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Germany's Merz faces second state election test on Sunday
By James Mackenzie BERLIN, March 20 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives face their second electoral test this month on Sunday when they hope to unseat the centre-left Social D...
Mar 20, 2026
Trump's push for Greenland hangs over Danish election
COPENHAGEN, March 20 (Reuters) - Denmark will hold a national election on Tuesday as it grapples with U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats to seize Greenland, a semi-autonomous Arctic island...
Mar 20, 2026
Iberian blackout was caused by multiple factors, report says
By Pietro Lombardi MADRID, March 20 (Reuters) - The massive power outage that hit the Iberian Peninsula in April last year was the result of multiple factors that ultimately led to a voltage surge and...
Mar 20, 2026
Exclusive-Hiscox manager faces Greek perjury charge over extradition case
ATHENS/LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - A manager at London-listed insurer Hiscox faces a criminal charge of providing false testimony during an attempted extradition of a former colleague from Greece to ...
Mar 20, 2026
South Africa imposes steep tariffs on structural steel imports from China, Thailand
March 20 (Reuters) - South Africa has imposed steep import duties on structural steel imports from China and Thailand after finding evidence of dumping, the country's trade watchdog has said. Structur...
Mar 20, 2026
South Korea parliament passes bill stripping prosecutors of investigative powers
By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, March 20 (Reuters) - South Korea's parliament passed a sweeping legal reform bill on Friday that will strip prosecutors of investigative powers, a move that the government argu...
Mar 20, 2026
Spokesperson for Iran's Revolutionary Guards killed in strike, state TV says
DUBAI, March 20 (Reuters) - A spokesperson for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its deputy of public relations, Ali Mohammad Naini, has been killed in strikes launched by the U.S. and Isra...
Mar 20, 2026
Myanmar parliament says to start process to select new president on March 30
March 20 (Reuters) - Myanmar's parliament will start the process to elect a new president on March 30, officials said on Friday, a vote many analysts expect will be won by the head of the junta that s...
Mar 20, 2026
Norway's crown princess says she was 'manipulated and deceived' by Epstein
By Terje Solsvik and Johan Ahlander OSLO, March 20 (Reuters) - Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit said on Friday she regretted her friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, seeking to co...
Mar 20, 2026
Israeli military says it struck Syrian government targets after attacks on Druze civilians
March 20 (Reuters) - The Israeli military struck infrastructure sites belonging to the Syrian government overnight in response to attacks against Druze civilians in Sweida, the Israeli military said o...
Mar 20, 2026
