WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's life and legal battles
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will learn on Monday whether he has lost his long-running legal battle in the English courts to prevent his extradition from Britain to the United States to face criminal charges, nearly all under...
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Factbox-Foreign dignitaries attending Taiwan president inauguration
(Reuters) - Lai Ching-te is inaugurated as Taiwan's new president on Monday. Following is a list of some of the foreign leaders and dignitaries attending the ceremony. UNITED STATES Former White House economic adviser Brian Deese, one-time State De...
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces U.S. extradition judgment day
By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) - A British court could give a final decision on Monday on whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret U.S. documents, the culmina...
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Gymnastics-Team Japan in Paris will be strongest ever, says medallist Kaya
By Chang-Ran Kim (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics medallist Kazuma Kaya said Japan would field its strongest men's gymnastics squad yet at Paris 2024, where his only goal was to win the team title to improve on the silver medal he helped nab at the last ...
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Ukraine destroys all 37 drones launched by Russia overnight, air force says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's forces have destroyed all of 37 attack drones launched by Russia overnight, Ukraine's Air Force chief said on Sunday. "As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, all 37 'Shaheds' were shot down in Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Sum...
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Saudi king to undergo tests due to high fever, state news agency says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz will undergo medical tests on Sunday due to "high temperature and joint pain", state news agency SPA reported. The examinations will be conducted at the royal clinics at Al Salam Palace in ...
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Musk arrives in Indonesia's Bali for planned Starlink launch
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Tycoon Elon Musk arrived on the Indonesian island of Bali on Sunday ahead of the planned launch of SpaceX's Starlink internet service, which the Indonesian government hopes will boost internet penetration and health services in ...
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Incoming Taiwan president courts diplomatic allies with shrimp fishing
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - President-elect Lai Ching-te took leaders from some of Taiwan's handful of remaining diplomatic allies shrimping on Sunday, the day before he takes office and has to deal with China which believes the island has ...
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Saudi crown prince meets White House national security adviser
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan in the Saudi city of Dhahran, the Saudi state news agency reported on Sunday. (Reporting by Muhammad Al Gebaly; Editing by Willia...
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Northern Ireland minister Heaton-Harris will not stand for re-election as MP
(Reuters) - Britain's minister for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, will not stand for re-election to parliament, he said in a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday. Heaton-Harris asked Sunak to let him remain secretary of state fo...
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