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Satellite imagery, ship data indicates path of Russian vessel Kyiv says shipped "looted" grain

Satellite imagery, ship data indicates path of Russian vessel Kyiv says shipped "looted" grain

Reuters — Late last month, a Russian-flagged cargo ship carrying corn pulled into the Turkish port of Izmir on the Aegean Sea. The SV Nikolay had loaded the grain at Port Kavkaz, in Russia, six days earlier on June 18, according to documentation provided by an employee of the Russian company that owns the ship.
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EXCLUSIVE Kyiv asks Turkey to probe three more Russian ships it alleges transported stolen grain

EXCLUSIVE Kyiv asks Turkey to probe three more Russian ships it alleges transported stolen grain

Reuters — ISTANBUL, July 6 (Reuters) - Ukraine has asked Turkey to help investigate three Russian-flagged ships as part of Kyiv's efforts to probe what it alleges is the theft of grain from Russian-occupied territory, according to official documents.
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In Ethiopia's civil war, thousands of jailed Tigrayans endured squalor

In Ethiopia's civil war, thousands of jailed Tigrayans endured squalor

Reuters — Thousands of ethnic Tigrayans have been held without trial in makeshift prisons as Ethiopia's government battles a 19-month-old insurgency. At least 17 people have died, Reuters reporting shows. Around 9,000 remain in detention. A jail in southern Ethiopia Thousands of ethnic Tigrayans have been held without trial in makeshift prisons as Ethiopia's government battles a 19-month-old insurgency.
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How family of a Myanmar junta leader are trying to cash in

How family of a Myanmar junta leader are trying to cash in

Reuters — A week after the Burmese military seized power, a Twitter account that had lain dormant for nearly a decade flickered back into life. The Twitter user mocked anti-coup protesters, hundreds of whom have been killed in a crackdown by security forces since the Feb. 1 coup.
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Reuters photographer died after being left behind, Afghan general says

Reuters photographer died after being left behind, Afghan general says

Reuters — As the Taliban's campaign to reconquer Afghanistan was gathering pace in June, hundreds of people were dying in the fighting, and tens of thousands were fleeing. Danish Siddiqui, a 38-year-old star photojournalist for Reuters based in New Delhi, decided he wanted to help cover the story, telling a boss: "If we don't go, who will?"
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Special Report: How Trump administration left indelible mark on U.S. immigration courts

Special Report: How Trump administration left indelible mark on U.S. immigration courts

Reuters — (Reuters) - On a rainy September day in 2018, Jeff Sessions, then U.S. attorney general, addressed one of the largest classes of newly hired immigration judges in American history. "The vast majority of asylum claims are not valid," he said during a swearing-in ceremony in Falls Church, Virginia, according to his prepared remarks.
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A Black man risks all to clear his name - and expose the police

A Black man risks all to clear his name - and expose the police

Reuters — A Reuters narrative in three chapters ROCHESTER, NEW YORK In a courthouse holding cell, Silvon Simmons changed from a jail jumpsuit into dress pants, a shirt and a tie. As a kid, he imagined becoming a police officer. Now a 36-year-old father, Simmons was preparing to stand trial in October 2017, facing life in prison for allegedly trying to kill a cop.
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A cop shoots a Black man and a city resumes battle with police union

A cop shoots a Black man and a city resumes battle with police union

Reuters — A Reuters narrative in three chapters ROCHESTER, NEW YORK By the time Officer Joseph Ferrigno shot a Black man from behind, court records show, the Rochester cop had drawn at least 23 misconduct complaints in nearly nine years on the force.
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A U.S. city takes on its police union, and the union punches back

A U.S. city takes on its police union, and the union punches back

Reuters — A Reuters narrative in three chapters ROCHESTER, NEW YORK People who know Silvon Simmons call him "Tugg," a nickname his parents gave him after he pried apart the slats of his crib and squeezed his way out. Now, as he stood accused of trying to kill a cop, his fate was in the hands of 12 strangers.
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For one London pub, lockdown leaves regulars, suppliers, owner adrift

For one London pub, lockdown leaves regulars, suppliers, owner adrift

Reuters — The Greenwich Pensioner has been welcoming drinkers in London's East End for nearly 200 years. With its doors shuttered for three months, like other pubs in Britain, the economic and social effects have rippled out from its green-tiled building. In a country where "public houses" have long been a center of social life, there's a feeling of isolation and loss.
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Iraq's healthcare system is in crisis. Patients are suffering.

Iraq's healthcare system is in crisis. Patients are suffering.

Reuters — "A long war with Iran, sanctions for 13 years, the war in 2003, this of course has an effect," said Abdulrahman. "Any country without political and economic stability will see a decline in industry." There are 17 privately owned factories, but they also make basic medicine with outdated technology.
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Exclusive: U.S. migrant policy sends thousands of children, including babies, back to Mexico

Exclusive: U.S. migrant policy sends thousands of children, including babies, back to Mexico

Reuters — TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Since January, the U.S. government has ordered 16,000 migrants under 18, including nearly 500 infants, to wait with their families in Mexico for U.S. immigration court hearings, a Reuters analysis of government data found.
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Exclusive: Asylum seekers returned to Mexico rarely win bids to wait in U.S.

Exclusive: Asylum seekers returned to Mexico rarely win bids to wait in U.S.

Reuters — (Reuters) - Over two hours on June 1, a Honduran teenager named Tania pleaded with a U.S. official not to be returned to Mexico. Immigration authorities had allowed her mother and younger sisters into the United States two months earlier to pursue claims for asylum in U.S. immigration court.
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U.S. courts abruptly tossed 9,000 deportation cases. Here's why

U.S. courts abruptly tossed 9,000 deportation cases. Here's why

Reuters — (Reuters) - Liliana Barrios was working in a California bakery in July and facing possible deportation when she got a call from her immigration attorney with some good news. The notice to appear in court that Barrios had received in her deportation case hadn't specified a time or date for her first hearing, noting that they would be determined later.
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How a mother's tough choice gave her son a potential U.S. asylum advantage

How a mother's tough choice gave her son a potential U.S. asylum advantage

Reuters — SAN FRANCISCO/WEST PALM BEACH (Reuters) - For two months in detention after being separated from her 14-year old son by U.S. border officials, Catalina Sales worried about how he was doing and when she would see him again. On July 25, they were finally brought back together at a facility near El Paso, Texas.
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U.S. body brokers supply world with tons of limbs, torsos and heads

U.S. body brokers supply world with tons of limbs, torsos and heads

Reuters — PORTLAND, Oregon - On July 20, a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship departed Charleston, South Carolina, carrying thousands of containers. One of them held a lucrative commodity: body parts from dozens of dead Americans. According to the manifest, the shipment bound for Europe included about 6,000 pounds of human remains valued at $67,204.
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Inside a business where human bodies were butchered, packaged and sold

Inside a business where human bodies were butchered, packaged and sold

Reuters — PHOENIX - Sam Kazemi stood over the old man's corpse. Nearby lay pliers, a scalpel and a motorized saw designed to cut drywall and pipe. On a busy day, Kazemi might harvest body parts from five or six people who had donated their bodies to science.
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For U.S. asylum seekers, some judges are a better bet than others

For U.S. asylum seekers, some judges are a better bet than others

Reuters — OAKLAND, California - The two Honduran women told nearly identical stories to the immigration courts: Fear for their lives and for the lives of their children drove them to seek asylum in the United States. They were elected in 2013 to the board of the parent-teacher association at their children's school in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.
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Special Report: Police union contracts offer shield of protection

Special Report: Police union contracts offer shield of protection

Reuters — SAN ANTONIO, Texas - In late 2013, a San Antonio police officer stood accused of handcuffing a woman in the rear of his police car and then raping her. The same officer had remained on the force despite prior sexual misconduct complaints and other brushes with the law.
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