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White House: US cannot conclusively determine cause of Ukrainian dam destruction

The White House on Tuesday said it could not say conclusively what caused the destruction of a massive dam in Ukraine, but was assessing reports that the blast was caused by Russia, which has been occupying the dam since last year.

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Destruction of Kakhovka dam takes Ukraine war into uncharted territory

The breach of a huge dam on the front-line Dnipro river has muddied the picture for a much-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian invaders and threatens an environmental disaster for civilians living in the war zone.

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Party backing Ecuador's Lasso will not field candidates in elections

Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso's political movement Creating Opportunities will not field candidates for the country's early presidential or legislative elections, it said on Tuesday.

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Potential for miscalculation with China is real and growing -U.S. official

U.S. Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday that lines of communication with China "are opening up," but the potential for miscalculation as Chinese military forces increasingly operate near U.S. forces is real and growing.

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US calls Roger Waters performance in Berlin 'deeply offensive to Jewish people'

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday weighed in on a controversy over a performance by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, denouncing the show in Berlin as "deeply offensive to Jewish people" and accusing Waters of having a record of using antisemitic tropes.

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Saudi-Iranian ties: A history of ups and downs

Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals agreed to end years of antagonism under a Chinese-brokered deal.

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Five nations elected to U.N. Security Council, but Belarus denied

The United Nations General Assembly elected Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and South Korea to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday for two-year terms starting on Jan. 1, 2024, while Belarus - allied with Russia in its invasion of Ukraine - was denied a spot.

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy discusses peace moves with Papal envoy

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the Vatican on Tuesday to contribute to the implementation of a Ukrainian peace plan during talks with a Papal envoy about Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Mexico president plans public sector pay boost going into election

Mexico's president said on Tuesday a key priority next year will be to improve public sector salaries, as the country gears up for the next presidential election in June 2024.

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NATO's eastern flank expects upgraded Ukraine ties at Vilnius summit

Members of NATO's eastern flank expect the military alliance's July summit in Vilnius will set Ukraine on a clearer path to membership, once its war with Russia ends, the countries said at a summit in Bratislava on Tuesday.

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Russia's Shoigu: Ukraine's counter-offensive has been thwarted

Russia's defence minister said on Tuesday his forces had thwarted the first three days of a Ukrainian counter-offensive in battles that had left more than 3,700 Ukrainian soldiers dead or wounded.

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Mexican president urges unity among ruling party contenders

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had sought to promote unity within the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) during a dinner on Monday evening attended by the party's main contenders to succeed him.

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UN chief says Ukraine dam burst 'a consequence' of Russia's invasion

The United Nations does not have any independent information on how a Ukrainian dam burst, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, describing it as "another devastating consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine."

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US had intelligence of Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream project -Washington Post

The United States learned of a Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines three months before they were damaged last September by underwater explosions, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing leaked information posted online.

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Blinken looks to travel to China for talks in coming weeks -US official

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China for talks in the coming weeks, an official said on Tuesday, months after Washington's top diplomat scrapped a planned trip over a suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew across the U.S.

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Finland expels nine Russian diplomats over 'intelligence' work

Finland will expel nine diplomats at the Russian embassy in Helsinki, accusing them of working on intelligence missions, the Finnish president's office said on Tuesday.

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US slaps sanctions on Iranian, Chinese targets over Tehran's missile, military programs

The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday on more than a dozen people and entities in China, Hong Kong and Iran, including Iran's defense attache in Beijing, over accusations they helped procure parts and technology for key actors in Iran's ballistic missile development.

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Belgian police raid EU parliament office of Qatargate suspect

Belgian police on Tuesday raided the office of Marc Tarabella, a Belgian EU lawmaker and suspect in a corruption scandal, his lawyer told Reuters.

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Air India plane from Delhi to San Francisco lands in Russia after engine problem

An Air India plane flying from Delhi to San Francisco was forced to divert and land at an airport in Russia's Far East after it developed a technical issue with one of its engines, the airline said on Tuesday.

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Top Dutch court says Rwandan genocide suspect cannot be extradited

The Dutch supreme court on Tuesday ruled that a man facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide should not be extradited to Rwanda because it cannot be guaranteed his trial will be fair.

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Bulgaria's parliament elects new government led by PM Denkov

Bulgaria's parliament on Tuesday voted in a government led by Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, which is set to implement reforms that would lead the Balkan country into the euro zone and Schengen groupings of European nations.

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'Girl from Ipanema' singer Astrud Gilberto dies at 83

Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, the voice of Bossa Nova whose soft and dreamy version of "The Girl from Ipanema" was an international success in the 1960s, has died at the age of 83, her family said.

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Mother of slain Palestinian child calls for justice

The mother of a Palestinian toddler who died of his wounds after being shot by Israeli soldiers last week called for justice on Tuesday as she attended his funeral in the occupied West Bank.

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Adulterated cider has killed 30 in Russia, dozens more sick - local officials

Thirty people have died in western Russia in the last few days after drinking adulterated cider and dozens more have fallen ill, local officials said on Tuesday.

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Explainer-Ukraine dam: When do attacks on civilian installations amount to war crimes?

The Geneva Conventions and its protocols explicitly ban war-time attacks on "installations containing dangerous forces" such as dams due to the risk posed to civilians, a prohibition likely to come into focus after the destruction of a huge Ukrainian dam.

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