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Image for Olympics-Inside Italy's cyber command as it braces for AI-driven threats to the Winter Games
Finance

Olympics-Inside Italy's cyber command as it braces for AI-driven threats to the Winter Games

ROME, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Inside a modern government building facing the third‑century Aurelian walls...

28th January, 2026

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Pope Leo calls for end to antisemitism worldwide

VATICAN CITY, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Pope Leo appealed against the global rise of anti-Semitism on Wedne...

28th January, 2026

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Finance

UK price statistics to use supermarket data which may lower inflation rate slightly

LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Britain's Office for National Statistics plans to go ahead with changes n...

28th January, 2026

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Finance

BP, Shell seeking US licenses for gas fields shared with Venezuela, Trinidad minister says

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Shell and BP are seeking U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control licenses to extrac...

28th January, 2026

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Former French senator found guilty of drugging lawmaker to assault her

By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - A former French senator was found guilty by a Paris c...

28th January, 2026

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Switzerland probes suspected forgery of signatures for popular initiatives

ZURICH, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Swiss federal prosecutors and police searched several houses on Tuesday a...

28th January, 2026

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Victims of spectacular German bank heist file lawsuits

FRANKFURT, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The first lawsuits were filed on Wednesday by victims of a spectacular...

28th January, 2026

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Hungary charges Budapest mayor over role in banned Pride march

BUDAPEST, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Hungarian prosecutors brought charges against Budapest's liberal Mayor...

28th January, 2026

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Finance

Balkans truck protests against EU rules risk fuel shortages

BELGRADE, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Montenegro could face fuel shortages due to region-wide protests and a...

28th January, 2026

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Finance

Storms disrupt container cargo in Europe, shipping companies say

COPENHAGEN, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Container shipping company Maersk said on Wednesday that severe weath...

28th January, 2026

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Post-war recovery agreement with US needs more work, Zelenskiy says

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Ukraine has identified areas in an agreement with the United States on post-war r...

28th January, 2026

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Finance

Dutch telco KPN sees 10% defence revenue growth as Europe boosts military spending

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Dutch telecommunications group KPN expects its defence-related revenue to rise mo...

28th January, 2026