Japan PM Kishida weighs Feb. Ukraine visit to hold talks with Zelenskiy -Yomiuri

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Kyiv in February and holding talks with Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelenskiy, the Yomiuri newspaper said, citing Japanese government sources. As chair of the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies this year, Japan wants to show it intends to keep providing support to Ukraine while it …

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Tribunal excarcela a exministro venezolano y permite su traslado a España

CARACAS, 21 ene (Reuters) -Un tribunal de Venezuela excarceló el sábado al exministro de Relaciones Interiores, Miguel Rodríguez Torres, que estuvo casi cinco años preso, y permitió su traslado a España, dijeron familiares del exfuncionario. Rodríguez Torres, un general en retiro del Ejército, fue detenido en marzo de 2018 por agentes de inteligencia bajo la …

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Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu justice plans

By Emily Rose TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Israelis joined demonstrations on Saturday against judicial reform plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government that protesters say will threaten democratic checks and balances on ministers by the courts. The plans, which the government says are needed to curb overreach by activist judges, have …

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New German defence minister to travel to Ukraine soon – Bild am Sonntag

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s new defence minister Boris Pistorius plans to visit Ukraine soon, he told a German newspaper, as Berlin faces pressure to allow the shipment of German-made tanks to Ukraine. “What is certain is that I will travel to Ukraine quickly. Probably even within the next four weeks,” Pistorius told Bild am Sonntag …

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Coronation of Britain’s King Charles to be celebrated with street parties, light shows

LONDON (Reuters) – The crowning of Britain’s King Charles III this May will be celebrated with traditional processions, a concert at Windsor Castle, street parties, light shows and community volunteering, Buckingham Palace announced on Saturday. Charles, 74, automatically became king on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth last September. The grand coronation ceremony for …

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Venezuela releases ex-interior minister from prison; he will go to Spain

CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan court on Saturday released former Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres from jail after he was imprisoned for nearly five years, allowing him to travel to Spain, relatives of the former official said. The retired army General served as interior minister in 2014 but later broke with President Nicolas Maduro. He …

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Canada settles residential school reparations class action for C$2.8 billion

ca(Reuters) – Canada has reached an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking compensation for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for C$2.8 billion ($2.09 billion). The settlement builds on the 2021 Gottfriedson Day Scholars settlement, that provided individual compensation to day scholars who attended a residential school but …

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