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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A second day of light rain brought relief for firefighters battling bushfires that have killed 24 people across southeastern Australia, but hot, windy conditions are expected to return later in the week, officials warned on Monday. A burning gum tree is felled to stop it from falling on a car in Corbago,

FILE PHOTO: 116-year-old Japanese woman Kane Tanaka celebrates during a ceremony to recognise her as the world’s oldest person living and world’s oldest woman living by the Guinness World Records in Fukuoka, Japan March 9, 2019. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS TOKYO (Reuters) – Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world’s oldest person by

FILE PHOTO: Labour Party’s Shadow Secretary of State for Brexit Keir Starmer speaks to the media as he leaves the BBC Headquarters after appearing on The Andrew Marr show in London, Britain, October 20 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – Keir Starmer, a former senior public prosecutor, launched his bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn as

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thousands of people marched in Baghdad on Saturday to mourn Iran’s slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others killed in a U.S. air strike. FILE PHOTO: Iranian demonstrators react during a protest against the killing of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds

FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan Motor Chariman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish private aircraft operator MNG Jet said on Friday that its planes were used illegally in the escape from Japan of ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, adding it had filed a criminal

BATEMANS BAY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of holiday makers raced to evacuate popular seaside towns on Australia’s east coast on Wednesday, fleeing ahead of advancing bushfires, as military ships and helicopters began rescuing thousands more trapped by the blazes. Bushland burned out by bushfires surrounds the Princes Highway in Ulladulla, NSW, Australia, January 2,

Leader of Austria’s Green Party Werner Kogler and head of People’s Party (OeVP) Sebastian Kurz shake hands after delivering a statement, in Vienna, Austria January 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz struck a coalition deal on Wednesday with the Greens to ensure his return to power and bring the

SYDNEY/HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) – The world celebrated the New Year on Wednesday with fireworks displays from Sydney to London, although celebrations were clouded by deadly wildfires in Australia, protests in Hong Kong and India and nuclear tensions with North Korea. Large crowds gathered in European capitals for spectacular firework displays that lit up the skies

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in this undated photo released on December 30, 2019 by North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on

Protesters and militia fighters gather to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the main gate of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters and militia fighters gathered on Tuesday outside the main gate of the U.S. embassy compound in

FILE PHOTO: Pigs are seen on a farm at a village in Changtu county, Liaoning province, China, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s customs said it has banned imports of pigs, wild boars and related products from Indonesia due to African swine fever. The deadly disease has swept across China itself since

KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the east completed a large-scale prisoner swap on Sunday after bussing scores of detainees in the five-year conflict to an exchange point in the breakaway Donbass region. The swap should help build confidence between the two sides, who are wrangling over how to implement a

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Residents and holidaymakers in part of the Australian state of Victoria were urged to leave on Sunday ahead of what is expected to be a day of extreme fire danger. FILE PHOTO: Firefighters work at the scene of a bushfires in Bilpin, New South Wales, Australia in this still image from a

FILE PHOTO: Former rebel leader Guillaume Soro is seen leaving the National Assembly after he resigned as parliament speaker in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon/File Photo ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Saturday said former rebel leader and presidential candidate Guillaume Soro was not above the law and would

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – An explosion at a busy checkpoint in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday killed at least 61 people and wounded dozens, an ambulance service official said, the latest in a string of deadly attacks. An ambulance leaves from the scene of a car bomb explosion at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia December 28,

FILE PHOTO: Ivory Coast parliament speaker Guillaume Soro speaks at the National Assembly in Abidjan, Ivory Coast February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon ABIDJAN (Reuters) – A group of Ivory Coast opposition parties accused state authorities on Friday of trying to intimidate them before next year’s presidential election, denouncing a new arrest warrant for presidential candidate