doubt

KANANASKIS, Canada (Reuters) -Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba's bid to get U.S. President Donald Trump to relax tariffs imperiling his country's economy and his political future fell flat this week, underlining the gulf between the allies as more levies are set to kick in.

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Many flights to Indonesia's Bali cancelled after volcano eruption

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Several flights to the Indonesian resort island of Bali were cancelled or delayed and the airport in Maumere in East Nusa Tenggara province was closed due to the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, officials said on Wednesday.

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Meta makes a home on Threads for ‘fediverse’ posts

Meta on July 17 gave posts from apps or servers synched to the "fediverse" a dedicated feed at Threads, its challenge to the X platform originally known as Twitter.

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India's Modi tells Trump there was no US mediation in ceasefire with Pakistan

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi told U.S. President Donald Trump late on Tuesday that a ceasefire between India and Pakistan after a four-day conflict in May was achieved through talks between the two militaries and not U.S. mediation, India's senior-most diplomat said.

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Iran says it has taken control of Israeli airspace

TEHRAN: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday (June 18) said the Iranian armed forces now have control over Israel's airspace following a new wave of missile attacks, Mehr News Agency reported.

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Japan PM Ishiba says disagreements remain with U.S. on tariff talks

KANANASKIS, Alberta (Reuters) -Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said his country has not reached a comprehensive tariff agreement with the United States as some disagreements persist between the two nations.

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Ex-lawyer for El Chapo wins judge position in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Silvia Delgado, a former lawyer for drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, has won a criminal judge position in Mexico's controversial judicial elections, results showed on Tuesday.

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Colombia's Senate approves labor reform amid tension with Petro

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's Senate on Tuesday approved a modified and much-debated labor reform bill, after President Gustavo Petro decreed a referendum to seek direct approval from voters for the initiative.

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Exclusive-Trump's Ukraine envoy to meet Belarus' Lukashenko, sources say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A senior Trump administration official is planning to travel to Belarus in the coming days to meet the country's president, according to four sources briefed on the matter, as ceasefire talks between Ukraine and Russia remain deadlocked.

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Japan suspends imports of fertile eggs, day-old chicks from two Brazilian states

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Japan suspended imports of fertile eggs and day-old chicks coming from the Brazilian states of Goias and Mato Grosso after bird flu cases in subsistence farms had been reported in both states, the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday.

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Mexico's Sheinbaum speaks with Trump on phone after meeting canceled

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday said she had a "very good" phone call with her U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.

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U.S. crude oil inventories down last week: API

HOUSTON, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday reported a decrease of 10.133 million barrels of crude oil in U.S. inventories for the week ending June 13.

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Trump's tax, budget bill to add 2.8 trln USD to deficit: CBO

WASHINGTON, June 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's tax and budget bill will increase the deficit by 2.8 trillion U.S. dollars over the next decade, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

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US judge blocks Trump passport policy targeting transgender people

BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their gender identities, after finding it was likely unconstitutional.

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Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, June 17

JERUSALEM -- Israel said on Tuesday it had launched another wave of airstrikes in Iran and was determined to press ahead with its military campaign, now in its fifth day.