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Exclusive-IAEA chief aims to present Zaporizhzhia deal to UN this month -diplomats

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi plans to present an agreement with Russia and Ukraine on protecting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to the U.N. Security Council this month, indicating a deal is close, four diplomats have told Reuters.

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Faced with tougher U.S. policy, migrants in Mexico pin hopes on asylum app

Oriana Silva, a 30-year-old Venezuelan mother of two, was so determined to make it to the United States that she entered illegally and was expelled back to Mexico five times in seven months. Now, she is trying another way she hopes will be easier: the U.S. asylum app.

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Hezbollah denies links to drug kingpin killed in Syria

The head of Lebanon's powerful armed group Hezbollah on Friday denied his group was involved in narcotics smuggling and said it had no links to an alleged drug kingpin killed in Syria this week.

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Canada extradites a 'most wanted' suspect to face drug charges, U.S. says

Canada has extradited an alleged drug trafficker on the United States' "ten most wanted" list to face federal charges in Michigan, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday.

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French nuclear group evacuates foreign workers to Niger capital following security threat

French nuclear group Orano has evacuated 18 expatriate workers from a uranium mining site in Arlit, northern Niger, to the capital Niamey on Friday, following a security threat, a spokesperson for the company said in statement to Reuters.

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U.S. Congressman George Santos agrees to settle lawsuit in Brazil

Republican U.S. congressman George Santos, who has Brazilian heritage, agreed to settle a lawsuit in which he was accused of bouncing checks to buy clothes in a Rio de Janeiro clothing store over a decade ago, a court in Rio said.

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Czech president: democratic world needs united approach towards China

The European Union and other democracies need a united and realistic stance towards China because even the largest EU countries cannot play on equal terms with Beijing on their own, Czech President Petr Pavel said.

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Kenya unearths more bodies in search for death cult followers

Kenyan investigators unearthed 29 more bodies on Friday in a continuing search for victims of a doomsday cult in the country's southeast.

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Czech president gives Ukraine's offensive high chance of success

Ukraine's planned counteroffensive to win back territory occupied by Russia has a good chance of success but may bring high casualties if Russia uses its prepared defences well, Czech President and former NATO general Petr Pavel said on Friday.

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Putin, S.Africa's Ramaphosa discussed Ukraine in phone call-Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow had never refused the "diplomatic track" to resolving the conflict in Ukraine in a phone call with his South African counterpart, the Kremlin said.

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Australia trade minister 'pleased' with trade talks in China

Australia's Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell said on Friday he was "pleased" with his talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on removing trade barriers, but added that his visit was "just another step" in stabilising ties.

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Erdogan challenger Kilicdaroglu wears steel vest two days ahead of election

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, main challenger of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, wore a steel vest for an election rally on Friday, two days before Sunday's presidential elections, on "intelligence that he could be attacked", a source from his party said.

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US military to bolster defensive posture in Gulf after Iran seizes tankers

The U.S. military will work to bolster the defensive posture in the Gulf region following Iran's seizure and harassment of commercial shipping vessels in recent months, U.S. officials said on Friday.

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Awkward moment in Denmark's parliament as Greenlandic MP refuses to speak Danish

A Greenlandic MP on Friday refused to speak Danish during a debate in the Danish parliament and instead spoke in her native Inuit language, frustrating uncomprehending lawmakers and highlighting strained relations between Denmark and Greenland.

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Russian military helicopter crashes over Crimea, 2 pilots dead

Two Russian pilots were killed on Friday when a Russian Mi-28 military helicopter crashed in the annexed peninsula of Crimea, Russian news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry.

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Turkey Red Crescent head resigns following controversy over quake tents

The head of the Turkish Red Crescent resigned on Friday, the relief association said, three months after controversy emerged over the selling of tents to a charity in the first days after devastating earthquakes in Turkey.

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Suspected shooter at Mercedes-Benz plant had no firearm licence - police

A 53-year old individual suspected of firing shots and killing two colleagues at a production plant run by German carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Thursday had no license to own a gun, police said on Friday.

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Doctored video fuels tensions in Turkey's close election race

A doctored video splicing footage of President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and a Kurdish militant chief and showing them uttering the same slogan has raised tensions ahead of a vote on Sunday marred by accusations of smear campaigns.

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Gaza cancer patients miss treatment as Israel border shut amid fighting

Gaza resident Dina El-Dhani was due to meet her oncologist this week at a hospital in Jerusalem but she has been unable to cross into Israel since the border was closed amid heavy fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants.

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Spain seizes Brazilian fishing boat with cocaine haul on rough seas

Spanish authorities have seized a Brazilian-flagged fishing boat off the Canary Islands with 1.5 tonnes of cocaine in a hidden compartment in its machine room, police said on Friday as they brought the boat to the port of Las Palmas.

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Montenegro court releases crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon on bail

A court in Montenegro agreed on Friday to release Do Kwon, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur charged in the U.S. with a multibillion-dollar fraud, on bail of 400,000 euros ($440,320), pending a trial on local charges.

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Russia acknowledges retreat north of Bakhmut, Wagner boss calls it a 'rout'

Moscow acknowledged on Friday that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine's battlefield city of Bakhmut after a new Ukrainian offensive, in a retreat that the head of Russia's Wagner private army called a rout.

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Rheinmetall founds JV to make and repair tanks in Ukraine - Handelsblatt

Rheinmetall has founded a joint venture with Ukrainian state-owned conglomerate Ukroboronprom to build and repair tanks in Ukraine, the Handelsblatt daily reported Friday, citing the German arms maker's chief executive.

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Kremlin says allegations Russia is interfering in Turkish election concocted by liars

The Kremlin said on Friday that allegations Russia had interfered in the upcoming Turkish presidential election were false and had been concocted by liars.

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Europe could see record numbers trying to reach its borders this year, agency says

The European Union could see another record number of people seeking to reach its borders this year via irregular crossings, with more migrants driven by poverty and climate change rather than conflict, the EU's Frontex border agency said on Friday.

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