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CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) -Air strikes hit outer areas of the Sudanese capital Khartoum overnight and on Saturday morning, as fighting that has trapped civilians in a humanitarian crisis and displaced more than a million entered its sixth week. The fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has led to a collapse in law and order with looting that both sides blame the other for. Stocks of food, […]

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN (Reuters) -Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy received a warm welcome in Japan on Saturday after arriving to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima for back-to-back bilateral meetings with world leaders. Zelenskiy has so far met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, and Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak among others. “France has been from the very beginning shoulder to shoulder with you. We […]

(Reuters) – Central Coast Mariners advanced to the A-League final as Samuel Silvera and Marco Tulio scored second-half goals in a 2-0 home win over Adelaide United in Saturday’s semi-final second leg to secure a comfortable aggregate victory. After an action-packed but goalless first half, the Mariners broke the deadlock in the 48th minute when Jason Cummings went on a driving run into the box before poking the ball to […]

By Fernando Kallas MADRID (Reuters) – Carlo Ancelotti ended any doubt about his immediate future on Saturday by saying he will honour the last year of his contract with Real Madrid amid interest from Brazil. Brazilian FA (CBF) president Ednaldo Rodrigues told Reuters in March that Ancelotti would be an obvious choice to fill the vacant national managerial position if he was available at the end of the European season. […]

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – India will be pleased to host the next Quad summit in 2024, a group compromising the U.S., Australia, Japan and India itself, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. In opening remarks at a Quad meeting on the sidelines of a Group of Seven summit, Modi told three other Quad leaders that the group was an important platform for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. […]

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to Japan for the Group of Seven (G7) summit a “game changer,” as the two met for talks on the sidelines of the event. “I think this is a unique opportunity to (have) exchanges with a lot of countries from the south and express your situation, express a message and share a view. I […]

HIROSHIMA/ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to leave the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima a day earlier than scheduled to lead the response to flooding which hit the north of her country this week, two sources said on Saturday. Torrential rains devastated the eastern side of the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, killing 14 people, causing billions of euros worth of damage and hitting agriculture […]

HIROSHIMA (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he invited India to join Ukraine’s peace formula during his talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Saturday in Japan. Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app that they also discussed Ukraine’s needs in demining and mobile hospitals during their first face-to-face meeting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. (Reporting by […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Buckingham Palace issued a photograph of Kate, the wife of heir to the British throne Prince William, on Saturday to mark World Bee Day. The picture, taken last year, showed the Princess of Wales, as she is officially titled, beekeeping at Anmer Hall, her residence in the rural eastern English county of Norfolk, wearing a beekeeper’s suit, including protective hat veil and boots. Bees are also kept […]