Finance
Portugal says direct costs of Storm Kristin exceed $4.7 billion
LISBON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Portugal faces more than 4 billion euros ($4.7 billion) in direct recons...
5th February, 2026
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Firefighters tackle blaze at German science research centre
BERLIN, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Firefighters are responding to a large blaze that broke out at a research...
5th February, 2026
Finance
Olympics-Torch arrives in Milan to cheers and protests
MILAN, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Environmental group Greenpeace staged a protest in front of Milan's main ca...
5th February, 2026
Finance
Britain to work with Microsoft to build deepfake detection system
LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Britain will work with Microsoft, academics and experts to develop a syste...
5th February, 2026
Finance
China says expiration of US-Russia arms treaty regrettable
BEIJING, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that the expiration of the...
5th February, 2026
Finance
French Navy seizes cocaine shipments in Polynesia, Caribbean
PARIS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The French Navy has intercepted a boat that was carrying cocaine and handed...
5th February, 2026
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Cambodia asks France to provide historical evidence to help settle Thai border dispute
PHNOM PENH, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has asked France to provide histori...
5th February, 2026
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Pakistani military concludes operation against separatists in Balochistan, 216 killed
KARACHI, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Pakistan's military said on Thursday that it had concluded a week-long se...
5th February, 2026
Finance
For Serbia's Muslim students, protest brings sense of belonging
NOVI PAZAR, Serbia, Feb 5(Reuters) - When Merima Avdic crossed a bridge over the Danube River to rea...
5th February, 2026
Finance
Russia's Dmitriev says progress made on Ukraine peace deal
MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Thursda...
5th February, 2026
Headlines
Ukraine, Russia end second round of peace talks with agreement on prisoner swap, new meeting
KYIV, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia on Thursday started a second day of U.S.-brokered talks i...
5th February, 2026
Finance
Novo reports first Ozempic sales drop in greater China region
By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Sales of Novo Nordisk's blockbuster diabetes drug Ozemp...
5th February, 2026