North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Reappointed as President of State Affairs, KCNA Says

SEOUL, March 23 (Reuters) – ⁠North ⁠Korean leader ⁠Kim Jong Un was reappointed ​as president of state affairs, ‌state media KCNA ‌reported on Monday. The ⁠country ⁠convened the first session of the Supreme ​People’s Assembly on Sunday, KCNA said. The meeting in Pyongyang ​will discuss amendments and supplements to ⁠the ⁠socialist constitution, as ⁠well ​as …

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Pope Leo Calls War in Middle East a ‘Scandal’ to Humanity

VATICAN CITY, March ⁠22 (Reuters) – ⁠Pope Leo on ⁠Sunday said death and suffering ​caused by the war in the ‌Middle East are ‌a “scandal to the whole ⁠human ⁠family”, renewing his plea for an immediate ​ceasefire. As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran enters its fourth week, the ​first U.S. pope said that he continues …

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Scores Hurt After Iranian Missiles Hit Israeli Desert Towns

By Alexander Cornwell and Dedi Hayun TEL AVIV/ARAD March 22 (Reuters) – Southern Israeli towns ⁠woke ⁠to widespread damage on Sunday after air defences ⁠failed to intercept two Iranian missiles overnight that injured scores of civilians in one of the worst ​attacks of the war so far on Israeli soil. As daylight broke, the scale …

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Russia Launches First Rocket From Repaired Baikonur Launch Pad

MOSCOW, March 22 (Reuters) – Russia launched ⁠a ⁠Soyuz rocket from ⁠a repaired launch pad at its ​Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, restoring its ‌capability to fly to ‌the International Space Station for the ⁠first ⁠time since the launch pad was damaged last year. At ​1200 GMT, a Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Progress MS-33 …

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Cuba Restores Power to Havana After Second Grid Collapse in a Week

HAVANA, March 22 (Reuters) – Cuba had restored power to nearly half of ⁠the ⁠capital Havana by Sunday afternoon, officials said, less ⁠than 24 hours after the national grid collapsed for the second time in a week amid a ​U.S. oil blockade that has dealt a major blow to the island’s already ailing energy infrastructure. …

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