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Spain's government defends rail investment record after deadly crashes
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Five former traders win right to appeal UK rate-rigging convictions
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EU sanctions Iran's interior minister and prosecutor general
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Ukraine working with SpaceX to stop Russia from using Starlink to guide drones
China agrees to halve tariffs on UK whisky after Xi-Starmer talks
Date: January 29, 2026
LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - China will reduce its tariffs on Scotch whisky to 5% from 10% following talks between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese President Xi Jinping, a spokesperson for the...
Germany's Merz: remains to be seen whether FCAS will yield joint aircraft
Date: January 29, 2026
BERLIN, Jan 29 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that the French-German-Spanish FCAS warplane programme was sure to yield joint defence systems, but it remained to be seen...
Russia investigates care home deaths in new Siberian health scandal
Date: January 29, 2026
By Lucy Papachristou Jan 29 (Reuters) - A criminal investigation into patient deaths at a neuropsychiatric care home in Siberia has found that staff failed in their duties, Russian authorities said on...
UK and 23 other OSCE members launch probe into Georgia over rights concerns
Date: January 29, 2026
LONDON, Jan 29 - Britain, Canada, Germany and 21 other OSCE members on Thursday said they would launch an expert mission to examine the deteriorating human rights situation in Georgia. In a joint...
Some Balkan truckers end EU blockade after travel rule update, others continue
Date: January 29, 2026
BATROVCI, Serbia, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Truck drivers in the Western Balkans maintained their blockades of cargo terminals on borders with the European Union on Thursday as regional governments asked the...
Denmark's king to visit Greenland amid Trump crisis
Date: January 29, 2026
STOCKHOLM, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Denmark's King Frederik will travel to Greenland during the week starting February 16, he told journalists on Thursday. "I look forward to travel to Greenland," the king...