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‘Lovers’ Arch’ collapses on Valentine’s Day on Italy’s Adriatic coast
ROME, Feb 16 (Reuters) – A famous rock structure on Italy’s Adriatic coast known as the “Lovers’ Arch” collapsed on Valentine’s Day after days of bad weather, prompting local officials […]
Canada announces new chief trade negotiator to the United States
TORONTO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Monday the appointment of public servant Janice Charette as the next chief trade negotiator to the United States. […]
Albanian PM seeks to stop judiciary from dismissing ministers
TIRANA, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said his government would change the law to protect ministers from suspension while they are under criminal investigation, prompting the […]
Canada’s Carney to visit India in early March, Ontario minister says
NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit New Delhi in early March to work with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the framework for a […]
Austria files charges against suspect over planned 2024 Taylor Swift attack
VIENNA, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Austrian prosecutors have filed terrorism-related and other charges against a now 21-year-old suspect arrested shortly before a 2024 Taylor Swift concert in Vienna that they […]
EU countries should not hide behind national interests, German Finance Minister says
BERLIN, Feb 16 (Reuters) – The European Union is at a turning point in which countries should not hide behind national interests, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said in Brussels. […]
Morocco residents begin returning to northwest as flood waters recede
RABAT, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Moroccan authorities began organising the gradual return of residents to the city of Ksar El Kebir and other flood-hit northwestern areas as weather conditions improved, […]
Ecuador prison deaths climb again despite Noboa security strategy, data shows
QUITO/GUAYAQUIL, Feb 16 (Reuters) – After hundreds of Ecuadorean inmates were killed in prison riots in 2021 and 2022, President Daniel Noboa made restoring order in jails one of the […]
Cyclone Gezani leaves 59 dead in Madagascar, displaces more than 16,000
ANTANANARIVO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – At least 59 people died when Cyclone Gezani struck Madagascar last week, the disaster management office said on Monday, as it assesses the impact of […]
French police raid Arab World Institute in Epstein-linked probe into Jack Lang
PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) – French police on Monday searched the Arab World Institute in Paris in connection with an investigation into its former head, ex culture minister Jack Lang, […]