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As violence surges, right-wing populist emerges as frontrunner in Costa Rica’s presidential election
SAN JOSE, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Costa Ricans head into Sunday’s elections with ‌polls indicating that a right-wing populist is the clear frontrunner, amid a surge of drug trafficking and […]
Russia and Ukraine carry out new exchange of war dead
MOSCOW/KYIV, Jan 29 (Reuters) – ‌Russia and Ukraine said on Thursday ‌that they had carried out the ‌latest exchange of their war dead, a regular practice designed to allow relatives […]
Chechen leader Kadyrov says Russia should fight war in Ukraine to the end
MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) – ‌The leader of Russia’s Chechnya ‌region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Thursday that ‌he was opposed to talks on ending the war in Ukraine and that […]
Russia urges US-Iran talks, warns against use of force
MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) – ‌Russia said on Thursday that there was ‌still room for negotiation between Iran ‌and the United States and warned that any use of force against […]
ICE appears to shift gears in Minnesota amid mixed messaging from Trump
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 29 (Reuters) – U.S. border czar Tom ‌Homan, newly installed as commander of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, planned to address the media on Thursday […]
Turkey arrests six suspected of espionage for Iran, state broadcaster says
ISTANBUL, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Turkish ‌authorities have arrested six people including an Iranian national ‌on charges of political and military espionage for Iran ‌after coordinated raids across five provinces […]
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 […]