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Britain says working to release Zaghari-Ratcliffe, other dual nationals in Iran
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is working "virtually around the clock" to secure the release of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual nationals held in Tehran, Prime Minister...
Jan 20, 2021
Germany says no concrete preparations for coronavirus border checks
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government is not making concrete preparations for border checks and is hoping they can be prevented, an interior ministry spokesman said on Thursday. Chancellor Angela M...
Jan 20, 2021
Japanese Trump supporters rally in Tokyo ahead of Biden’s inauguration
TOKYO (Reuters) - A small group of Japanese fans of Donald Trump took to the streets of Tokyo on Wednesday, shouting support for the outgoing United States president hours before his successor Joe Bid...
Jan 20, 2021
How world leaders are reacting to Joe Biden’s inauguration
(Reuters) - Here's how world leaders are reacting to Democrat Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. Biden is to be sworn in as U.S. president soon after noon (1700 GMT), taking over from Republican D...
Jan 20, 2021
Asked about Xinjiang, UK’s Johnson says attribution of genocide a matter for courts
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was up to the courts to determine cases of genocide, responding to a question about China's treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang. On ...
Jan 20, 2021
Britain hopes Biden will commit to net-zero target by 2050
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped Joe Biden, who will be inaugurated as U.S. President on Wednesday, would join Britain in its commitment to cut greenhouse gas emis...
Jan 20, 2021
Italy jails suspected al Qaeda foreign fighter caught in Turkey
ROME (Reuters) - A 24-year-old Italian suspected of fighting in the Middle East since 2014 with al Qaeda-affiliated groups was arrested in Turkey and jailed in Italy, police said on Wednesday. The unn...
Jan 20, 2021
“Outrageous” that police data lost, but govt working on it, says UK PM
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday it was "outrageous" that any police data had been lost, but his government was working to assess the damage after thousands of...
Jan 20, 2021
British PM Johnson says he’s looking forward to working with Biden
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he looked forward to working with Joe Biden on their "shared priorities", just hours before Biden is inaugurated as the 46th p...
Jan 20, 2021
Indian villagers celebrate inauguration of Kamala Harris
By Ravikumar P and Sudarshan Varadhan THULASENDRAPURAM, India (Reuters) - Residents of the ancestral Indian village of Kamala Harris celebrated her inauguration as U.S. vice president on Wednesday by ...
Jan 20, 2021
