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Interview: FAO chief economist warns of deepening global food risks amid Mideast tensions
ROME, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing conflict in the Middle East could heighten risks to global food security, particularly for countries heavily dependent on imported food, fertilizer and fuel, Maximo Torero, chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has said.
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OPEC+ to ramp up oil output in May amid global energy crisis
VIENNA, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+, on Sunday decided to increase oil output by 206,000 barrels per day in May, according to an OPEC statement.
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CSL Roundup: Shenhua secures comeback win, Chongqing continues unbeaten run
BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai Shenhua secured a 3-2 comeback win over Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, while newly promoted Chongqing Tonglianglong stunned 10-man Zhejiang FC 1-0 as the fourth round of the Chinese Super League concluded Sunday.
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Bangladesh launches emergency vaccination campaign as measles outbreak spreads
DHAKA, April 5 (Reuters) - Bangladesh on Sunday launched an emergency vaccination campaign targeting more than a million children as a fast‑spreading measles outbreak sweeps across the country.
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Keiko Fujimori leads Peru's presidential polls a week before election
LIMA, April 5 (Reuters) - Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori holds first place in the polls one week before Peru's presidential election, according to three polls released on Sunday.
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British royals gather for Easter service, with Andrew and his family absent
LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla attended the traditional Easter service at Windsor Castle on Sunday, joined by his eldest son and heir to the throne Prince William, wife Catherine, and their three children at St George's Chapel.
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Trump says deal with Iran possible by Monday, Fox News reports
April 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said a deal with Iran is possible by Monday, and that Iran was negotiating, Fox News reported on Sunday following an interview with the president.
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Zelenskiy in Syria to meet President Sharaa, sources say
April 5 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has made his first visit to Syria to hold a meeting with his counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa, two Syrian sources told Reuters on Sunday.
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Trump says US will target Iran's infrastructure on Tuesday
WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said in a Truth Social post that "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran."
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Congo says it will receive third-country deportees under new deal with US
KINSHASA, April 5 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo will receive third-country nationals deported from the United States under a new deal with the Trump administration, the government in Kinshasa said in a statement on Sunday.
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Explosives found near pipeline in Serbia that carries Russian gas, leaders say
BUDAPEST/BELGRADE, April 5 (Reuters) - Powerful explosives were found near a pipeline in Serbia that carries Russian gas to Hungary, the leaders of the two countries said on Sunday, prompting political scrutiny in Hungary at a sensitive time days before a national election.
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Fire breaks out at Russia's NORSI oil refinery after drone attack, governor says
MOSCOW, April 5 (Reuters) - Fire has broken out at Russia's NORSI oil refinery, the country's fourth-largest, after a drone attack, the governor of Nizhny Novgorod region, Gleb Nikitin, said on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday.
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Iran executes two men involved in January protests judiciary news outlet says
DUBAI, April 5 (Reuters) - Iran executed two men convicted of attempting to storm a military facility and access an armoury during unrest in January, the Mizan news outlet of its judiciary said on Sunday.
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Fuel reservoir hit at Russia's Primorsk, NORSI refinery on fire after drone attacks
MOSCOW, April 5 (Reuters) - Fuel leaked at Russia's Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, while NORSI oil refinery caught fire following a drone attack, Russian authorities said on Sunday.
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Unifil to lodge formal protest after Israeli troops destroy surveillance cameras at HQ
BEIRUT: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said on Saturday (April 4) that it will file a formal protest after Israeli soldiers destroyed surveillance cameras installed at its headquarters in Naqoura, Xinhua reported.
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Iran warns US-Israeli attacks on nuclear sites risk radioactive fallout across region
ISTANBUL: Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Saturday (April 4) that US-Israeli attacks on the country's nuclear facilities could expose the entire region to radioactive contamination, calling for urgent international action, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
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Malaysia condemns continuing attacks on Unifil peacekeepers in southern Lebanon
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia condemns the continuing attacks on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, which have resulted in deaths and injuries among UN personnel.
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UN agencies say attacks on health care in Sudan have killed more than 2,000 since 2023
KHARTOUM, April 4 (Xinhua) -- At least 2,042 people have been killed and 785 injured in 214 attacks on health care facilities in Sudan since the conflict began nearly three years ago, two UN agencies said Saturday.
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Daily brief about U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran: Day 36
CAIRO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran entered its 36th day Saturday, with U.S. President Donald Trump threatening "hell" if Iran fails to meet his deadline, and a top Iranian commander warning that any strike on Iran's infrastructure would trigger "devastating and continuous" attacks on U.S. military assets and Israeli infrastructure.
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At Easter vigil, Pope Leo urges world not to grow numb to war
VATICAN CITY, April 4 (Reuters) - Pope Leo led the world's Catholics into Easter at a Saturday night vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and urged people not to feel numbed by the scope of the conflicts raging across the world but to work for peace.
