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Fist-bump or curtsy? UK's King Charles meets charity award winners, ambassadors

Britain's King Charles greeted celebrity ambassadors of his youth charity, including veteran musician Nile Rodgers, along with the charity's award winners on Wednesday in the first reception at Buckingham Palace since his coronation.

Reuters · May 17, 2023

At least four Nigerians killed in attack on U.S. convoy -Blinken

At least four Nigerians were killed in an attack on a convoy of two U.S. government vehicles in Nigeria on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, adding that the attack did not appear to be directed at the U.S. mission there.

Reuters · May 17, 2023

Explainer-Ecuador's Lasso dissolved the legislature. What comes next?

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree on Wednesday, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections, a day after he defended himself in an impeachment hearing.

Reuters · May 17, 2023

Fifty migrants kidnapped from Mexican bus

Mexican security forces are searching for about 50 migrants who were kidnapped from a commercial bus, authorities said Wednesday.

Reuters · May 17, 2023

Why Hamas was not Israel's target in Gaza airstrikes - this time

Israel's latest round of airstrikes against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip left familiar images of towering spirals of smoke and wailing sirens but none of the buildings left in rubble by the jets belonged to its main enemy, Hamas.

Reuters · May 17, 2023

U.S. agrees to renew strategic pact with second Pacific island state

The United States and Palau agreed on Wednesday to renew a key strategic pact, part of U.S. efforts to shore up support among Pacific island states to counter competition from China, even as President Joe Biden called off a historic stop in the region.

Reuters · May 17, 2023

Czechs cancel Soviet-era decrees giving Russian embassy free land

The Czech government on Wednesday cancelled Soviet-era decrees that granted the Russian embassy free use of land in Prague and other cities, a further step in a more than two-year diplomatic spat with Moscow worsened by the war in Ukraine.

Reuters · May 17, 2023

Madrid's rich could vote with their feet as wealth tax fuels electoral debate

For serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky, the outcome of elections in Spain this year will determine whether he stays in Madrid.

Reuters · May 17, 2023

Biden says he and China's Xi will meet, 'whether it's soon or not'

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would speak with China's President Xi Jinping, but did not say when.

Reuters · May 17, 2023

Ukraine tells Chinese envoy it won't accept ceding land to Russia

Ukraine's foreign minister told a top Chinese envoy at talks in Kyiv on Wednesday that Kyiv would not accept any proposals to end the war with Russia that involved it losing territory or freezing the conflict, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said.

Reuters · May 17, 2023