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One dead in floods in Albania as rain and snow grip Balkans
FIER, Albania, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A man was found drowned on Thursday in the Albanian city of Durres and emergency teams worked around the clock to evacuate dozens of people from flooded houses hit by ...
Jan 08, 2026
Brazil's Lula vetoes bill cutting former president Bolsonaro's sentence
SAO PAULO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vetoed on Thursday a bill passed by Congress cutting former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for plotting a...
Jan 08, 2026
Teen soccer player who died in Swiss bar fire laid to rest
By Emma Farge LUTRY, Switzerland, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Teammates of a 16-year-old soccer player Arthur Brodard were among the mourners on Thursday as Switzerland held funerals for some of the victims of ...
Jan 08, 2026
Trump withdrawal from bedrock UN climate treaty raises legal questions
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's decision to withdraw the United States from the foundational U.N. climate treaty, which the U.S. Senate unanimously adopte...
Jan 08, 2026
Lebanon central bank seeks to recuperate embezzled funds to bolster liquidity, governor says
BEIRUT, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Lebanon's central bank will seek the repayment of public funds embezzled by at least one former central bank official and by lawyers and commercial bankers, to help guarantee...
Jan 08, 2026
Europe discusses response to US threat on Greenland, EU's Kallas says
BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The EU has discussed what a European response would look like if the U.S. threat on acquiring Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, is real, European Union foreign...
Jan 08, 2026
Mexico's daily murder rate down 40% under Sheinbaum, president says
MEXICO CITY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Mexico's daily murder rate has fallen nearly 40% from where it was when Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took office, government officials said on Thursday, citing pr...
Jan 08, 2026
US withdrawal from climate treaty is 'colossal own goal', says UN climate chief
LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The United States' decision to withdraw from the U.N.'s key climate treaty is a "colossal own goal" that will harm the U.S. economy, jobs and living standards, United Nations...
Jan 08, 2026
Explainer-Why are French farmers driving their tractors into Paris?
PARIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - French farmers have brought tractors to central Paris and blocked roads across the country to demand government action to address numerous grievances. Here are some of the iss...
Jan 08, 2026
Russia frees French researcher Vinatier in prisoner exchange, state media says
MOSCOW, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Russia is freeing Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher serving a three-year prison sentence for violating Moscow's foreign agent laws, in exchange for France's release of a ...
Jan 08, 2026
