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  Venezuela's Maduro re-elected amid outcry over vote

  Reuters | Updated at 10:22am on May 21, 2018

  Venezuela's leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process...

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  Trump asks Justice Dept to look into campaign surveillance claims

  Reuters | Updated at 09:10am on May 21, 2018

  US president Donald Trump demanded on Twitter on Sunday that the Justice Department look into whether his 2016 presidential campaign was infiltrated or surveilled by...

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  Frankfurt stun Bayern in Cup final

  Reuters . Berlin | Updated at 12:05am on May 21, 2018

  Ante Rebic struck twice as Eintracht Frankfurt upset champions Bayern Munich 3-1 on Saturday to win the German Cup for the fifth time and deny...

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  Hounded by graft probe, fearing safety, Najib seeks protection

  Reuters | Updated at 04:06pm on May 20, 2018

  Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak fears for his safety and has asked for police protection, his spokesman said on Sunday, a day after the...

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  Japanese Hirokazu wins Palme d’Or

  Reuters | Updated at 12:33pm on May 20, 2018

  Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d’Or at Cannes on Saturday for ‘Shoplifters’, a critically acclaimed family drama with unguessable...

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  Melania Trump returns to White House after kidney procedure

  Reuters | Updated at 09:15am on May 20, 2018

  President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, returned to the White House on Saturday after undergoing a surgical procedure this week to treat a benign kidney...

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  Chelsea edge Man United in FA Cup final

  Reuters. London | Updated at 09:30am on May 20, 2018

  Eden Hazard's first-half penalty proved decisive as Chelsea salvaged their season by beating Manchester United 1-0 in the FA Cup final in what is widely...

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  China calls for ceasefire in Myanmar border fighting

  Reuters . Shanghai | Updated at 12:40am on May 20, 2018

  China’s defence ministry has called on armed groups in northern Myanmar to show restraint and declare an immediate ceasefire after conflicts in the region killed...

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  Cuba confirms 110 killed in country's deadliest plane crash since 1989

  Reuters | Updated at 12:11am on May 20, 2018

  Cuba began two days of national mourning Saturday for victims of the crash of a state airways plane that killed all but three of its...

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  Modi inaugurates hydro project in Kashmir, Pakistan protests

  Reuters . Srinagar | Updated at 09:45pm on May 19, 2018

  Indian prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurated on Saturday a hydroelectric power plant in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, amid protests from neighbour Pakistan which...