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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Colombia region -EMSC
(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Colombia region on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at a depth of 115 km (71.46 miles), EMSC said. (Reporti...
Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2024
Denmark sets aside $400 million for drone surveillance in Arctic, North Atlantic
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark has set aside 2.74 billion Danish crowns ($400 million) to strengthen surveillance and intelligence in the Arctic and North Atlantic with long-range drones, as part of a...
Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2024
Philippines, Canada sign agreement on defence cooperation
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines and Canada signed a memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation on Friday, a move which Manila's defence minister said could later lead to a troop pact betwee...
Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2024
Gaza doctor amputates niece's leg at home, without anaesthesia
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian doctor Hani Bseiso faced an agonising decision when his teenage niece was wounded by Israeli shelling of her Gaza City home: amputate her leg or risk her bleeding to death...
Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2024
EU's Reynders visits Poland to discuss restoring rule of law
WARSAW (Reuters) - EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders visits Warsaw on Friday to discuss judicial reforms which could allow Poland access to billion of euros of EU funds frozen amid concerns over...
Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2024
Assets seized in Singapore money laundering case swell to $2.2 billion - media
By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Assets seized in Singapore's biggest money laundering case have risen to more than S$3 billion ($2.24 billion) from S$2.8 billion in October, Singapore's Business T...
Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2024
Labour-hungry Germany to ease citizenship path despite migration rows
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is expected on Friday to approve a law that shortens the path to citizenship and makes it easier to hold multiple nationalities, moves designed to ease cri...
Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2024
Iran launches air defence drill amid rising regional tensions -state media
(Reuters) - Iran said on Friday that it successfully carried out an air defence drill using drones designed to intercept hostile targets in an area stretching from its southwestern to southeastern coa...
Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2024
Russian police make arrests as protest moves to regional capital
(Reuters) - Hundreds of supporters of a jailed rights activist staged a protest on Friday in the capital of Russia's Bashkortostan republic and police detained at least seven people, a Russian news ou...
Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2024
U.S. eyeing Japanese shipyards for warship overhauls, says U.S. ambassador
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Reuters) - The United States and Japan will look at the viability of using Japanese shipyards to overhaul U.S. navy warships that patrol East Asian waters, the U.S. Ambassador to Japa...
Thomson Reuters Jan 19, 2024

