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By Philip Pullella ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – Pope Francis sent greetings to China on Sunday, calling its citizens a “noble” people and asking Catholics in China to be “good Christians and good citizens,” in his latest overture to the communist country to ease restrictions on religion. Francis made the unscripted comments at the end of a Mass in Mongolia’s capital, calling up the former and current archbishops of Hong Kong, Cardinal […]

By Philip Pullella ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – Pope Francis sent greetings to China on Sunday, calling its citizens a “noble” people and asking Catholics in China to be “good Christians and good citizens,” in his latest overture to the communist country to ease restrictions on religion. Francis made the unscripted comments at the end of a Mass in Mongolia’s capital, calling up the former and current archbishops of Hong Kong, Cardinal […]

By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Armenia’s prime minister has said his country’s policy of solely relying on Russia to guarantee its security was a strategic mistake because Moscow has been unable to deliver and is in the process of winding down its role in the wider region. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica published on Sunday, Nikol Pashinyan accused Russia of failing to ensure Armenia’s security in […]

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will focus on the Black Sea grain deal during their meeting on Monday as Turkey seeks to bring Moscow back to the deal, Erdogan’s chief foreign policy advisor said. “We play a leading role here. We see strong support from all around the world for the realisation of the grain corridor,” Erdogan’s chief foreign policy and security […]

(Reuters) -Tens of thousands of revelers attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert have been asked to shelter in place and conserve food and water on Saturday after a rainstorm turned the site into mud. Access to and from Black Rock City, the event’s site, was closed “for the remainder of the event,” organizers said in a statement on social media. “Rain over the last 24 hours has […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday the government would move to fix unsafe school buildings quickly after some 100 schools were told to shut some buildings due to old and crumbling concrete. The order last week for schools to vacate buildings with Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) came just days before the start of a new term for most children, angering parents and educators over […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz has been detained in Cyprus on a Romanian-issued warrant, a spokesperson for Steinmetz said on Sunday. Steinmetz, according to a statement from the spokesperson, was detained on Thursday “during his arrival at the Larnaca airport, due to an European Arrest Warrant (EAW) issued by the Romanian authorities, which has already been canceled in various European countries, among them in Greece and Italy”. […]

By Arpan Chaturvedi and Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the United Nations to reform in line with 21st century realities to ensure the representation of voices that matter, according to an interview published on Sunday. A “mid-20th century approach cannot serve the world in the 21st century”, Modi, who will host a summit of the Group of 20 big economies from next […]

By Philip Pullella ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday sent greetings to China, calling its citizens a “noble” people and asking Catholics in China to be “good Christians and good citizens,” in his latest overture to the communist country to ease restrictions on religion. Francis made the unscripted comments at the end of Mass, calling up the former and current archbishops of Hong Kong, Cardinal John Tong Hon and Archbishop […]