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UK government spent 162 million pounds on Queen Elizabeth's funeral

British government departments spent an estimated total of 161.7 million pounds ($204 million) on Queen Elizabeth's state funeral and related events, the Treasury said on Thursday.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Armenian PM agrees to hold Moscow peace talks with Azeri leader and Putin - Ifax

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday he had agreed to hold peace talks in Moscow on May 25 with Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, with Russian President Vladimir Putin mediating, the Interfax news agency reported.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Exceptional weather becomes the new norm in exposed Italy

Storms, avalanches, floods and drought have slammed Italy over the past year, killing dozens of people, as once exceptional disasters become a regular part of life, leaving the government scrambling to find answers.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Sudan's conflict inflicts heavy toll on children

After surviving weeks of fighting in Khartoum, Sanaa Mahmoud has finally got her family to safety in Cairo but says her daughter still wakes up at night screaming because of the gunfire and airstrikes that rocked her neighbourhood.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Premature Ukrainian war babies get donated breast milk in Poland under UN programme

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Reuters · May 18, 2023

Kremlin says it needs to see more progress after Black Sea grain deal renewal

The Kremlin on Thursday confirmed that Russia had renewed the Black Sea grain deal for two months after achieving some results in talks which had given it "certain hopes", but said more progress had to be made to advance its own interests.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Erdogan rival pledges to repatriate all refugees before Turkey runoff

Tayyip Erdogan's challenger in Turkey's presidential race has sharpened his tone on migrants on Thursday, vowing to send all migrants back to their countries once elected in a May 28 runoff vote.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Long-necked dinosaur fossil found by Argentine scientists is one of biggest ever

Argentine paleontologists have discovered the remains of a gigantic new species of long-necked herbivorous dinosaur in the country's southern Patagonia region, saying the beast ranks as one of the largest ever discovered.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Polish news websites hit by DDoS attacks

Several Polish news websites were hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that the government said could be the action of Russian hacking groups, the digitalisation minister was quoted as saying on Thursday.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

US, UK, others seek to target illicit oil shipping transfers at sea

The U.S., UK, Denmark and other countries have called for more action, including increased surveillance, over the booming practice of unregulated oil transfers at sea, as fears grow over potential pollution, according to a paper submitted to the U.N.

Reuters · May 18, 2023