Nigeria police says 80 abducted congregants return home, Christian group disputes claim
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 2 – At least 80 congregants earlier believed to have been abducted by gunmen from three churches in northern Nigeria last month have returned home, police said…
Truck traffic at Cargill facility in northern Brazil blocked by protesters
SAO PAULO, Feb 2 – Protesters have been blocking truck traffic at Cargill’s Santarem grain terminal in northern Brazil, according to a company statement in response to Reuters questions on…
More baby milk recalls in France after new toxin rules
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As Sicily’s Niscemi crumbles, families race to save what the Earth hasn’t taken
NISCEMI, Sicily, Feb 2 – After losing their home in the Sicilian town of Niscemi in a massive landslide last week, Benedetta Ragusa and Toni Rinnone raced to salvage their…
Germany arrests five suspected of supplying Russian firms in sanctions breach
BERLIN, Feb 2 – Germany has detained five people suspected of operating a network that exported goods to Russian defence companies, contravening European Union sanctions imposed after Moscow’s invasion of…
British serial killer ‘Suffolk Strangler’ pleads guilty to 1999 murder
LONDON, Feb 2 – A British serial killer, dubbed the “Suffolk Strangler” by the media after he killed five young women, pleaded guilty on Monday to an earlier murder of…
Iran weighs nuclear diplomacy with US; gaps over missiles remain
DUBAI, Feb 2 – Iran is weighing the terms for resuming talks with the United States soon, a foreign ministry official said on Monday, after both sides signalled readiness to…
Hungary’s Tisza party maintains lead over Orban’s ruling Fidesz, poll shows
BUDAPEST, Feb 2 – Hungary’s centre-right opposition Tisza party kept an eight-point lead over Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s governing nationalist Fidesz party in January, a poll showed on Monday, ahead…
Tens of thousands of transport workers walk off job in Germany
BERLIN, Feb 2 – Commuters across Germany faced freezing temperatures and empty platforms on Monday as tens of thousands of public transport workers walked off the job in a strike…
Tens of thousands of transport workers walk off job in Germany
BERLIN, Feb 2 – Commuters across Germany faced freezing temperatures and empty platforms on Monday as tens of thousands of public transport workers walked off the job in a strike…