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Image for Golfing-Statue honouring Ballesteros vanishes in Spain
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Golfing-Statue honouring Ballesteros vanishes in Spain

MADRID, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Spanish authorities have launched an investigation following the disappea...

20th January, 2026

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Finance

Fresh tariffs to have muted inflation impact in Europe, ECB's Villeroy says

PARIS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Fresh tariffs by the U.S. would weaken economic growth for all parties inv...

20th January, 2026

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Finance

EU Commission working on package to support Arctic security, von der Leyen says

DAVOS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that th...

20th January, 2026

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Finance

UK approves China plan for mega embassy in London despite spy fears

By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain's government gave approval...

20th January, 2026

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IAEA says Ukraine's Chornobyl nuclear plant lost all off-site power on Tuesday

Jan 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Chornobyl nuclear power plant, site of the world's worst civil nuclear...

20th January, 2026

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Finance

UK approves China plan for new embassy in London subject to conditions

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain gave approval on Tuesday for China to build its new embassy in Lo...

20th January, 2026

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Finance

After Trump salvo, Macron says: we don't give in to bullies

By Michel Rose and Ingrid Melander DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Donald Trump has posted a...

20th January, 2026

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Russia says it has no specific contacts with US on expiring nuclear treaty

MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Russia and the United States currently have no specific contacts regardin...

20th January, 2026

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UN chief Guterres cancels Davos trip due to bad cold, spokesperson says

GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has cancelled his plans to at...

20th January, 2026

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Finance

Bank of England's Bailey 'very alert' to risks after Trump threats over Greenland

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Tuesday that the level of...

20th January, 2026

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Israel orders Gaza families to move in first forced evacuation since ceasefire

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Israeli forces have ordered dozens of Palestinian fam...

20th January, 2026

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Finance

EU nears historic trade deal with India, von der Leyen says

DAVOS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The European Union is on the verge of concluding a free trade agreement wi...

20th January, 2026