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Finland plans to give parents same leave

Finland plans to give parents same leave

-- 2020-02-07 18:51:50

Finland's new government has announced plans to give all parents the same parental leave, in a push to get fathers to spend more time with their children. Paid allowance will increase to a combined 1...

British ambassador returns to Iran after brief arrest last month

British ambassador returns to Iran after brief arrest last month

REUTERS 2020-02-07 14:11:09

Britain’s ambassador to Tehran has returned to Iran, he announced in an online posting on Thursday, after his departure last month following a brief arrest by Iranian security forces fuelled spe...

Plane skids off runway in Istanbul, killing three

Plane skids off runway in Istanbul, killing three

Reuters 2020-02-06 11:44:13

A Pegasus Airlines plane flying into Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport skidded off the end of the wet runway and broke into three pieces after landing on Wednesday, killing three people and injur...

UK hopes for early free trade deal with Australia after leaving EU

UK hopes for early free trade deal with Australia after leaving EU

-- 2020-02-06 11:20:16

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he hopes a free trade deal with Australia will be one of the first agreements secured now that Britain has left the European Union. Britain formally left t...

Belgium confirms its 1st case of virus

Belgium confirms its 1st case of virus

-- 2020-02-04 17:53:28

Belgium has reported its first case of a new virus in a person who was repatriated from the Chinese epicenter of the outbreak. The health ministry said Tuesday the person was in good health and does...

Erdogan says Turkey hits back after Syrian shells kill Turkish troops

Erdogan says Turkey hits back after Syrian shells kill Turkish troops

-- 2020-02-03 15:07:42

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkey will continue to retaliate after Syrian government shelling killed four of its troops and wounded nine in Syria’s northwest Idlib region, where Tur...

Russian Railways suspends passenger trains to China

Russian Railways suspends passenger trains to China

Reuters 2020-02-03 13:23:37

State-run Russian Railways said on Sunday it would halt passenger trains to China from midnight until further notice due to the coronavirus epidemic. The Beijing-Moscow route is among the suspended t...

Johnson sets out tough terms for EU talks

Johnson sets out tough terms for EU talks

REUTERS 2020-02-03 12:18:52

Prime minister Boris Johnson will lay out his negotiating terms for talks with the European Union on Monday, saying Britain will prosper even if he cannot strike his preferred trade deal. After marki...

Police shoot man after London stabbing incident described as terrorism

Police shoot man after London stabbing incident described as terrorism

-- 2020-02-02 22:02:03

Police shot a man in south London on Sunday after several people were believed to have been stabbed in what police described as a terrorism-related incident. "A man has been shot by armed officers in...

Last train to Europe: All aboard the Eurostar as Britain bids goodbye

Last train to Europe: All aboard the Eurostar as Britain bids goodbye

REUTERS 2020-02-02 12:43:51

On the last train to Europe before Britain left the EU on Friday evening, passengers leaving London expressed sorrow, optimism and anger, reflecting the emotions of a nation conflicted ahead its great...

Brexit at last: Britain leaves the EU for an uncertain future

Brexit at last: Britain leaves the EU for an uncertain future

-- 2020-02-01 10:26:37

The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain future, with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an “independence day” they s...

No membership, no benefits: EU leaders to Britain

No membership, no benefits: EU leaders to Britain

Reuters 2020-01-31 16:48:51

The leaders of the European Union’s three institutions warned Britain on Friday that it cannot expect “the highest quality access to the single market” unless it adopts the bloc&rsqu...

Brexit day: Britain quits EU, steps into transition twilight zone

Brexit day: Britain quits EU, steps into transition twilight zone

REUTERS 2020-01-31 15:08:50

The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on Friday for an uncertain Brexit future, the most significant change to its place in the world since the loss of empire and a blow to 70 years of efforts...

British Airways suspends all direct flights to and from China

British Airways suspends all direct flights to and from China

BBC 2020-01-29 21:40:39

Hundreds of British citizens being flown back to the UK from Wuhan on Thursday will be put in quarantine for two weeks. It comes as British Airways suspends all direct flights to and from mainland Ch...

Germany confirms 1st case of new virus from China

Germany confirms 1st case of new virus from China

AP 2020-01-28 17:16:21

Authorities in Germany have confirmed the country's first case of the new virus that emerged in central China. The health ministry in the southern state of Bavaria said late Monday that the man from...

Erdogan says Haftar cannot be expected to respect Libya truce

Erdogan says Haftar cannot be expected to respect Libya truce

Reuters 2020-01-26 13:51:51

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar could not be expected to respect a ceasefire called between his forces and pro-government troops i...

Powerful quake hits eastern Turkey, leaving 18 dead

Powerful quake hits eastern Turkey, leaving 18 dead

-- 2020-01-25 10:49:24

A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people and collapsing buildings in affected towns near the centre of the tremor, which was strong enough to be felt in severa...

France offers to suspend digital tax in dispute with US

France offers to suspend digital tax in dispute with US

Reuters 2020-01-21 17:28:08

France has offered to suspend down payments on a digital services tax on big internet companies due in April as part of an effort to resolve a dispute with Washington over the levy, a French Finance M...

Greta Thunberg calls on world leaders to listen to young activists

Greta Thunberg calls on world leaders to listen to young activists

-- 2020-01-21 14:54:00

Greta Thunberg, who has inspired a new generation of activists to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, urged world leaders to listen to young people on Tuesday. “I’m not a...

'No other option' but to cut royal ties

'No other option' but to cut royal ties

AP 2020-01-20 17:18:22

Prince Harry said Sunday that he felt "great sadness" but found "no other option" to cutting almost all of his and his wife Meghan's royal ties in the hopes of achieving a more peaceful life. The com...

Russian opposition wants big protest over Putin's plan to 'rule forever'

Russian opposition wants big protest over Putin's plan to 'rule forever'

Reuters 2020-01-20 17:16:20

Russia’s opposition plans to stage a big protest next month against the country's President Vladimir Putin’s proposed constitutional changes, which it cast as a ploy for Putin to rule for...

Five killed in Russian hotel after boiling water floods basement

Five killed in Russian hotel after boiling water floods basement

-- 2020-01-20 13:34:13

Five people died in the Russian city of Perm on Monday after a hot water pipe exploded in the night and flooded a basement hotel room with boiling water, the regional investigative committee said. At...

Meghan's father accuses daughter of 'cheapening' royal family

Meghan's father accuses daughter of 'cheapening' royal family

Reuters 2020-01-19 17:46:26

Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas Markle, has accused his daughter of 'cheapening' the British royal family, in part of an interview released a day after Buckingham Palace said Prince Harry and his...

Harry, Meghan to drop royal titles

Harry, Meghan to drop royal titles

-- 2020-01-19 11:02:39

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer be working members of Britain’s monarchy and they will pay their own way in life as they embark on an independent future, Buckingham Palace said o...

Putin to attend Berlin Conference on Libya

Putin to attend Berlin Conference on Libya

-- 2020-01-18 12:45:17

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed over the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday the Berlin Conference on Libya, which he plans to attend Sunday, the Kremlin said in a statemen...

Iran shot down airliner on reports of advancing US stealth fighters: Russia

Iran shot down airliner on reports of advancing US stealth fighters: Russia

Reuters 2020-01-17 20:38:10

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Iran's accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week occurred at a time when Tehran was spooked by reports of advanced US stealt...

Prince Harry on first royal duty since talks with Queen

Prince Harry on first royal duty since talks with Queen

-- 2020-01-16 13:24:51

The Duke of Sussex is to carry out his first public engagement since he and the Duchess of Sussex announced they want to step back as full-time royals. Prince Harry will host the Rugby League World C...

Russian PM, government resign

Russian PM, government resign

-- 2020-01-16 12:27:38

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that his government was resigning to give President Vladimir Putin room to carry out the changes he wants to make to the constitution. The une...

Ukraine asks Iran to return black boxes from crashed plane

Ukraine asks Iran to return black boxes from crashed plane

Reuters 2020-01-15 14:17:20

Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office and security service have asked Iranian authorities to give Kiev black boxes from the crashed Ukrainian plane, the prosecutors office said on Wednesday. A to...

European powers accuse Iran of breaking nuclear deal

European powers accuse Iran of breaking nuclear deal

REUTERS 2020-01-15 10:47:41

Britain, France and Germany formally accused Iran on Tuesday of violating the terms of its 2015 agreement to curb its nuclear programme, which eventually could lead to the re-imposing of UN sanctions...