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(Reuters) - Russian air defence units downed a drone outside Moscow on Monday, Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said.

Vorobyov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said fragments from the downed drone landed on a private house at about 9 p.m. (1800 GMT) in Balashikha, just east of the capital. Those inside the house escaped unhurt.

The Russian Defence Ministry reported that air defence units had destroyed a "small-scale airborne... (continue reading...)

By Curtis Williams

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago received six bids from BP, Shell and US shale producer EOG Resources on four blocks to explore for oil and gas as its 2023 shallow water auction closed on Monday.

Trinidad plans to announce the winners in four months, Energy Minister Stuart Young said at the closing of the auction.

All three companies bid for the Modified UC block, which is close to the Teak,... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) -A Ukrainian missile attack triggered a fire on Monday in the Russian-held northeastern city of Luhansk, the latest in a series of strikes near the city, the regional Russia-installed governor said.

Leonid Pasechnik, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the strike was made with cluster munitions.

"A fire has broken out as a result of the attack," Pasechnik said.

Pasechnik said information on casualties was being... (continue reading...)

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to become priests, Italian media reported on Monday.

La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera, Italy's largest circulation dailies, both quoted the pope as saying seminaries, or priesthood colleges, are already too full of "frociaggine", a vulgar Italian term... (continue reading...)

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican carrier Aeromexico is temporarily suspending its route from Mexico City to the Ecuadorean capital of Quito, the airline said on Monday.

The route will be suspended from July 1 to Dec. 18, Aeromexico confirmed.

Travel between Mexico and Ecuador has become more difficult in the fallout after the dramatic April arrest of Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been living in the Mexican embassy in... (continue reading...)