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Greece, Macedonia to sign name change accord June 17: sources

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and Macedonia will on June 17 sign an accord to change the name of the former Yugoslav republic, sources said on Friday, as the governments of both countries faced mounting opposition at home over the deal. Source: Reuters World News

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PM Morawiecki raps Poland's top court ahead of EU visit

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki criticized his country's Supreme Court on Friday, saying Communist-era judges still worked there, in comments likely to irk the EU ahead of a deadline for settling a row over court independence. Source: Reuters World News

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Arab forces seize entrance to airport in Yemen's main port city

ADEN (Reuters) - Forces from an alliance of Arab states seized the entrance to the airport in Yemen's main port city on Friday, in an offensive against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement that the United Nations fears could trigger a famine imperiling millions of lives. Source: Reuters World News

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Saudi women at World Cup talk up new found soccer freedoms at home

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's soccer team may have been thrashed in its first World Cup match, but Saudi women attending the tournament said they still had lots to celebrate after a ban on them attending matches at home was lifted earlier this year. Source: Reuters World News

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Trump sets $50 billion in China tariffs with Beijing ready to strike back

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports on Friday as Beijing threatened to respond in kind, in a move that looks set to ignite a trade war between the world's two largest economies. Source: Reuters World News

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Merkel's government frays as migrant row festers in Germany

BERLIN (Reuters) - The conservative alliance headed by Angela Merkel may splinter in a row over immigration, an ally of the German chancellor said on Friday, as the third party in her fragile government suggested its patience was wearing thin. Source: Reuters World News

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