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By Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) -Warren Buffett is set to preside over Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s annual meeting for the 59th time on Saturday as investors make their pilgrimage to hear the investing legend, at a time of turmoil for the banking industry and as trouble looms for the economy. Tens of thousands of people are flocking to Omaha, Nebraska this weekend for the extravaganza that Buffett, 92, calls “Woodstock […]

DHAKA (Reuters) – Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said on Saturday they would not return to Myanmar to “be confined in camps” after making a visit to the country as part of efforts to encourage their voluntary repatriation. Nearly one million Rohingya Muslims are living in camps in the Bangladeshi border district of Cox’s Bazar, most after fleeing a military-led crackdown in Buddhist-majority Myanmar in 2017. Twenty Rohingya Muslim refugees and […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested Graham Smith, leader of anti-monarchy group Republic, and a number of other individuals as part of what they called “a significant police operation” ahead of King Charles’ coronation on Saturday. Tens of thousands of people have gathered to cheer the royal procession and military parade for King Charles’ coronation at London’s Westminster Abbey on Saturday, the biggest ceremonial event staged in the British capital […]

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will demand European Union sanctions on imports of Russian farm products, its ambassador to the EU Andrzej Sados was quoted as saying on Saturday by PAP news agency. “Europe isn’t threatened by disruptions in supply chain of farm products now, contrary, we have a problem of surpluses. We are resolving a problem of increased imports of farm products from Ukraine,” Sados said, according to PAP. The […]

By Michael Holden, Andrew MacAskill and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Crowds from across Britain and the world gathered on Saturday in London where Charles III will be crowned king in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. Charles succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth when she died last September and at 74, he will become the oldest British monarch to have the […]

BELGRADE (Reuters) – A girl who was shot in head in a school shooting in Serbia that killed eight pupils and a guard is still in critical condition, while two boys who were in the same hospital were released, RTS state TV reported on Saturday. The country is in shock and mourning after two mass shootings – the school massacre in Belgrade on Wednesday and a rampage outside the city […]

By Michael Holden, Andrew MacAskill and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Crowds from across Britain and the world gathered on Saturday in London where Charles III will be crowned king in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. Charles succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth when she died last September and at 74, he will become the oldest British monarch to have the […]

By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Nafisa Eltahir RIYADH (Reuters) – Sudan’s warring parties were to hold talks on Saturday in the Saudi city of Jeddah, international mediators said, as they pressed for an end to a conflict that has killed hundreds and sent around 100,000 fleeing abroad. The U.S.-Saudi initiative is the first serious attempt to end three weeks of fighting that have has turned parts of Khartoum into war […]

LONDON (Reuters) – People from across Britain and the world gathered on Saturday in central London for the coronation of King Charles III. Here is a selection of quotes from those in the crowd: Andy Mitchell, 63, a teacher from Farnham, Surrey: “When you see everyone dressed up and taking part it is just fantastic. It makes you so proud. It is just incredible to be of part of this,” […]