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PARIS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Four people, including two Chinese nationals, have been arrested in France on suspicion of spying for China and were brought before an investigative judge, the Paris public pr...

By Emma Farge and David Brunnstrom GENEVA/WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sounding the alarm on U.N. finances, warning that the world body is at risk of "immin...

By Andreas Rinke and Sarah Marsh BERLIN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Germany's government wants to give its spy agencies broader powers to confront rising hybrid threats, a sensitive step in a country where int...

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A Russian stand-up comedian was convicted of inciting hatred and jailed for nearly six years on Wednesday over a joke he made about a legless war veteran, wh...

BUDAPEST, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has ordered the termination of a lawsuit brought by Budapest over a disputed "solidarity tax," a step the city's mayor denounced as a ...

NICOSIA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Russian businessman Vladislav Baumgertner, a former chief executive of potash giant Uralkali, has been confirmed dead in Cyprus after going missing on January 7, authorities...

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A Russian stand-up comedian was convicted of inciting hatred and jailed for nearly six years on Wednesday over a joke he made about a legless war veteran, wh...

By Elizabeth Piper and Muvija M LONDON, Feb 4 - Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed regret on Wednesday for appointing Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to Washington, saying the Labour veteran had c...

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Xiuhao Chen WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Feb 4 (Reuters) - China agreed to buy more U.S.-farmed soybeans in what President Donald Trump called a "very positive" call with President Xi J...

(Changes Tuesday into Wednesday in first paragraph) MILAN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Italy has thwarted a series of cyberattacks targeting its foreign ministry facilities, including an embassy in Washington, ...