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RUSSIA

Libyan rivals may sign truce deal in Moscow

Libya's rival forces were expected to sign a cease-fire deal in Moscow on Monday, according to media reports citing local officials. Libya's United Nations-backed Government of National Accord, or GNA, had issued a statement expressing agreement to a cease-fire starting from Sunday at midnight. The Libyan conflict escalated in 2014, splitting power between two rival governments: The Tripoli-based GNA, and an east-based government backed by the Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar.

CANADA

Officials accidentally push nuke alert

People throughout the Canadian province of Ontario awoke Sunday to a cellphone alert warning them of an "incident" at a nuclear plant just east of Toronto－only to later be told the message was a mistake. The alert went out during a routine training exercise being conducted by the Provincial Emergency Operations Center, Ontario Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said in a statement that apologized for the mistake.

SPAIN

Coalition government ministers take oaths

Twenty-two Cabinet ministers took their oaths on Monday to join Spain's new coalition government, a first in a country dominated until recently by two main parties taking turns in power. King Felipe VI presided over the short ceremony, which marked the inauguration of an administration led by Socialist leader and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez that ranges from the political center to the far left.