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Image for Russian attacks kill five on train in northeast, three in Odesa, Ukraine says
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Russian attacks kill five on train in northeast, three in Odesa, Ukraine says

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Russian drones and missiles hit Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, late on M...

27th January, 2026

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Azerbaijan arrests three men for planning embassy attack at behest of Islamic State offshoot

BAKU, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Authorities in Azerbaijan said on Tuesday they had arrested three individua...

27th January, 2026

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Finance

Dr Martens boot sales slow as fewer discounts deter shoppers

Jan 27 (Reuters) - Dr Martens on Tuesday forecast broadly flat revenue for fiscal 2026, after quarte...

27th January, 2026

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Hungary's opposition keeps poll lead, backed by younger generation

BUDAPEST, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Hungary's centre-right opposition Tisza party has kept its 10 percentag...

27th January, 2026

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North Korea fires missiles into sea amid talks of limiting US military role

SEOUL, Jan 27 (Reuters) - North Korea launched an unidentified projectile towards the sea off its ea...

27th January, 2026

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Finance

Europe's offshore wind pact is a hedge against US gas reliance: Bousso

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - European countries have agreed to jointly develop a vast of...

27th January, 2026

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Xi says China, Finland should uphold international system, advance multipolar order

By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Jan 27 (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping told Finland's Prime Minist...

27th January, 2026

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Finance

Exclusive-German firms' China investments driven to four-year high by US trade wars

By Rene Wagner and Christoph Steitz BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Jan 27 (Reuters) - German companies' investmen...

27th January, 2026

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Finance

ASML rides Nvidia's coattails with lasers and huge chip 'printers'

By Toby Sterling and Nathan Vifflin AMSTERDAM, Jan 27 (Reuters) - As artificial intelligence firms j...

27th January, 2026

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US has told Ukraine it must sign peace deal with Russia to get security guarantees, source says

Jan 27 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has signalled to Ukraine that U.S. security guarantees d...

27th January, 2026

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Finance

India, EU finalise landmark trade deal, PM Modi says

NEW DELHI, Jan 27 (Reuters) - India and the European Union have finalised a landmark trade deal that...

27th January, 2026

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Finance

Electric car sales edge above petrol in EU for first time

Jan 27 (Reuters) - Fully electric car sales in December overtook petrol for the first time in the Eu...

27th January, 2026