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Croats caught between fear and funding woes after 2020 earthquakes
By Antonio Bronic ZAGREB (Reuters) - Besides fighting COVID-19, Croats learnt last year how nature could show its brutal face as two devastating earthquakes left them struggling to repair their homes ...
Jan 21, 2021
Turkey-EU ties on better footing, EU’s Borrell says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey and the European Union have started the year positively and steps to restart talks with Greece over hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean are welcome, but the EU remains concer...
Jan 21, 2021
Still separated: COVID-19 order keeps families apart after Biden lifts ‘Muslim ban’
By Kristina Cooke and Mimi Dwyer LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - On Tuesday night, on the eve of President Joe Biden's inauguration, Mania Darbani's mother called her from Iran. She was ecstatic that Biden wo...
Jan 21, 2021
More scope for political agreement with Biden: Merkel
(Reuters) - There is far more scope for political agreement between Germany and the United States after Biden's inauguration, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. "That is clear just look...
Jan 21, 2021
Fire at building site for India’s Serum Institute, vaccine output not hit, source says
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A fire has broken out at a plant being built for the Serum Institute of India but this would not affect production of the coronavirus vaccine, a source close to the world's bigge...
Jan 21, 2021
Appealing to ‘kind angels’ China strikes optimistic tone with Biden administration
By Cate Cadell BEIJING (Reuters) - China struck an optimistic tone toward President Joe Biden's new administration on Thursday, saying "kind angels can triumph over evil forces" and playing down early...
Jan 21, 2021
Japanese court rejects expatriates’ bid to cling to citizenship
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - A Tokyo court rejected on Thursday a lawsuit by Japanese living in Europe who sought to retain their nationality even after taking foreign citizenship, instead of lo...
Jan 21, 2021
French state ready to help Eurostar, in talks with UK over matter – minister
PARIS (Reuters) - The French state is ready to help Eurostar - whose business has been hit hard by COVID-19 travel restrictions - and is in talks with the British government over the matter, French ju...
Jan 21, 2021
Russian conscript jailed for 24-1/2 years for killing eight people: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A conscript was sentenced to 24-1/2 years in prison by a Russian court on Thursday for killing eight people at a military base in 2019, a crime he said was provoked by bullying, the...
Jan 21, 2021
Suicide attack kills seven, injures 20 in Baghdad market
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide attacker using an explosive vest killed at least seven people and injured at least 20 in a central Baghdad market, police and medical sources said on Thursday. It was a r...
Jan 21, 2021
