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World is less safe after US action in Venezuela, says UN Human Rights Office

Tuesday, January 6 by SRN News

BERLIN, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The world community must make clear that U.S. intervention in Venezuela is a violation of international law that makes the world less safe, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday. U.S. forces ousted... Read More.

Indonesian rescuers recover third body from tour boat sinking

Tuesday, January 6 by SRN News

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian rescuers recovered a third body Tuesday from a tour boat that sank during a Christmas holiday trip, leaving two sons of a Spanish soccer coach still missing, officials said. The body was recovered near the coast of Pede beach after... Read More.

Greece’s Epiphany events marking Christ’s baptism highlight concerns about water scarcity

Tuesday, January 6 by SRN News

MARATHON, Greece (AP) - As Orthodox Christians around the world attended Epiphany ceremonies on Tuesday to commemorate the baptism of Christ, worried officials in Greece used the moment to highlight growing water scarcity. A priest cast a wooden cross into the visibly depleted waters of... Read More.

EU summons farm ministers to secure Mercosur deal backing

Tuesday, January 6 by SRN News

By Philip Blenkinsop, Julia Payne and Giselda Vagnoni BRUSSELS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The European Union has convened EU agriculture ministers for last-minute talks on Wednesday to convince Italy and other wavering member countries to sign up to a contentious free trade deal with South... Read More.

G7 finance ministers to meet in Washington to discuss rare earths, three sources say

Tuesday, January 6 by SRN News

BRUSSELS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations will meet in Washington on January 12 to discuss rare earths supplies, three sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. One of the sources added that price floors for rare... Read More.

Somalia condemns Israeli foreign minister visit to Hargeisa as violation of sovereignty

Tuesday, January 6 by SRN News

Jan 6 (Reuters) - Somalia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday condemned a visit by Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar to Hargeisa, saying it was a violation of Somalia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The ministry said that any official engagement without Somalia's consent was illegal... Read More.

Israeli foreign minister visits Somaliland after contentious recognition of breakaway territory

Tuesday, January 6 by SRN News

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Israel's foreign minister arrived in Somaliland on Tuesday, the first visit by an Israeli senior official since that country formally recognized the breakaway Somali territory as a sovereign state. Israel's decision has been criticized or rejected by the African Union... Read More.

Hungarian director Béla Tarr, known for darkly comic films, dies at 70

Tuesday, January 6 by SRN News

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - The Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, director of such works as Sátántangó and The Turin Horse and the recipient of numerous awards for his long and often darkly comic films, has died at 70. During a career spanning more than four decades,... Read More.

Slovenia’s president calls parliamentary election for March 22

Tuesday, January 6 by SRN News

Jan 6 (Reuters) - Slovenia will hold parliamentary elections on March 22 after President Natasa Pirc-Musar signed a decree on Tuesday calling for a poll in the NATO and European Union member state, in what will likely be a closely-contested race. "The decree... marks... Read More.

Ruling coalition in eastern German state collapses

Tuesday, January 6 by SRN News

BERLIN, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The centre-left premier of the eastern German state of Brandenburg said on Tuesday he would run a minority government pending talks to form a new majority after the coalition with the far-left Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) collapsed. The political turbulence... Read More.

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World is less safe after US action in Venezuela, says UN Human Rights Office

Indonesian rescuers recover third body from tour boat sinking

Greece’s Epiphany events marking Christ’s baptism highlight concerns about water scarcity

EU summons farm ministers to secure Mercosur deal backing

G7 finance ministers to meet in Washington to discuss rare earths, three sources say

Somalia condemns Israeli foreign minister visit to Hargeisa as violation of sovereignty

Israeli foreign minister visits Somaliland after contentious recognition of breakaway territory

Hungarian director Béla Tarr, known for darkly comic films, dies at 70

Slovenia’s president calls parliamentary election for March 22

Ruling coalition in eastern German state collapses

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