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Madrid museum may keep Pissarro painting looted by Nazis, US appeals court rules
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court said on Tuesday that Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum may keep a painting by the French impressionist Camille Pissarro that the Nazis looted from...
Jan 09, 2024
Blinken says daily toll in Gaza too high, Israel genocide charge meritless
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday the United States believes South Africa's genocide charge against Israel is "meritless," but the daily toll of war on civili...
Jan 09, 2024
US congressional panel seeks documents from Harvard in antisemitism probe
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Tuesday asked Harvard University for a list of documents in relation to a probe on antisemitism at the school, and gav...
Jan 09, 2024
Ukraine's Zelenskiy sees 'clear signs' of slowdown in Russian defence industry
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday there were "clear signs of a slowdown" in Russia's defence industry and called for further action to eliminate loopholes in sanction...
Jan 09, 2024
Bosnian Serbs celebrate banned statehood day despite warnings
By Fedja Grulovic BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Bosnian Serbs celebrated their autonomous region's statehood day on Tuesday with a parade of special forces and armoured vehicles in defiance of a top ...
Jan 09, 2024
DR Congo constitutional court rejects petitions against provisional election results
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's Constitutional Court on Tuesday rejected two legal challenges to the provisional results of presidential elections on Dec. 20. Only one opposition p...
Jan 09, 2024
In rare African split, South Africa battling Morocco to lead UN rights body
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - South Africa and Morocco are at loggerheads over the presidency of the United Nations' top human rights body ahead of a vote on Wednesday, with the former saying Rabat...
Jan 09, 2024
Global elite gather against WEF's most complex backdrop so far
By Megan Davies and Leela de Kretser NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, French President Emmanuel Macron and key Middle East leaders are slated to attend next week's World Ec...
Jan 09, 2024
Three arrested over heating outages south of Moscow
KLIMOVSK, Russia (Reuters) - Investigators said on Tuesday they had arrested three people over heating outages south of Moscow that have sent regional officials scrambling to restore services and draw...
Jan 09, 2024
Mexico president apologizes for calling trans lawmaker 'man dressed as a woman'
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador apologized on Tuesday for misgendering a transgender representative of his political party, after his comments sparked criticism fr...
Jan 09, 2024
