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Gaza truce talks near 'breakthrough'

CAIRO, Apr 29 (Reuters/AFP): Negotiations held in Cairo to reach a ceasefire in Gaza were on the verge of a "significant breakthrough," two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday.There was no immediate comment from Israel and Hamas. Axios reporter Barak Ravid said in a brief post on X that...

Restaurant fire leaves 22 dead in China’s Liaoning

BEIJING, Apr 29 (Reuters): A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people on Tuesday, the official news agency Xinhua said, in the latest in a series of similar deadly incidents around the country.Xinhua did not identify the cause of the fire but said President Xi Jinping called it "a...

First batch of HK democrats freed after four years in jail

HONG KONG, Apr 29 (Reuters): The first batch of individuals jailed in the landmark Hong Kong national security trial of "47 democrats" accused of conspiracy to commit subversion was freed on Tuesday after being behind bars for more than four years.Four former pro-democracy lawmakers, including Claudia Mo, Kwok Ka-ki, Jeremy...

Canadian PM Carney's Liberals win election

WASHINGTON, Apr 29 (AP): The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projects that Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party has won Canada's federal election. The victory Monday capped a dramatic turnaround for the Liberals fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to Canada's economy and sovereignty.The Liberals looked headed for defeat after Prime...

Erdogan, Meloni hold talks to boost Italy-Turkey ties

ROME, Apr 29 (AFP): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Rome for talks with Italy's Giorgia Meloni Tuesday, as the two Mediterranean countries seek to boost trade and cooperation.Meloni and Erdogan will discuss the war in Ukraine and the "situation in the Middle East" before a summit where government...

Russia, Ukraine fire drones at each other

KYIV, Apr 29 (AFP): Russian and Ukrainian forces fired dozens of drones at each other early Tuesday, killing a 12-year-old girl in Ukraine and two people in a Russian border region, authorities said.The attacks came less than two days into a week the United States warned would be "critical" for...

Four perish as car crashes thru' US after-school camp

CHICAGO, Apr 29 (BBC): Four people, including children, were killed and several others injured when a vehicle drove through a building used by an after-school camp in Illinois.The victims at the YNOT After School Camp are believed to range in age from four to 18, police said.The vehicle struck multiple...