Channeling national pride, Mexican front-runner to campaign by U.S. border

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's presidential front-runner launches his campaign close to the U.S. border on Sunday amid tension over U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to put up a wall between the countries.

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China to complete formation of new government departments by mid-April: media

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will complete by mid-April the formation of new government departments announced as part of a sweeping restructuring plan ratified by parliament, state television reported late on Saturday citing comments from Vice Premier Han Zheng.

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Namibia president says China not colonizing Africa -China state media

BEIJING (Reuters) - Namibia President Hage Geingob said China is not colonizing Africa and that growing cooperation between the world's No. 2 economy and Africa benefits both sides, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.

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US, South Korea Begin Low-Key Army Drills Amid Diplomatic Thaw

The United States and South Korea kicked off a low-key joint military drill Sunday as a diplomatic thaw over North Korea gathered pace.

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Winning Ticket For $521 Million Mega Millions Jackpot Sold In New Jersey

The sole winning ticket for the Mega Millions lottery was sold in New Jersey, the state's lottery organisation said on Saturday, but the identity of the winner of the $521 million jackpot was not...

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Come For Drugs, Leave With More Shopping: Walmart's New Growth Strategy?

Walmart Inc's efforts to develop closer ties with health insurer Humana Inc, which came to light on Thursday, point to a brave new world of retail where superstores become healthcare centres offering...

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Tesla Says "Autopilot" Was Engaged During Fatal Crash That Killed One

Electric carmaker Tesla has confirmed its "Autopilot" feature was engaged during a fatal crash last week, a development set to exacerbate concerns over the safety of futuristic vehicles.

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Gazans Bury Their Dead, Call For "Revenge" After Bloodiest Day In Years

Gazans buried their dead on Saturday with calls for "revenge" a day after a mass protest led to clashes that saw Israeli forces kill 16 Palestinians in the bloodiest day since a 2014 war.

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US Blocks UN Security Council Statement Over Gaza Violence

The United States on Saturday blocked a draft UN Security Council statement urging restraint and calling for an investigation of clashes on the Gaza-Israel border that left 16 dead, diplomats said.

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France and Italy in row over migrant drug test

Armed French border patrol agents have caused anger by crossing into Italy and entering a migrant clinic at a railway station.

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Anxious Hong Kong Catholics told to make leap of faith over China deal

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A looming deal between the Vatican and China is causing divisions between the church hierarchy and Catholics in Hong Kong, which has long been a vital beachhead for the faith on the southern edge of officially atheist China.

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U.S., South Korea kick off annual joint military exercises after month-long delay

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual joint military exercises on Sunday after they were delayed by about a month for the Winter Olympics and to help create conditions for a resumption of talks between North and South Korea.

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Man Dies After Fairground Ride Collapses In Central France

A Frenchman died on Saturday after a fairground ride in central France collapsed, a local official said.

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Netanyahu praises troops after deadly Gaza clashes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised his troops for "guarding the country's borders" after a mass Gaza frontier protest led to clashes that left 16 Palestinians dead.

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Venezuela arrests five police officials over deadly jail disaster

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela arrested five state police officials for their alleged role in a riot and fire that killed 68 people in an overcrowded police station cell, the country's public prosecutor said on Saturday.

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Britain and Russia lock horns as Moscow cuts UK diplomats

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow has told Britain it must cut just over 50 more of its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia as a standoff deepened over the poisoning of a Russian former spy and his daughter in England, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

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Pope baptizes Italy 'migrant hero' at Easter Eve service

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday led an Easter vigil service, baptizing eight adults, including a formerly undocumented Nigerian migrant beggar who became a hero when he disarmed an Italian thief wielding a cleaver.

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Mali war crimes suspect in custody: International Criminal Court

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court on Saturday said it has taken into custody at its detention center in the Netherlands of a Malian man accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Brazil's presidential palace confirms Occhi as new health minister

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's presidential palace confirmed on Saturday Gilberto Occhi, chief executive officer of state-run bank Caixa Econômica Federal [CEF.UL], as the country's new health minister.

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Israeli troops wound dozens on Gaza border as Palestinians bury dead from earlier violence

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot and wounded about 70 Palestinians among crowds demonstrating at the Gaza-Israel border on Saturday, health officials said, after one of the deadliest days of unrest in the area in years.

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With White 'Universe' Lilies, Stephen Hawking Gets His Final Farewell In UK

Well-wishers filled the streets of Cambridge on Saturday for the funeral of British physicist Stephen Hawking, hailed by another leading scientist as "an imprisoned mind roaming the cosmos".

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Militia attacks children with machetes in Congo

It's difficult to imagine the circumstances in which a man could hack a two-year-old's face with a machete or what would drive him to do it.

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Italy protests to France over border incident

ROME (Reuters) - Italy on Saturday protested to France over a incident in which French border police entered a clinic run by a non-governmental organization that cares for migrants trying to cross the Alps, the foreign ministry said.

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Trump Attacks Amazon Anew, Says Post Office Scam' Must End

President Donald Trump lit into Amazon.com for the second time in three days with a pair of Twitter messages that said the online retailer "must pay real costs (and taxes) now!"

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New footage of fatal police shooting as cop sacked

New footage from a US policeman's bodycam gives the clearest picture yet of the moments leading up to his fatal shooting of a black man two years ago.

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Russian tycoon Magomedov arrested on embezzlement charges

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian authorities on Saturday arrested billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov on charges of embezzling more than $35 million, in one of the highest-profile prosecutions of a Russian tycoon in years.

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