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Voters cast their ballots on the morning of the national election at a Bondi Beach polling station in Sydney, Australia, May 21, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

Politics

Australian voters head to polls in close-run election

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World+Biz

US fully backs Sweden and Finland Nato bids: Biden

Voters cast their ballots ahead of the national election at an Australian Electoral Commission early voting centre, in the Central Business District of Sydney, Australia, May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

Politics

Australian election polls show race tightening in final campaign stretch

Newly-appointed French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne gestures as she attends a handover ceremony in the courtyard of Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Politics

Macron picks Elisabeth Borne as new prime minister

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo. Photo: AP via Hindustan Times

Politics

Sri Lanka to swear in more ministers today

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a news briefing on SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow, Russia January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

World+Biz

Russia calls Finland, Sweden joining NATO a mistake with 'far-reaching consequences'

Paelvi Pulli, head of security policy at the Swiss Defence Ministry gestures during an interview with Reuters in Bern, Switzerland May 4, 2022. Picture taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Analysis

Neutral Switzerland leans closer to Nato in response to Russia

Melania Trump. Picture: Collected

USA

Melania Trump teases second term as first lady during interview

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy poses for a picture with US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) before a meeting, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 14, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

World+Biz

Top Senate Republican meets Zelenskiy, Russia says US involvement dangerous

US President Joe Biden poses for a group photograph with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during a special US-ASEAN summit at the White House in Washington, US, May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis

World+Biz

With China in focus, Biden makes $150 million commitment to ASEAN leaders

Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: Reuters

Sri Lanka Crisis

5-time former PM Ranil to take oath as Sri Lanka's premier today: Sources

A demonstrator holding the Sri Lankan national flag is silhouetted during the protest against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, near the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 15, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

Sri Lanka Crisis

Sri Lankan president to appoint new PM, cabinet this week

On 9 May, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa submitted his resignation. Photo: Reuters

Analysis

Rajapaksa quits. But is it too little too late?