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‘Five Eyes’ ministers meet to discuss smashing people smuggling gangs, UK says
LONDON (Reuters) – Homeland ministers from Britain, the United States and the other “Five Eyes” alliance will announce new measures this week to increase border security and target people smugglers, […]
London underground workers set to start week of strike action
LONDON (Reuters) -London underground workers are to begin a week of rolling strikes on Sunday, action which is set to bring the network to a standstill and cause massive disruption […]
Norwegians begin voting in tightly fought parliamentary election
OSLO (Reuters) -Norwegians went to the polls on Sunday for the first of two days of voting in a close race between a left-wing bloc led by the incumbent Labour […]
Five killed after migrant boat hits coast guard vessel off northwest Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) -Five people were killed and another severely wounded when a boat carrying migrants hit a Turkish coast guard vessel off northwest Turkey on Sunday, a local governor’s office […]
Former workers bid farewell to Giorgio Armani, who was ‘like a father’
MILAN (Reuters) – Former staff at Giorgio Armani’s fashion empire joined crowds gathering on Sunday to pay their final respects to the designer who kept Italy at the forefront of […]
South Korea to separate prosecution, budget-drafting functions in major overhaul
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea announced plans on Sunday to dismantle its prosecution service and strip the finance ministry of its power to prepare budgets, in a major overhaul of the […]
South Korea has finished talks with US to release Korean workers
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea has just wrapped up talks with the U.S. for the release of detained Korean workers in Georgia, a presidential official said on Sunday. Read full story […]
Teen coder made first millennial Catholic saint at youthful Vatican event
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -A teenager who died of leukaemia in 2006 became the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday, in a Vatican ceremony led by Pope Leo and attended […]
Russia says it struck Ukrainian military targets with drones, missiles and aircraft
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Sunday that it had used aircraft, drones, missiles and artillery to strike Ukrainian armaments factories, transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian army, airfields and arsenals. […]
Explainer-How will Japan pick its next leader?
TOKYO (Reuters) -With Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba about to resign, according to a source close to the premier, attention turns to who will next steer the world’s fourth-largest economy. […]