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Russia says foreign forces in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate targets’
MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Russia would regard the deployment of any foreign military forces or infrastructure in Ukraine as foreign intervention and treat those forces as legitimate targets, the […]
UK police review reports of alleged misconduct by Mandelson after Epstein files release
LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – UK police said they are reviewing reports of alleged misconduct to determine if they meet the threshold for a criminal investigation, following calls to probe […]
US cuts tariffs on India to 18%, India agrees to end Russian oil purchases
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had agreed on a trade deal with India that slashes U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to […]
South Africa launches annual HPV vaccination campaign
JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — South Africa’s National Department of Health on Monday launched its annual human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign to protect young girls from cervical cancer. Read full […]
Germany sees beer sales sink to 30-year low as consumers cut spending
FRANKFURT, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — Germany’s beer sales fell to about 7.8 billion liters in 2025, down 6.0 percent compared with the previous year, as weak consumer sentiment weighed on […]
Chinese models top Israel’s electric car sales in January
JERUSALEM, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — Chinese automaker Deepal Automobile Technology, a unit of Changan Automobile, led electric vehicle sales in Israel in January, industry data showed on Monday. Read full […]
1st LD-Writethru: 2 dead, 3 missing in bridge collapse in east China
NANJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) — Two people have been killed and three others remain missing after a bridge under construction collapsed on Monday afternoon in Yancheng City, east China’s Jiangsu […]
Nigeria police says 80 abducted congregants return home, Christian group disputes claim
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 2 (Reuters) – At least 80 congregants earlier believed to have been abducted by gunmen from three churches in northern Nigeria last month have returned home, police […]
Biathlete Passler tests positive ahead of Winter Olympics
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — The International Biathlon Union (IBU) announced on Monday that its Integrity Unit has received confirmation from Italian National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO Italia) that Italian […]
South African white separatists claim land acquired from Zulu king then lost to British
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 2 (Reuters) – A white South African separatist group, emboldened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s drive to take over Greenland, has laid claim to land that descendants of […]