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Musk to attend Davos for first time after years of criticizing WEF
Jan 22 (Reuters) – Elon Musk ‌will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos for ‌the first time on Thursday, marking a striking reversal for ‌the billionaire who has publicly […]
Colombia halts electricity sales to Ecuador and imposes tariffs in trade, drug trafficking spat
BOGOTA/QUITO, Jan 22 (Reuters) – ‌Colombia will suspend electricity sales to Ecuador and impose a 30% tariff on 20 products from its neighbor, it said on Thursday, ‌in an escalating […]
Factbox-The Kurdish struggle for rights and land
Jan 22 (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish forces have lost control of big parts of the ‌country this month as government troops under President Ahmed al-Sharaa seek to bring their security […]
ICE detains four children from Minnesota school district, school officials say
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – ‌U.S. immigration authorities detained at least four children ‌including a 5-year-old from the same Minneapolis-area school ‌district this month, school district officials said at a […]
Free-wheeling Amsterdam cracks down on electric ‘fatbikes’
AMSTERDAM, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Amsterdam, ‌one of Europe’s biggest cycling cities, is planning to ban super-sized electric “fatbikes” from its main park ‌after a rise in high-speed crashes and […]
Dog missing in Spanish train crash rescued after four days
Jan 22 (Reuters) – Firefighters in ‌southern Spain on Thursday rescued Boro, a dog ‌missing since Sunday’s high-speed train crash, reuniting him with ‌his owners in a rare moment of […]
Wife of detained Uganda opposition figure says husband sick, condition worrying
KAMPALA, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Detained Ugandan opposition ‌figure Kizza Besigye is in a “worrying” health condition after falling sick, his wife Winnie ‌Byanyima told Reuters, citing symptoms including high […]
UN says 35 million Nigerians risk hunger after global funding collapse
ABUJA, Jan ‌22 (Reuters) – Nearly 35 million Nigerians are at risk of hunger this ‌year, including 3 million children facing severe malnutrition, the United ‌Nations said on Thursday, following the […]
Iraq says it will prosecute Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria
Jan 22 (Reuters) – Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council ‌said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria ‌after the rapid collapse of Kurdish-led forces […]
Student surrendered package with Zara Qairina’s notes, testifies ex-head warden
KOTA KINABALU: A student has handed over a plastic package containing the late Zara Qairina Mahathir’s notes, the Coroner’s Court was told on Thursday (Jan 22). Read full story Date: […]