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Russian drone strikes apartment block in Ukraine, killing four, governor .. - 30/01 3:00 pm

(Reuters) - A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing four people and injuring nine, including a child, the regional authorities said. Read full story





Washington plane crash: 18 bodies recovered after plane crash - 30/01 2:09 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 18 bodies have been recovered after a midair collision between a regional passenger jet and a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, CBS News reported on Wednesday, citing a police official. Read full story





Trump administration to cancel student visas of pro-Palestinian protesters - 30/01 1:04 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday (Jan 29) to combat anti-semitism and pledged to deport non-citizen college students and others who took part in pro-Palestinian protests. Read full story





Millions of Hindus take 'holy dip' a day after fatal stampede - 30/01 11:16 am

PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) - Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after dozens died in??a??stampede on the most auspicious day of the six-week event. Read full story





Regional jet collides with helicopter near Washington's Reagan Airport - 30/01 11:14 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday night that a PSA Airlines regional jet collided midair with a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter while approaching Reagan Washington National Airport. Read full story





American Airlines jet, Army helicopter collide, crash into Washington's .. - 30/01 10:36 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the frigid Potomac River after a midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said. Read full story





Aid groups get blanket order to pause U.S.-funded programs as payments dry .. - 30/01 10:36 am

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.S. Agency for International Development has told all aid groups to immediately pause all U.S.-funded programs "until further notice" as humanitarian groups grapple with a lack of clarity on waivers to President Donald Trump's 90-day aid pause. Read full story





Exposed utility wires may have contributed to LA's Eaton Fire, law firm .. - 30/01 9:50 am

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A law firm representing victims of the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles has submitted photos with a legal filing on Wednesday that appear to show exposed wire at the base of a Southern California Edison tower that the firm alleges may have contributed to the deadly blaze. Read full story





Microsoft brings DeepSeek to its cloud - 30/01 6:35 am

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft on Wednesday announced that DeepSeek's reasoning model R1 is available on Azure AI Foundry service, Microsoft's platform that brings together a number of artificial intelligence (AI) services for enterprises under a single banner. Read full story





Haiti leader says long-awaited general elections penned for November - 30/01 5:19 am

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's transitional council president Leslie Voltaire said in an interview on Wednesday that a date for the Caribbean nation's long-awaited general elections has been fixed for around Nov. 15 of this year. Read full story





Rwanda urges ceasefire in Congo, negotiations with rebels, foreign .. - 30/01 4:48 am

(Reuters) - Rwanda, which diplomats say backs M23 fighters who seized Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo this week, called on Wednesday for a ceasefire across eastern Congo and for Congo to negotiate with the rebels while denying Rwandan troops were involved. Read full story





Priests in Philippines accused of sex abuse remain in active ministry, .. - 29/01 3:20 pm

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine priests accused of sex abuse remain in active ministry in the Catholic-majority country, a U.S.-based abuse tracking group said on Wednesday, urging the country's bishops to take action and hold the alleged perpetrators accountable. Read full story





Rwanda's Kagame says he agrees with US on need for ceasefire in Congo - 29/01 3:03 pm

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame said he agreed with the U.S. government on the need for a ceasefire in eastern Congo but gave no indication of bowing to calls for Rwandan troops and the M23 rebels they support to withdraw from Goma. Read full story





Myanmar refugees face sudden discharge from Thai hospitals shuttered by US .. - 29/01 2:32 pm

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Healthcare centres serving tens of thousands of refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border have been ordered shut after U.S. President Donald Trump froze most foreign aid last week, forcing Thai officials to transport the sickest patients to other facilities. Read full story





Trump, Musk suggest sped-up return of NASA astronauts, but details scarce - 29/01 1:55 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday night he had asked Elon Musk's SpaceX to return two NASA astronauts from the International Space Station, who were already scheduled to fly back on a SpaceX capsule in March. Read full story





Bangladesh train services resume after strike called off - 29/01 1:46 pm

DHAKA (Reuters) - Train services in Bangladesh resumed on Wednesday after railway workers ended their indefinite strike, which had brought the country???s rail network to a halt. Read full story





German election frontrunner risks breaking taboo on working with far-right - 29/01 1:20 pm

BERLIN (Reuters) - The man tipped to win Germany's election next month is set to propose plans on Wednesday to restrict migration that could pass with the help of votes from the Alternative for Germany (AfD), potentially breaking a taboo on cooperation with the far-right. Read full story





Trump administration revokes extension of protections for Venezuelans in .. - 29/01 1:20 pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration has revoked an extension of deportation protections that the previous administration granted to more than 600,000 Venezuelans already in the United States, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing a copy of the decision. Read full story





Refugees and surrendering Congolese soldiers stream into Rwanda - 29/01 7:49 am

GISENYI, Rwanda (Reuters) - Refugees, surrendering Congolese soldiers and stranded truckers thronged the Rwandan border on Tuesday, hoping to reach safety after rebels captured the nearby Congolese city of Goma and spurred them to flee. Read full story





Feature: U.S. students immersed in Chinese New Year with cultural .. - 29/01 5:45 am

SACRAMENTO, the United States, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- "If you really dive into Chinese history, stay dedicated, and love it the way I do, it's a lot of fun," 12-year-old Zo?? Gorham Wilson told Xinhua on Tuesday, her face aglow with excitement as she recalled her journey of learning Chinese at the William Land Elementary School in Sacramento, California. Read full story





Poll: 85% of Greenlanders do not want to be part of the US - 29/01 5:22 am

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An opinion poll indicated on Tuesday that 85% of Greenlanders do not wish their Arctic island - a semi-autonomous Danish territory - to become a part of the United States, Danish daily Berlingske reported. Read full story





Americans sour on some of Trump's early moves, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds - 29/01 4:53 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans have a??dim view of some of President Donald Trump's early barrage of executive orders, including his attempt to do away with so-called birthright citizenship and his decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Read full story





Russian air attacks injure several, spark fire in Kharkiv, Ukraine .. - 28/01 3:41 pm

KYIV (Reuters) -An overnight Russian air attack injured four people, set a private business on fire and damaged several houses in Kharkiv, a city that has been under intermittent Russian fire since the start of the war, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. Read full story





Rwanda-backed Congo rebels face pockets of resistance after entering Goma - 28/01 3:17 pm

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwanda-backed M23 rebels faced pockets of resistance from army and pro-government militia overnight after entering eastern Congo's largest city Goma in the worst escalation of a conflict that has run for more than a decade. Read full story





Ukrainian doctors save lives at children's heart surgery center relocated .. - 28/01 3:06 pm

KYIV (Reuters) - Six months ago, doctors were performing an operation at Ukraine's Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery when a missile struck the adjacent building inside the Kyiv compound of Ukraine's biggest children's hospital. Read full story





Bangladesh train services hit as staff strike over benefits - 28/01 2:21 pm

DHAKA (Reuters) - Train services in Bangladesh came to a standstill on Tuesday as railway staff, demanding benefits for extra work, went on a nationwide indefinite strike that hit hundreds of thousands of people. Read full story





Britain and EU face off in court over post-Brexit fishing rights - 28/01 12:10 am

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union go to court for the first time on Tuesday to resolve a dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights, a case that could complicate Britain's planned "reset" of relations with the bloc. Read full story





Trump administration puts on leave nearly 60 USAID career staff after aid .. - 28/01 8:31 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers, sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on U.S. aid worldwide. Read full story





Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US users - 28/01 8:21 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters): Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the US Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday (Jan 27). Read full story





Gaza residents stream home to the north after hostage breakthrough - 28/01 8:21 am

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters): Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed along the main roads leading north in Gaza on Monday, jubilant to be returning home after months of living in temporary shelter but fearing what might remain of their homes amid the bombed-out ruins. Read full story





Chinese AI DeepSeek says hit by large-scale cyberattack - 28/01 8:18 am

San Francisco (AFP): Chinese AI sensation DeepSeek on Monday said it was limiting the registration of new users due to large-scale cyberattacks on its services. Read full story





Analysis-Indonesia's new leader expands military's role in test of fragile .. - 28/01 8:14 am

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Nearly three decades after the fall of Indonesia's authoritarian leader, General Suharto, the nation's new president is causing unease among liberals and others by increasingly turning to the once-all-powerful military to carry out his governing vision. Read full story





US opens probe into sudden movement on United Airlines flight from Nigeria - 28/01 7:46 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday it is investigating a United Airlines flight on Friday from Lagos, Nigeria to Washington D.C., in which a sudden aircraft movement led to injuries of passengers and cabin crew. Read full story





Scott Bessent wins Senate confirmation as US Treasury secretary - 28/01 7:34 am

(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent to be President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary, giving the billionaire hedge fund manager a central role in shaping the new administration's policy ambitions around tax cuts and spending and managing economic relationships with allies and adversaries alike. Read full story





World Bank warns its Colombian employees to skip US travel - 28/01 7:34 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Monday warned its Colombian employees against traveling to or from the United States after three staff members were affected by visa restrictions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, sources familiar with the matter said. Read full story





Bessent confirmed as Treasury secretary by majority of Senate; voting .. - 28/01 7:05 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Monday backed President Donald Trump's nomination of Scott Bessent to be Treasury secretary and thus a leading voice in managing the country's economic, fiscal and sanctions policies, as voting continued. Read full story





Algeria welcomes Chinese tourists ahead of Spring Festival - 28/01 6:58 am

ALGIERS, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Embassy in Algeria and the Algerian Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts on Monday held a special welcome ceremony at the international airport in Algiers for Chinese tourists arriving to spend the Spring Festival in the North African nation. Read full story





More voters eye opposition win in Australian election as PM's ratings .. - 28/01 6:58 am

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's approval fell to its lowest level since the 2022 election, while more voters for the first time expected the conservative opposition coalition to win the next election due by May, a widely watched poll showed. Read full story





Exclusive-US military aircraft with deported migrants lands in Guatemala, .. - 28/01 6:57 am

(Reuters) -A U.S. military aircraft with migrants being deported as part of President Donald Trump???s crackdown on illegal immigration landed in Guatemala on Monday, two U.S. officials told Reuters. Read full story





Ukraine's Zelenskiy says war means mobilisation rules cannot be changed - 28/01 6:34 am

(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the rigours of nearly three years of war did not allow for changes in mobilisation rules because if soldiers left for home en masse, Russian President Vladimir Putin "will kill us all". Read full story




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