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Germany's CSU says it will push ahead with European stock exchange plan
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Zelenskiy proposes Defence Minister Shmyhal as Ukraine's new energy minister
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Berlin fire could leave 45,000 without power until Jan 8
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Elon Musk's Grok AI floods X with sexualized photos of women and minors
Russian strike on Ukraine's Kharkiv kills two, injures 25, Moscow denies attack took place
Date: January 2, 2026
KYIV, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Russian missiles struck a multi-storey apartment building in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Friday, leaving the building in ruins and injuring at least 25 people, officials...
Avalanches kill two people, injure several others in Italy’s Alps
Date: January 2, 2026
ROME, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A series of avalanches in the Italian Alps killed two people and injured several others on Friday, with strong winds hampering the rescue operations, rescuers said. A first...
French ministers report Grok's sex-related content on the X platform to prosecutors
Date: January 2, 2026
PARIS, Jan 2 (Reuters) - French ministers have reported to prosecutors sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok on the X platform, saying in a...
Factbox-Timeline of suspected underwater sabotage in Baltic Sea
Date: January 2, 2026
Jan 2 (Reuters) - The Baltic Sea region is on high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, and the NATO military alliance has...
'Fountain candle' sparklers likely started Swiss bar fire, says prosecutor
Date: January 2, 2026
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Initial investigations indicate that the fire which tore through the basement of a Swiss ski resort bar may have started when 'fountain candles' attached...
Zelenskiy says he will appoint Oleh Ivashchenko as new military intelligence chief
Date: January 2, 2026
KYIV, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he will appoint the head of the foreign intelligence service Oleh Ivashchenko as the new military intelligence chief....