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Pope Leo calls for Venezuela to remain an independent country
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Pope Leo called for Venezuela to remain an indepen...
4th January, 2026
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Britain should seek closer alignment with EU single market, Starmer says
LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday he would still be in po...
4th January, 2026
Finance
France tightens checks on food imports amid farmers' Mercosur opposition
PARIS, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The French government - looking to quell a farmers' protest movement - will...
4th January, 2026
Finance
Rights groups say at least 16 dead in Iran during week of protests
By Elwely Elwelly DUBAI, Jan 4 (Reuters) - At least 16 people have been killed during a week of unre...
4th January, 2026
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All the victims of Swiss bar fire now identified, Swiss police say
ZURICH, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Teenagers as young as 14 and 15 years old were among those who died in the...
4th January, 2026
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Zelenskiy proposes appointing First Deputy PM Fedorov as Ukraine's new defence minister
Jan 2 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday proposed appointing First Deputy Prime Min...
4th January, 2026
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Shocked Venezuelans hunker down, unsure of what comes next
Jan 3 (Reuters) - Venezuelan security forces patrolled largely empty streets at dawn in the capital,...
4th January, 2026
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Britain says it and France bombed suspected Islamic State arms dump in Syria
LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Britain's and France's air forces conducted a joint operation on Saturday...
4th January, 2026
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Trump says second Venezuela strike possible if government does not cooperate
By Susan Heavey and Jana Winter CARACAS/NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Mad...
4th January, 2026
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Trump's bet on regime change in Venezuela is a sharp departure from MAGA agenda
By Gram Slattery and Simon Lewis PALM BEACH, Florida/WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - President Donald...
4th January, 2026
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One killed, two injured in Ukraine's drone attack in Russia's border region
MOSCOW, Jan 4 (Reuters) - One man was killed and a woman and a four-year old child were injured by a...
4th January, 2026
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Four more who died in Swiss bar blaze have been identified, police say
ZURICH, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The bodies of four more people who died in the fire that killed 40 people...
4th January, 2026