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Church of England's No 2 cleared over handling of abuse case
By Muvija M LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The Church of England's second most senior cleric, Stephen Co...
29th January, 2026
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Finance
Digital euro to provide retail payments backbone Europe needs, ECB's Cipollone says
MILAN, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The euro zone needs to be self-sufficient in handling payments and the dig...
29th January, 2026
Finance
EU to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard as terrorist organisation, Kallas says
BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers have agreed to add Iran's Islamic Revo...
29th January, 2026
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Swiss prosecutors widen fatal fire probe to local authorities, documents show
By Emma Farge GENEVA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors have summoned a current and a former loca...
29th January, 2026
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Kremlin says Russia has invited Ukraine's Zelenskiy to come to Moscow for peace talks
By Dmitry Antonov and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Rus...
29th January, 2026
Finance
Germany aims to confiscate property seized in Lebanon ex-central bank chief probe
BERLIN, Jan 29 (Reuters) - German prosecutors have applied to a court to confiscate some 35 million...
29th January, 2026
Finance
Spain's government defends rail investment record after deadly crashes
MADRID, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Spain's transport minister said on Thursday his government had ramped up...
29th January, 2026
Finance
Five former traders win right to appeal UK rate-rigging convictions
LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Five former traders jailed in Britain for rigging global benchmark intere...
29th January, 2026
Finance
EU sanctions Iran's interior minister and prosecutor general
BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The European Union has sanctioned Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Mom...
29th January, 2026
Finance
Ukraine working with SpaceX to stop Russia from using Starlink to guide drones
By Max Hunder KYIV, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Ukraine is working with U.S. satellite firm SpaceX to resolve...
29th January, 2026
Finance
China agrees to halve tariffs on UK whisky after Xi-Starmer talks
LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - China will reduce its tariffs on Scotch whisky to 5% from 10% following t...
29th January, 2026
Finance
Germany's Merz: remains to be seen whether FCAS will yield joint aircraft
BERLIN, Jan 29 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that the French-German-...
29th January, 2026