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EU, Turkey cautiously eye improved ties after tough 2020
By Robin Emmott and Tuvan Gumrukcu BRUSSELS/ANKARA (Reuters) - The European Union and Turkey pressed each other on Thursday to take concrete steps to improve relations long strained by disagreements o...
Jan 21, 2021
Former head of Vatican bank guilty of embezzlement, money laundering: court
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A Vatican court on Thursday convicted Angelo Caloia, a former head of the Vatican bank, on charges of embezzlement and money laundering and handed down an eight-year, 11-month...
Jan 21, 2021
Russia detains ally of jailed Kremlin foe Navalny ahead of protest
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police on Thursday detained Lyubov Sobol, an ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, her lawyer said, after she urged Navalny's supporters to take to the streets on Sa...
Jan 21, 2021
Italy PM Conte faces pressure to move fast to strengthen majority
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is under pressure from his coalition to quickly broaden his majority but has made little progress since narrowly surviving an at...
Jan 21, 2021
In poor districts, young Tunisians with nothing to lose clash with police
By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) - The 19-year-old smoking with friends in a poor district of Tunisia's capital had a simple explanation for night-time clashes between youths and poli...
Jan 21, 2021
EU states must recognise Guaido as Venezuela’s leader, EU lawmakers to say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament will call on European Union governments to recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president, according to a draft resolution set to be agreed on Thur...
Jan 21, 2021
Earthquake rattles Cyprus, no immediate reports of damage
NICOSIA (Reuters) - An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.3 rattled Cyprus on Thursday, witnesses said, with no immediate reports of damage. The tremor occurred at around 1427 GMT and was fel...
Jan 21, 2021
Journalist shot dead in Ethiopia’s Tigray: aid worker, residents
NAIROBI (Reuters) - An Ethiopian journalist and his friend have been shot dead by an unidentified person in the northern Tigray region's capital Mekelle, an aid worker and a resident said on Thursday....
Jan 21, 2021
At least 15 killed, five injured in nursing home fire in Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed and five injured in a fire in nursing home in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian state emergency service said on Thursday. (Reporting ...
Jan 21, 2021
Spaniards becoming numb to coronavirus deaths, nurse warns
By Luis Felipe Castilleja BARCELONA (Reuters) - The senior nurse in the intensive care unit of Barcelona's Sant Pau Hospital is anxiously watching the wards fill up and fears that Spaniards are lettin...
Jan 21, 2021
