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Finland detects small amount of radioactivity, sees no health impact

COPENHAGEN, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Small amounts of radioactive substances have been detected in air sam...

30th January, 2026

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Russia investigates care home deaths in new Siberian health scandal

By Lucy Papachristou Jan 29 (Reuters) - A criminal investigation into patient deaths at a neuropsych...

29th January, 2026

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New malaria vaccines helped Ghana slash child deaths. Then Trump, others cut aid

By Jennifer Rigby and Emmanuel Bruce LONDON/ACCRA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - New vaccines are helping Ghana...

29th January, 2026

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European countries including UK lose measles elimination status

LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Britain and several other European countries have lost their measles elim...

26th January, 2026

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World Health Organization says it regrets US decision to withdraw

Jan 24 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said it regrets that the U.S. has officially...

24th January, 2026

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Free-wheeling Amsterdam cracks down on electric 'fatbikes'

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Amsterdam, one of Europe's biggest cycling cities, is...

22nd January, 2026

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Train collides with crane arm in Spain's fourth rail accident in a week

MADRID, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A commuter train has crashed against a construction crane in southeastern...

22nd January, 2026

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US set to quit World Health Organization

By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. is due to officially exit the W...

22nd January, 2026

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Commuter train derails near Barcelona; driver dead, four badly injured

BARCELONA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A commuter train derailed on Tuesday after a containment wall fell on...

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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Explainer-Spain's high-speed train crash: what happened?

MADRID, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Sunday's train collision and derailment in southern Spain killed at least...

19th January, 2026

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At least 40 dead in Spain after two high-speed trains collide

MADRID, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The death toll from Sunday's collision between a derailing high-speed tra...

19th January, 2026