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Russia frees French researcher Vinatier in prisoner exchange
MOSCOW/PARIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher serving a three-year prison sentence in Russia for violating Moscow's foreign agent laws, has been freed as part of a prisoner exchange, French and Russian officials said on Thursday.
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Trump withdrawal from bedrock UN climate treaty raises legal questions
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 adopted more than 30 years ago, may be illegal, according to some legal experts who say that Congress would need to approve its exit.
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Mexico murder rate down 40% under Sheinbaum, president says
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.
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Zelenskiy says US security guarantees document set to be finalised with Trump
KYIV, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday the text of a bilateral security guarantee between Kyiv and Washington was "essentially ready" to be finalised with U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Russian-bound tanker hit by drone in Black Sea, maritime sources say
ISTANBUL, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A Russia-bound oil tanker suffered a drone attack in the Black Sea that prompted it to request Turkish coastguard assistance and divert from its course, according to a notice by Lloyd's List Intelligence and a separate maritime security source on Thursday.
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Shelling rocks Syria's Aleppo as clashes intensify between government, Kurdish fighters
ALEPPO, Syria, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Fighting intensified on Thursday between Syrian government troops and Kurdish fighters in the northern city of Aleppo, with a fierce exchange of fire extending into the night and rescue workers scrambling to put out fires ignited by the shelling.
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Russia says foreign troops in Ukraine would be targets after UK and France pledge post-ceasefire deployment
MOSCOW, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that any troops sent to Ukraine by Western governments would be "legitimate combat targets", after Britain and France announced plans to deploy a multinational force there in the event of a ceasefire.
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US Senate advances measure curbing Trump's Venezuela war powers
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate advanced a resolution on Thursday that would bar President Donald Trump from further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization, a rare rebuke of the Republican leader.
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Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes now nationwide, say activists
DUBAI (AP): Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes have now gone nationwide in the Islamic Republic, activists said Thursday, signaling both their staying power and intensity as they challenge the country's theocracy.
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Explainer-Can the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis woman be prosecuted?
NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis on Wednesday amid President Donald Trump's federal crackdown.
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Cubans brace for more hardship as US pressure on Venezuela chokes off oil
MATANZAS, Cuba, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Cubans braced for a deepening economic crisis after the United States seized two more Venezuela-linked oil tankers on Wednesday, a move that threatens to sever a critical energy lifeline for the Communist-run island just days after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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US Senate votes to curb military action in Venezuela, Trump says oversight could last years
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to advance a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization, even as Trump said U.S. oversight of the troubled nation could last years.
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German president says US is destroying world order
BERLIN, Jan 8 (Reuters) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticised the U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump and urged the world not to let the world order disintegrate into a "den of robbers" where the unscrupulous take what they want.
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Pope Leo urges Catholic cardinals to create more inclusive Church
VATICAN CITY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Pope Leo met on Thursday with the world's Catholic cardinals as part of a two-day summit, urging the senior clerics to shun divisions in the 1.4-billion-member Church and focus on attracting new believers.
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Swiss families file legal complaint over New Year's bar fire
GENEVA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Families of those who died or were injured in a New Year's Eve fire in the bar of a Swiss ski resort have filed a legal complaint to the Swiss prosecutor's office, a lawyer for a group of victims confirmed to Reuters on Thursday.
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With tension high in Minnesota, border agent shoots two in Oregon traffic stop
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Tension over U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown rose across the United States after a second shooting involving immigration officers in two days on Thursday deepened rifts between state and federal officials.
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Russian strikes plunge Ukraine's industrial southeast into blackouts
KYIV, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian officials raced to restore power on Thursday after Russian drone attacks plunged two southeastern regions into near-total blackout overnight, strikes that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said were aimed at "breaking" his country.
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Iran warns suppliers against overpricing or hoarding goods
DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Iran's president warned domestic suppliers against hoarding or overpricing goods, state media reported on Thursday, as Tehran rolls out high-stakes subsidy reforms during nationwide protests against economic hardship.
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US immigration agent fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis, mayor disputes government claim of self-defense
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis on Wednesday during an immigration enforcement surge, according to local and federal officials, the latest violence in President Donald Trump's nationwide crackdown on migrants.
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Analysis-Investors bullish on Latin America after US move on Venezuela's Maduro
NEW YORK/LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's muscular moves in Venezuela and Argentina are adding to a rightward shift across Latin America in a pivotal election year, making foreign cash more likely to flow to the region as investors anticipate market-friendly reforms.
