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Warm American welcome for new pope masks US church's deep divide
(Reuters) - As Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, he spoke a few words in English. It was a reminder - if anyone needed one - that a baseball fan who hails from Chicago was now leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Türkiye signs gas supply deal with Syria: report
DAMASCUS, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye inked a gas supply deal with Syria on Friday, agreeing to provide six million cubic meters of natural gas daily for its neighbor country, Syria's state-run SANA news agency reported.
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Exclusive-Iran to send Russia launchers for short-range missiles, sources say
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Iran is preparing to deliver in the near future launchers for short-range ballistic missiles that the U.S. said Tehran sent to Russia last year for use against Ukraine, according to two Western security officials and a regional official.
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U.S. reports over 1,000 measles cases so far in 2025
LOS ANGELES, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The United States has reported more than 1,000 measles cases so far in 2025, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.
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U.S. dollar ticks down
NEW YORK, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar fell in late trading on Friday.
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China to resolutely safeguard development interests: commerce minister
MOSCOW, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao has said that China firmly opposes the abuse of the so-called "reciprocal tariffs" by the United States, and will resolutely safeguard its legitimate development interests.
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Malta becomes Europe's largest ship registry
VALLETTA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Malta's ship registry had over 10,000 ships registered by the end of the first quarter of the year, making it the largest ship registry in Europe and the sixth largest in the world, the Transport Ministry said on Friday.
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Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender died at 103
BERLIN, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender died at the age of 103 on Friday, according to German media reports.
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Gunmen kill 30 travellers in Nigeria's unstable southeast, Amnesty says
LAGOS (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead at least 30 travellers in an attack in Nigeria's southeastern Imo state, Amnesty International said on Friday, raising fresh concerns about violence in a region rife with insecurity.
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Canada PM Carney's cabinet to be sworn in on Tuesday
(Corrects first paragraph to remove Canada PM's swearing in after the official statement was updated)
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Dutch national library appeals to public over theft of rare books
THE HAGUE, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The National Library of the Netherlands (KB) in The Hague is appealing to the public for help in locating six rare books by Russian poet Alexander Pushkin that were stolen from its collection in 2023, the KB announced on Friday.
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European solar report hails China's role in green energy expansion
MUNICH, Germany, May 9 (Xinhua) -- China accounted for around half of both newly added and total global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 2024, a milestone hailed by European analysts as a major contribution to the world's carbon reduction goals.
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EAC central banks project 5.8 pct regional economic growth in 2025
NAIROBI, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Central banks of the East African Community (EAC) member states on Friday projected regional economic growth at 5.8 percent in 2025.
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Cardinal Prevost put his head in his hands as papacy loomed
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - As U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost realized during the secret conclave that he might be elected the next Catholic pope, he put his head in his hands at the daunting prospect of leading the 1.4-billion-member Church, a cardinal said on Friday.
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Ukraine, Hungary each expel two diplomats in espionage row
KYIV/BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Ukraine and Hungary said on Friday they were expelling two diplomats each after each side accused the other of engaging in espionage.
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Spain invests 8.4 mln euros to boost global presence of its food, gastronomy
BARCELONA, Spain, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Spain is investing 8.4 million euros (9.46 million U.S. dollars) in a fresh push to elevate its global standing in food and gastronomy through the sixth edition of its "Food Nation" initiative, authorities announced.
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Migrants told of Libya deportation waited hours on tarmac, attorney says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Migrants in Texas who were told they would be deported to Libya sat on a military airfield tarmac for hours on Wednesday, unsure of what would happen next, an attorney for one of the men told Reuters.
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Switzerland and US agree to accelerate trade talks, Swiss president says
GENEVA (Reuters) -Switzerland and the United States have agreed to accelerate their trade talks and are determined to reach an agreement quickly, Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter said on Friday, without specifying a time frame.
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US, Europeans finalising 30-day Ukraine-Russia ceasefire proposal, says diplomatic source
PARIS (Reuters) -The United States and its European allies are finalising a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine that if refused would see them jointly impose new sanctions on Russia, a French diplomatic source said on Friday.
