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Thai PM tightens security after mall bombs rattle Bangkok

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ordered security to be tightened in Bangkok on Monday after two small bombs rattled a luxury shopping mall and stoked tension in a city under martial law since a coup in May. Two people were slightly hu... More »

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U.S. taking new look at giving arms to Ukraine forces: NYT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration is taking a new look at providing Ukrainian forces with defensive weapons and equipment in the face of a rebel offensive that shattered a five-month truce, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Th... More »

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Greek turmoil an unexpected boon for German AfD eurosceptics

BREMEN, Germany (Reuters) – The new Greek government’s anti-bailout stance has sent shudders through much of Europe but Germany’s euroskeptic AfD party can hardly believe its good fortune ahead of a regional election as a breakup of the euro zone suddenly appe... More »

Korean Air chief says he scolded daughter over nut rage

SEOUL (Reuters) – Korean Air Lines Chairman Cho Yang-ho said on Friday he had scolded his daughter for expelling a crew member from a flight over the way she was served nuts in first class. The nut rage incident, as it has become known, has stirred public outr... More »

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Moscow, Washington discuss possible Kerry visit to Russia: sources

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow and Washington are discussing a possible visit to Russia by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the Ukraine crisis, diplomatic sources say. It would be Kerry’s first visit to Russia since the start of the conflict in Ukraine... More »

Greece says Dijsselbloem visit will kick off debt talks

ATHENS (Reuters) – This week’s visit to Athens by the head of the euro zone finance ministers’ group will mark the start of Greece’s negotiations on changing the conditions of its international bailout accord, the finance ministry said in a statement. Eurogrou... More »

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Moscow says North Korean leader Kim confirms Russia visit: Yonhap

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has confirmed he will attend celebrations in Russia in May marking the Soviet victory over Germany in World War Two, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said on Wednesday, citing a Kremlin spokesman. The trip woul... More »

In Russia, crisis deepens slide in living standards for pensioners

MOSCOW (Reuters) – For Boris Lisitsyn, Russia’s financial crisis means less meat, cheese and sausage – hardships the 86-year-old says won’t kill him anytime soon. But for him and the millions of pensioners who make up about a third of Russia’s population, risi... More »

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Greek PM Tsipras names anti-austerity cabinet, port sale halted

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras named a cabinet of anti-austerity veterans and halted privatization of Greece’s biggest port on Tuesday, signaling he aims to stick to election pledges despite warning shots from the euro zone and financia... More »

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Turkey opens biggest refugee camp for 35,000 from Kobani

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey opened its biggest refugee camp on Sunday to house 35,000 people fleeing fighting between Kurdish forces and Islamist militants in Syria’s Kobani, national disaster management agency AFAD said. Located in the southeastern border tow... More »

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Keys opens door to first quarter-final

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Madison Keys advanced to her first grand slam quarter-final and underlined her pure hitting potential with a 6-2 6-4 victory over compatriot and namesake Madison Brengle on Monday. Brengle had said before the match the pair had joked ‘the... More »

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Rain on India’s parade, but Obama visit keeps spirits high

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama watched a dazzling parade of India’s military might and cultural diversity on Monday, the second day of a visit trumpeted as a chance to establish a robust strategic partnership between the world’s two largest ... More »

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Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours: Kiev military

KIEV (Reuters) – Seven Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 24 wounded in fighting in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said on Monday. Fighting in eastern Ukraine is at its worst level since ... More »

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Netanyahu defends planned Congress speech as anti-Iran strategy

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended on Sunday a planned speech to the U.S. Congress about Iran, saying he had a moral obligation to speak out on an issue that poses a mortal threat to Israel. His visit to Washington in March has op... More »

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Greek anti-austerity party holds lead before Sunday elections

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s leftist Syria party held onto its opinion poll lead on Friday as it campaigns to form the first euro zone government committed to scrapping austerity outright after elections this weekend. With the fate of Greece’s 240-billion-euro ... More »

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Uber restarts service in Delhi- government says company still banned

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Uber, the U.S.-based online taxi-hailing company, has restarted services in India’s capital after a ban following rape allegations against one of its drivers, but a government official said the company remains blacklisted. Uber’s app show... More »

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New Saudi king seeks to reassure on succession and policy

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi King Salman pledged on Friday to maintain existing energy and foreign policies then quickly moved to appoint younger men as his heirs, settling the succession for years to come by naming a deputy crown prince from his dynasty’s next ge... More »

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New Saudi Deputy Crown Prince marks generational shift

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Interior Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a close friend of the United States and a scourge of Islamist militants, will be the country’s first king from the third generation of its ruling dynasty. King Salman moved swiftly... More »

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Yemen suffers power vacuum after president, premier quit

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen drifted deeper into political limbo on Friday after President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned in exasperation at a Houthi rebel takeover of the country, a move that appeared to catch the Iran-backed group off balance. Hadi, a former gen... More »

France’s message to Davos: do your part to fight terrorism

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – The world’s biggest businesses must do their part to fight terrorism by taking action against trafficking and money laundering, French President Francois Hollande said when arriving at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday.... More »

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North Korea urges South to lift sanctions before talks can begin

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Friday demanded the lifting of sanctions, imposed by South Korea after a 2010 attack on one of its naval vessels, as a condition for resuming dialogue. It was the first official response to the South’s offer to talk, including ... More »

Congo Senate bows to protests, drops census before 2016 vote

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s Senate on Friday scrapped plans for a national census before 2016 presidential elections, after four days of protests against a move that opposition leaders said was aimed at extending President Joseph Kabila... More »

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Ukraine death toll may be far higher than known 5,000: U.N.

GENEVA (Reuters) – The known death toll in the Ukraine conflict that began last April now exceeds 5,000 and may be far higher, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. Fighting has intensified over the past 10 days with the leader of pro-Russian ... More »

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Ukraine separatists to press on with offensive: Interfax

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists will press on with a military offensive in east Ukraine and will not initiate ceasefire talks with the Ukrainian authorities, their leader was quoted as saying on Friday. Alexander Zakharchenko, head of the self-procl... More »

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Uber restarts service in Delhi- government says must await approval

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. taxi-hailing app maker Uber Technologies Inc has restarted services in India’s capital after a ban following rape allegations against one of its drivers, but a government official said the company remains blacklisted. Uber’s app show... More »

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U.S. presses Cuba on human rights in talks on restoring ties

HAVANA (Reuters) – The United States said it pressed Cuba to improve human rights during historic, high-level talks on Thursday, annoying the Cubans after both sides reported making progress toward restoring diplomatic relations. The talks were the first since... More »

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U.S. says mistrust must be overcome to restore Cuba ties

HAVANA (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba moved closer to restoring diplomatic relations on Thursday with historic, high-level talks, but the Americans noted the two sides must overcome more than 50 years of mistrust to normalize trade and travel. The talk... More »

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Japan PM says will do utmost to free captives

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will do its utmost to free two of its countrymen believed to be held captive by the Islamic State militant group, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters on Wednesday, adding that Tokyo would never give in to terrorism. “I have instruc... More »

At least 11 killed on Tuesday in Congo election protests

KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed on Tuesday in protests in Democratic Republic of Congo against a draft measure that could delay the 2016 presidential election, the government said on Wednesday, bringing the toll from two days of violence to... More »

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Indonesia will not make public full preliminary AirAsia crash report

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian investigators may release some initial findings next week into last month’s crash of an AirAsia passenger jet that killed 162 people, but the full preliminary report will not be made public, a government official said on Wednesda... More »

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Russia to seek immediate ceasefire at Ukraine talks

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he would seek an immediate ceasefire in east Ukraine at talks in Berlin on Wednesday with the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Germany and France. Lavrov told a news conference a ceasefire agreement r... More »

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U.S. and Cuba sit down for historic talks on restoring ties

HAVANA (Reuters) – The highest-level U.S. delegation to Cuba in 35 years begins talks on Wednesday aimed at restoring diplomatic ties and eventually normalizing relations between two adversaries who have been locked in Cold War-era hostilities. The two days of... More »

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German eurosceptic party at crossroads before key election

HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) – Sounding more like the economics professor he once was than the dangerous far-right firebrand some say he has become, Bernd Lucke spoke at length about the perils of the euro zone and unfettered immigration at a campaign rally last... More »

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Canadian minister hopes for journalist release after Egypt meeting

CAIRO (Reuters) – Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said after talks in Cairo on Thursday he hoped that a Canadian journalist working for Qatar-based Al Jazeera television could be released from prison in Egypt. Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy, Egyptian Bah... More »

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Turkish PM says Israel’s Netanyahu on par with Paris attackers

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday compared his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to the Islamist militants who carried out attacks last week in Paris, saying both had committed crimes against humanity. “Just as the ma... More »

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Five Yemenis transferred from U.S. custody at Guantanamo: Pentagon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon transferred five Yemenis held at Guantanamo prison to foreign custody on Wednesday in the first handover of detainees in 2015, sending four to Oman and one to Estonia despite Republican calls for a moratorium on the resettle... More »

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U.S., Iran eye progress in next round of nuclear talks: Kerry

GANDHINAGAR, INDIA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that he and his Iranian counterpart would seek at their meeting on Wednesday to lay the ground for negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program to make greater progress. Kerry meets I... More »

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Hungary PM Orban says immigration a threat, must be stopped

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Immigration to Europe should be largely halted, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said late on Sunday, demanding a robust EU response to last week’s killings in France. Orban was speaking after attending a mass rally in Paris to pay tr... More »

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Pakistan intelligence chief meets Afghan leader as relations thaw

KABUL (Reuters) – Pakistan’s intelligence chief met Afghanistan’s new president to discuss ways to boost coordination in fighting militant attacks in the region, an official said Monday, in a sign of improving ties between the often uneasy neighbors. It was th... More »

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Bosnia leads global search for missing with expertise on bones

TUZLA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Bosnia was still digging up the bones of its own when those of others began arriving in boxes from the tsunami-struck shores of Southeast Asia a decade ago. It coincided with Kathryne Bomberger’s rise to head of the Bosnian-based Inte... More »

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Merkel says wants Greece to stay in euro zone

LONDON (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to London on Wednesday that Greece had respected its financial commitments to its European partners in recent years and she expected this to continue, dismissing suggestions of a possible G... More »

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UK, Greek election anxiety may see Brexit feed Grexit

LONDON (Reuters) – British elections in May could arguably have as much impact on euro zone stability as this month’s snap poll in Greece, making for an anxious period of up to six months for European investors. Two new themes for 2015 are already in play on f... More »

Libya pays heavy economic price as fighting takes toll

CAIRO (Reuters) – The central bank is burning through its foreign reserves and many government services are being cut as Libya reels under the effects of a collapse in oil revenues caused by factional fighting that threatens to tear the country apart. With the... More »

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Hamas denies exiled leader Meshaal expelled from Qatar

DOHA (Reuters) – The Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas on Tuesday denied reports that its exiled political leader, Khaled Meshaal, had been expelled from Qatar. The U.S. news network CNN quoted what it said was a Hamas-run news agency, which it did not... More »

North Korea boosted ‘cyber forces’ to 6,000 troops, South says

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean military’s “cyber army” has boosted its numbers to 6,000 troops, the South Korean Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, double Seoul’s estimate for the force in 2013, and is working to cause “physical and psychological paralysis” in ... More »

Islamic State school closures in Syria affect 670,000: U.N.

GENEVA (Reuters) – An estimated 670,000 children in Syria are being deprived of education after Islamic State forces ordered schools closed while the curriculum is made to conform with religious rules, the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. Islamic... More »

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Iraq says rebuilding of army still in early stages

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi said on Tuesday that the Iraqi military has started rebuilding after its near total collapse last summer but that the effort is still in its initial phase. “We are still in the early stages- some of t... More »

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Syria tells U.N. that McCain and former diplomats visited illegally

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Syria has complained to the United Nations that U.S. Senator John McCain, former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and former U.S. diplomat Peter Galbraith entered the country without visas in separate visits in violation of i... More »

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Greece formally dissolves parliament ahead of election

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece formally dissolved parliament on Wednesday ahead of a general election on Jan. 25 that has cast its international bailout into doubt and set financial markets on edge just as the euro zone grapples with renewed signs of weakness. The ... More »

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India seeks help from Bhutan, Myanmar to hunt down militants

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – India has sought cooperation from Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh in an offensive against a tribal militant group that had shot dead at least 80 people in Assam state this week, officials said on Friday. Police believe that a faction... More »

Asia remembers devastating 2004 tsunami with tears and prayers

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Survivors of Asia’s 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims cried and prayed as they gathered along Indian Ocean shorelines on Friday for memorials to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an inde... More »

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As U.S. troops return to Iraq, more private contractors follow

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is preparing to boost the number of private contractors in Iraq as part of President Barack Obama’s growing effort to beat back Islamic State militants threatening the Baghdad government, a senior U.S. official said. ... More »

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Obama applauds Sony decision to show ‘The Interview’: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is pleased Sony has decided to release “The Interview” in some theaters, after earlier bowing to pressure from a cyberattack blamed on North Korea, the White House said on Tuesday. “The president applauds Sony’s de... More »

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Spain’s Princess Cristina to stand trial on tax fraud charges

MADRID (Reuters) – Cristina de Borbon, sister of Spain’s King Felipe VI, will stand trial on charges of tax fraud, the first Spanish royal to face prosecution in court. Her father Juan Carlos abdicated in June after a series of scandals including an investigat... More »

Court orders partner of Sydney hostage-taker jailed

SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian court on Monday ordered bail revoked for the partner of a self-styled Sheikh who last week stormed a Sydney cafe at gunpoint, sparking a 16-hour hostage crisis that left three people dead, including the gunman. Amirah Droudis, ... More »

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Essebsi declares win in Tunisia election, rival contests

TUNIS (Reuters) – Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi declared victory in Sunday’s presidential run-off vote, seen as the last step in Tunisia’s shift to full democracy four years after an uprising ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. Official results are... More »

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Obama says Sony hack not an act of war

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama moved to prevent U.S. anger at North Korea from spiraling out of control on Sunday by saying the massive hacking of Sony Pictures was not an act of war but instead was cyber-vandalism. Washington’s longstandin... More »

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Russia growls across the border as Lithuania readies for euro

KYBARTAI, Lithuania (Reuters) – Geopolitics plague Lithuanians at this frozen Russian border post, where a return trip by car can mean 48 hours of queuing. It is a reminder for some of why the former Soviet republic will cement its move to the West by joining ... More »

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Ebola death toll in three African countries hits 7,373: WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) – The death toll from Ebola in the three worst-affected countries in West Africa has risen to 7,373 among 19,031 cases known to date there, the World Health Organization said on Saturday. The latest data, posted overnight on the WHO website, r... More »

U.S. backed talks with ISIS over American hostage: newspaper

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. counter-terrorism officials backed negotiations with two prominent jihadi clerics in a failed attempt to save the life of an American hostage who was later beheaded by Islamic State militants, the Guardian newspaper reported on Friday. ... More »

Eight children killed in Australia in reported mass stabbing

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Eight children have been killed and a woman who was mother to seven of them was injured in the northern Australian city of Cairns, police said on Friday, in what several media outlets reported was a mass stabbing. Australia is in a state of ... More »

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In dealings with the West, Erdogan holds all the cards

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s tightening grip on power is likely to meet little more than symbolic resistance from the West next year, as Turkey’s G20 presidency and the fight against Islamic State trump concerns about a slide towards authori... More »

China jails captain for deadly plane crash

BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese court has jailed for three years the captain of a plane that crashed four years ago killing 44 people after finding him guilty of negligence, state media reported on Friday. Qi Quanjun, in charge of the fatal Henan Airlines flight... More »

As U.S. eases hostilities, Cuba faces new challenge

HAVANA (Reuters) – For decades, it was Cuba’s first response to criticism. Poor economic performance? An obvious effect of a U.S. trade embargo that amounted to a blockade of the island nation by a bullying superpower. Arrests of dissidents? A legitimate act o... More »

China’s top judge urges swift, severe sentences in Xinjiang

BEIJING (Reuters) – China must crack down “harshly and quickly” on cases involving terror attacks, national security and social stability in its restive region of Xinjiang, the country’s top judge said, in comments likely to further worry rights groups and exi... More »

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No risk of contagion from Greek vote: Italy economy minister

ROME (Reuters) – Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said on Thursday that possible fallout from Greece’s political showdown would not trigger a euro zone debt crisis like the one that pushed Italy close to default three years ago. “Greece in 2015 is no... More »

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Abe coalition secures big Japan election win with record low turnout

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, brushing aside suggestions that a low turnout tarnished his coalition’s election win, vowed on Monday to stick to his reflationary economic policies, tackle painful structural reforms and pursue his muscula... More »

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Moscow shifts to tougher economic relationship with Ukraine: PM

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moving closer to the European Union offers no panacea for Ukraine’s financial problems and will mean big losses in economic ties with Moscow, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an article published on Monday. He said Moscow had f... More »

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Hostage taking in Sydney cafe sparks fears of Islamist-linked attack

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police locked down the center of the country’s biggest city on Monday after an armed man walked into a downtown Sydney cafe, took hostages and forced them to display an Islamic flag, igniting fears of a jihadist attack. Police sai... More »