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Protester charged in Australia for striking PM with an egg

A 24-year-old woman who struck Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison with an egg on Tuesday as he campaigned for a May 18 general election has been charged with assault, police said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Lr7UDs

Two Reuters reporters freed in Myanmar after more than 500 days in jail

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VO7rPO

Reactions to release of Reuters journalists from Myanmar prison

Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act, walked free from prison on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LsA0hQ

Turkey to re-run Istanbul election lost by Erdogan's AKP

Turkish authorities on Monday scrapped the result of a vote for Istanbul mayor lost by President Tayyip Erdogan's candidate, responding to calls by his AK Party for a re-run, in a move that hit the lira and drew opposition accusations of "dictatorship." from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2V40SnN

Istanbul election annulled due to unsigned documents, unsuitable ballot box officials: AK Party's election board representative

The High Election Board (YSK) decided to re-run the mayoral election in Istanbul because of unsigned result documents and some ballot box officials not being civil servants, the ruling AK Party's representative to the board said on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VHZc81

Top election candidates vow to run again in Istanbul

Mayoral candidates from both Turkey's ruling AK party and the main opposition said they would again run for election in Istanbul on June 23 after results from an initial vote were scrapped, they said late on Monday in televised statements. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2ZZcMD7

Sri Lanka says dismantles big part of bombers' network, freezes assets

Sri Lankan authorities say they have dismantled a major part of the network linked to the Easter Sunday bombings, confiscating bomb-making material and freezing assets worth about $40 million linked to the plotters. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VQtsxw

Britain's Hunt says: I am not a believer in a post-Brexit customs union

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Tuesday he was not a believer in a post-Brexit customs union with the European Union but that both the Conservative and Labour parties should compromise to deliver Brexit. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2vGB7jb

U.S. begins return of $200 million in 1MDB funds to Malaysia

The U.S. government has begun returning to Malaysia some $200 million recovered from asset seizures linked to state fund 1MDB, with about a quarter of the amount already repatriated, the two countries said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LvpNRI

Rare win for Canada's Greens in special election deals blow to Trudeau

Canada's Green Party pulled off a rare victory on Monday in a special election for a parliamentary seat, provisional results showed, dealing a fresh blow to the ruling Liberals of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Ygdt9z

Exclusive: Analysts - Images show construction on China's third - and largest - aircraft carrier

Construction of China's first full-sized aircraft carrier is well under way, according to satellite images obtained and analyzed by a U.S. think tank. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WosUMe

No survivors found in Mexico crash of jet carrying 13 people

A plane crash in a remote mountain region in northern Mexico claimed the lives of all 13 people on board, including a family of five that were flying back from watching a boxing match in Las Vegas, authorities and local media said on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Yd1AB7

More than 500 days in prison: For journalists jailed in Myanmar, a long fight for freedom

Convicted of breaking Myanmar's Official Secrets Act, Reuters journalists Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had spent more than 500 days in jail when they were freed on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VOFWFR