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Zimbabwe pledges 1 mln USD towards Ebola fight
HARARE, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe on Tuesday pledged 1 million U.S. dollars to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to help fight the ongoing Ebola disease outbreak.
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DR Congo Ebola cases rise to 837 as response faces insecurity, community resistance
KINSHASA, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 837, including 196 deaths, as health authorities and international partners warned that the outbreak continues to deteriorate with sustained community transmission and geographic expansion.
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Equatorial Guinea government resigns due to missed targets, VP says
DAKAR, June 16 (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea's government resigned on Tuesday after failing to meet its objectives, the West African oil-producing country's Vice President Teodoro Obiang Mangue said.
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Chinese experts provide free medical services in Zanzibar ahead of Dragon Boat Festival
DAR ES SALAAM, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese medical and public health experts in Tanzania's Zanzibar on Tuesday organized a Dragon Boat Festival-themed outreach, providing free medical services and health education to residents of Pemba Island as part of efforts to deepen China-Tanzania health cooperation.
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Feature: China-Tanzania job fair connects youth with employment opportunities
DAR ES SALAAM, June 16 (Xinhua) -- On a drizzling Tuesday morning, hundreds of young Tanzanians streamed into the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania's commercial capital. They gathered for the fifth China-Tanzania Job Fair, a one-day event that brought together job seekers and employers from across a wide range of industries.
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MOL, Serbian gov't sign agreement on future governance of NIS
BUDAPEST, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian oil and gas company MOL and the Serbian government on Tuesday signed a shareholders' agreement on the future governance of Serbia's oil company NIS, as MOL negotiates the acquisition of a majority stake from Russia's Gazprom Neft.
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Kenyan coffee exports projected to rise to 55,000 metric tonnes in 2026: official
NAIROBI, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's coffee exports are projected to rise to 55,000 metric tonnes in 2026 from 52,000 in 2025, driven by favorable weather conditions, a government official said on Tuesday.
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Zelenskiy says G7 agreed Russia is not winning war, discussed more sanctions
KYIV, June 16 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday the Group of Seven leaders agreed at a summit in France that Russia was not winning its war in Ukraine, and they discussed additional sanctions to bring Moscow to the negotiating table.
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US-Iran deal allows Tehran to immediately sell oil upon signing, says US official
WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. will allow Iran to immediately begin selling oil and fuel under the memorandum of understanding the two sides reached to end the war, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Kenya's remittances hit 7.2 bln USD in 2025
NAIROBI, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Kenya received a record 931.8 billion shillings (about 7.20 billion U.S. dollars) in diaspora remittances between June 2024 and May 2025, according to the newly released report by the country's central bank.
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Milan prosecutors probe tram drivers' chat over CCTV images of female passengers
MILAN, June 16 (Reuters) - Milan prosecutors have opened an investigation into a WhatsApp group in which about a dozen tram drivers in the city exchanged comments about images of female passengers captured by onboard security cameras, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.
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Chinese doctors provide free healthcare to children in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The 27th Chinese medical team to Sierra Leone on Tuesday organized a health outreach and humanitarian assistance program in Waterloo, a community on the outskirts of Freetown, the country's capital, to commemorate the International Day of the African Child.
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Russian frigate fires warning shots near UK waters to avert yacht collision
LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - A Russian frigate fired warning shots to divert a UK-flagged civilian yacht near British territorial waters on Tuesday, according to statements from Russia's Defence Ministry and Britain's Ministry of Defence.
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Lula widens lead over Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil election second-round, CNT/MDA poll shows
SAO PAULO, June 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva extended an advantage over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a potential runoff in the October general elections, a CNT/MDA poll showed on Tuesday.
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Trump says memo states clearly Iran will not have a nuclear weapon
Évian-les-Bains, France, June 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday told reporters at the G7 meetings in France that the memorandum of understanding with Iran states clearly that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.
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Court clears all defendants in first verdict in Milan urban planning investigation
MILAN, June 16 (Reuters) - A Milan court on Tuesday acquitted all eight defendants in the first verdict among a dozen criminal cases into urban planning that stalled construction in Italy's financial capital.
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Cyprus watchdog finds possible abuse of power by ex-president Anastasiades
NICOSIA, June 16 (Reuters) - Cyprus' anti-corruption watchdog on Tuesday said it had identified possible abuse of power by former president Nicos Anastasiades while in office, referring the matter to the island's top prosecutor for further consideration.
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South Africa's Ramaphosa warns against scapegoating migrants for economic woes
JOHANNESBURG, June 16 (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday warned against blaming migrants for the country's economic pain, saying they should not be scapegoated for South Africa's problems.
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Iceland's finance minister says EU membership is vital as Arctic rivalry and trade wars intensify
COPENHAGEN, June 16 (Reuters) - Iceland should join the European Union to help it boost its economy, stand up to larger trade partners and withstand Arctic rivalry, the island's finance minister told Reuters, ahead of a public vote on whether to restart talks with Brussels.
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Perfect tie in Andean district shows Peru’s enduring political fractures
LAHUAYTAMBO, PERU, June 16 (Reuters) - Past the outskirts of Peru's sprawling coastal capital, where the Andes begin to rise, a small mountain district was perfectly split in the presidential runoff — a stark snapshot of the deep divide shaping the country's politics.
