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To Lam wins second term to rule Vietnam for the next five years

By Phuong Nguyen, Khanh Vu and Francesco Guarascio HANOI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Vietnam's top leader To Lam was re-appointed on Friday as head of the ruling Communist Party for the next five years after a unanimous vote by its central committee, as he pledged ...
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China’s Xi lauds ‘shared future’ with Vietnam after To Lam’s re-election

BEIJING, Jan 23 (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping congratulated Vietnam's To Lam on his re-election as the ruling Communist Party's general secretary, praising Vietnam's achievements and describing the two nations as a "community with a shared future." In a congratulatory message sent on Friday, ...
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Orban rebukes Zelenskiy as Hungarian election looms

BUDAPEST, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Hungary's Viktor Orban criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, describing him as "a man in a desperate position" whose "war efforts" he would not support, intensifying his anti-Ukrainian campaign ahead of pivotal April elections. As Hungary's economy stagnates and Orban's Fidesz ...
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UN rights body holds emergency session on Iran’s protest crackdown

By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Friday to discuss the "alarming violence" used in Iran against protesters, while a group of states will call on United Nations' investigators ...
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Kushner’s vision for rebuilding Gaza faces major obstacles

JERUSALEM (AP) - Modern cities with sleek high-rises, a pristine coastline that attracts tourists and a state-of-the-art port that jut into the Mediterranean. This is what Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and Middle East adviser, says Gaza could become, according to a presentation ...
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Police fight gangs in Haiti and Guatemala, and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

Jan. 16-22, 2026 Police patrolled a gang-controlled area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where violence has displaced 1.4 million. Guatemalan police and soldiers used new powers under a state of emergency. And police in Venezuela watched the relatives of prisoners kneel before them in Caracas, ...
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The Media Line: Jared Kushner at Davos Lays Out Plan for ‘New Gaza’ as Economic Hub by 2035 

Jared Kushner at Davos Lays Out Plan for 'New Gaza' as Economic Hub by 2035 By The Media Line Staff At the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser and architect of several Middle East ...
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Failed Afghan asylum seekers need to go back home, Sweden’s migration minister urges

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Sweden's migration minister on Thursday urged the European Union to come up with a common procedure to issue ID and travel documents to Afghan nationals whose asylum applications have either been rejected or who have committed crimes in their host ...
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Half of all Sudanese children not in education due to civil war, says aid group

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Around half of all school-age children in Sudan, or more than eight million, are no longer in education because of the country's civil war, in one of the world's worst education crises, Save The Children said ...
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Death toll in Pakistan shopping plaza fire rises to 67, officials say

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll from a devastating fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi jumped to 67 on Thursday after police and a hospital official confirmed that the remains of dozens more people had been found. ...
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says his repeated warnings to Europe feel like ‘Groundhog Day’

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted his European allies Thursday for what he portrayed as the continent's slow, fragmented and inadequate response to Russia's invasion nearly four years ago and its continued international aggression. Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, ...
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Rwanda to test AI-powered technology in clinics under a new Gates Foundation project

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - Rwanda will test technology powered by artificial intelligence in more than 50 health clinics as part of a new initiative by the Gates Foundation to support 1,000 clinics across Africa with the aim to improve health care services. The technology is ...
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