Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought
SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as…
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Rich and retired: the boom beneficiaries who finance Germany’s far right
BERLIN (Reuters) - To hear Hartmut Issmer tell it, Germany's recent history is one of decline from the 1970s to…
US executive gets UK judgments thrown out after showing hackers swayed his case
(Reuters) - An American aviation executive has had British judgments worth more than $4 million against him thrown out after…
Pro-Kurdish party challenges election outcomes in eastern Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party called on Tuesday for authorities to reverse a block on one of its…
South Korea’s first lady avoids limelight ahead of high-stakes election
SEOUL (Reuters) - Beset by controversies about share price manipulation and a costly gifted handbag, South Korea's first lady has…
Faye sworn in as Senegal president, cites ‘profound desire for change’
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's once jailed opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in on Tuesday as the West African…
Russia sentences Pussy Riot activist to eight years for Ukraine ‘war fakes’
LONDON (Reuters) - A Moscow court sentenced in absentia Pytor Verzilov, a Russian-Canadian activist and independent news site founder, to…
Ukrainian drone hits Russia’s third-biggest refinery, damage not critical
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone struck Russia's third-largest oil refinery on Tuesday about 1,300 km (800 miles) from the front…
Mali political parties request elections after junta shuns transition promise
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Political parties in Mali have requested a time frame for presidential elections after the ruling junta failed…