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By Dinuka Liyanawatte and B. Channa Kumara COLOMBO (Reuters) – Thousands of twins packed two-by-two into a stadium in Sri Lanka’s capital on Monday – so many that officials struggled … Read More

By Tom Balmforth and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin accelerated a shake-up of Russia’s political system on Monday, submitting a constitutional reform blueprint to parliament that will … Read More

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry has spoken of his sadness at being forced to give up his royal duties in a deal with Queen Elizabeth and … Read More

By Babak Dehghanpisheh DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over … Read More

ORESUND (Reuters) – The nearly eight-kilometer (five mile) bridge linking Denmark and Sweden is to get a new lick of paint for the first time since it opened for traffic … Read More

OTTAWA (Reuters) – (Corrects the spelling of the defense minister in the first paragraph) Between 150 and 200 Canadian troops should be in the Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador … Read More

By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Monday urged Iran to return the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military with the loss … Read More

VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) – Protesters seeking to scupper reform of France’s pension system scuffled with police on Monday near the Palace of Versailles, outside Paris, where President Emmanuel Macron was … Read More

By Humeyra Pamuk and Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) – Much remains to be done in Colombia’s fight against cultivation of coca, the base ingredient in cocaine, United States Secretary of … Read More

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s lawyers argued on Monday that the impeachment case against him is a product of a rigged process by Democrats and “must … Read More