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Hungary launches $157 million scheme to curb heating costs ahead of election
BUDAPEST, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Hungary’s government will partly reimburse higher heating costs for households in January due to increased demand amid freezing temperatures at a cost of 50 billion […]
Norway orders $2 billion artillery system from South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace
OSLO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Norway has agreed to buy long-range artillery systems and rockets from South Korean defence group Hanwha Aerospace for $2 billion, it said on Thursday, as […]
No one owns our Arctic land, we share it, say Greenland’s Inuit
KAPISILLIT, Greenland, Jan 29 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump talks about Greenland as a strategic asset that could be bought by Washington, while Denmark asserts its legal sovereignty over […]
India should consider age-based limits for social media, chief economic adviser says
NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (Reuters) – India’s chief economic adviser called on the government to set age-based limits on access to social media apps to counter “digital addiction”, cautioning against […]
Russian drone strike kills three in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, governor says
KYIV, Jan 29 (Reuters) – A Russian drone strike killed three people and wounded three more overnight in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, the regional governor and emergency services said on […]
New malaria vaccines helped Ghana slash child deaths. Then Trump, others cut aid
LONDON/ACCRA, Jan 29 (Reuters) – New vaccines are helping Ghana approach a long-sought goal of ending child deaths from malaria, demonstrating the potential of the shots to drive back a […]
EU’s Kallas: We expect to list Iran’s revolutionary guards as a terrorist organization
BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (Reuters) – The European Union will most likely include Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on its list of terrorist organisations, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas […]
Japan braces for more heavy snowstorms as midwinter election nears
TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Northern and western parts of Japan face more heavy snowstorms later this week, the weather agency said on Thursday, as lawmakers campaign in the first […]
Exclusive-ICE officers in Minnesota directed not to interact with ‘agitators’ in new orders
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – ICE officers in Minnesota on Wednesday were directed to avoid engaging with “agitators” as they carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, according to internal […]
Sustained gunfire, loud blasts heard in Niger’s capital
NIAMEY, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Sustained gunfire and loud blasts were heard early on Thursday near Niamey International Airport in Niger, according to a Reuters witness. Read full story Date: […]