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Comeback puts Iraq’s Maliki in Trump’s crosshairs
BAGHDAD/DUBAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who appeared poised for a remarkable comeback despite accusations he stoked sectarian strife and allowed the rise of Islamic […]
Search for 32 missing in Indonesia landslide hampered by rain as death toll rises to 34
BANDUNG BARAT, Indonesia, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Rain is hampering the search for 32 people still missing five days after a landslide hit Indonesia’s West Java province, the disaster mitigation […]
Pope Leo calls for end to antisemitism worldwide
VATICAN CITY, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Pope Leo called on Wednesday for an end to antisemitism worldwide, marking the annual commemoration of the Holocaust with a prayer for a world […]
US singer Chris Brown in UK court ahead of October assault trial
LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – U.S. singer Chris Brown appeared in a London court on Wednesday for a brief hearing ahead of his trial later this year on charges of […]
Trump says ‘we’ll work something out with South Korea’ after tariff threat
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Jan 28 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States and South Korea would work out a solution, in response to a query about his surprise […]
Switzerland probes suspected forgery of signatures for popular initiatives
ZURICH, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Swiss federal prosecutors and police searched several houses on Tuesday at firms paid to collect signatures for initiatives to change the constitution as part of […]
Former French senator found guilty of drugging lawmaker to assault her
PARIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) – A former French senator was found guilty by a Paris court late on Tuesday of having spiked a lawmaker’s drink with ecstasy with the intention […]
Post-war recovery agreement with US needs more work, Zelenskiy says
Jan 28 (Reuters) – Ukraine has identified areas in an agreement with the United States on post-war recovery that need to be worked through in more depth, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy […]
Fire hits luxury hotel in French Alps, scores evacuated
PARIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Scores of people were evacuated after a fire swept through a five-star hotel in the ski resort of Courchevel in the French Alps late on […]
Exclusive-US conditions funding to global vaccine group on dropping mercury-based preservative from shots
LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has told global vaccine group Gavi to phase out shots containing the preservative thimerosal as a condition of providing the group with […]