39 perish in Spain crash
ADAMUZ, Jan 19 (Reuters): At least 39 people died in southern Spain after a high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming one on Sunday night in the worst railway accident in the country since 2013.The accident happened at 7:45 p.m. (1845 GMT) near Adamuz in the province of Cordoba,...
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Japan nat'l election on Feb 8
TOKYO, Jan 19 (Reuters): Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced plans on Monday to hold a national election on Feb. 8, seeking to capitalise on her strong public polling in her first test at the ballot box since taking office in October.Japan's first female premier inherited a battered government, with...
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Trump links Greenland dispute to not getting Nobel Prize
FLORIDA, Jan 19 (BBC): US President Donald Trump has said he no longer feels obliged to think only of peace after he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize, as he again repeated his demand for control of Greenland.In a message to Norway's prime minister, Trump blamed the country for...
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China's population falls again as births drop to lowest rate since 1949
BANGKOK, Jan 19 (AP): How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one?A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births - tactics that range from cash...
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Kyiv holds 'substantive' talks with US
KYIV, Jan 19 (AFP): Kyiv held "substantive" talks on security and economic issues with Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff, with more discussions expected in Davos this week, Ukraine's security chief said Sunday.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has said he hopes to sign documents with the US...
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