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Australian gold miner Perseus confirms second fatality in Ivory Coast mine accident

Jan 19 (Reuters) - Australia's Perseus Mining said on Monday that a second employee of a contractor firm passed away in a hospital, days after an accident near the gold producer's Bagoe mine in Cote d'Ivoire. Another employee of the contractor, Binkadi, was fatally injured ...
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Indonesia’s Prabowo nominates nephew as central bank deputy governor, sources say

JAKARTA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has nominated his nephew to join the central bank's board of governors, two sources told Reuters, amid growing concern about its independence as the government seeks more support for ambitious economic targets. Investors have worried that ...
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President of Kazakhstan to join Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace,’ spokesperson says

By Tamara Vaal ASTANA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will join the "Board of Peace" proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump after accepting an invitation to do so and wants to contribute to bringing about a stable Middle East peace, his spokesperson ...
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Death toll from high-speed train collision in Spain rises to 39, RTVE reports

MADRID, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The death toll from Sunday's collision between a derailing high-speed train and a second oncoming train in southern Spain has risen to 39, with 152 people injured, state broadcaster RTVE reported on Monday, citing police sources. The accident happened ...
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Mozambique president cancels Davos trip due to severe floods

MAPUTO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo has cancelled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week due to severe floods that have damaged infrastructure and affected hundreds of thousands of people in the Southern African country. Chapo wrote in ...
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Inequality and unease are rising as elite Davos event opens with pro-business Trump set to attend

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Corporate chiefs and government leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump swarm into Davos, Switzerland this week, joining an elite annual meeting that promotes dialogue and economic progress - even as a domineering tone from Washington has upended the global order ...
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Hackers target Iran state TV’s satellite transmission to broadcast exiled crown prince

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not "point your weapons at the people," online video showed early Monday, the latest disruption to ...
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Toll in Spain train collision rises to at least 39 dead as rescue efforts continue

ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) - Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people died in the high-speed train collision Sunday in southern Spain and rescue efforts were continuing. The collision occurred when the tail end of a train traveling between Malaga and Madrid with ...
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Australian boy in critical condition after Sydney Harbour shark attack

By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY, Jan 19 (Reuters) - An Australian boy was in critical condition after being bitten by a shark in Sydney, authorities said on Monday, after heavy rain created ideal conditions for sharks to enter the city's harbour. The boy, believed to ...
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Vietnam’s Communist Party begins week-long congress to choose leader

By Francesco Guarascio HANOI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Hundreds of delegates from Vietnam's ruling Communist Party gathered on Monday under tight security for a congress that will select the single-party country's top leader and set economic goals for the remainder of the decade. The week-long event, ...
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China’s wedding dress sellers pin hopes on rise in marriages

By Casey Hall and Nicoco Chan SUZHOU, China, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Wedding vendors at Huqiu Bridal City in Suzhou, one of China's largest wedding dress markets, are hopeful the country's positive marriage trends will continue this year. The rise in marriages in the first nine ...
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Trump says “it will be done” on getting “Russian threat” away from Greenland

Jan 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Denmark has not been able to do anything to get the "Russian threat" away from Greenland, and said, "Now it is time, and it will be done!!!" "NATO has been telling Denmark, for ...
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