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Valentino, leading Italian fashion designer, dies at 93
By Giulia SegretiROME, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A mix of carmine and scarlet, with a hint of orange - a new hue, inspired by an elderly woman at Barcelona's opera house, whose elegance struck a young Valentino Garavani. The colour, introduced to the fashion world several years later, in 1959, with a s...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Golf-Thitikul, Hull and Ko among those to join women's indoor golf league
Jan 19 (Reuters) - World number one Jeeno Thitikul from Thailand, England's Charley Hull, and three-times major winner Lydia Ko are among the first group of committed LPGA Tour players for the new women's tech-infused indoor team golf league.The other confirmed players for WTGL, which is the...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
NATO will keep working with Denmark and Greenland on security, Rutte says
BRUSSELS, Jan 19 (Reuters) - NATO will keep working with Denmark and Greenland on security of the Arctic area, the military alliance's Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday, after a meeting with the Danish defence minister and the Greenlandic foreign affairs minister."We discussed how ...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Meta 'turning a blind eye' to illegal gambling ads, UK Gambling Commission says
LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Britain's Gambling Commission said on Monday that Meta Platforms META.O, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, was turning a blind eye to illegal online casinos advertising on its sites, indicating it was happy to continue taking money from criminals. The independent re...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Top US Catholic cardinals question morality of American foreign policy
By Bhargav Acharya Jan 19 (Reuters) - Three U.S. Catholic archbishops on Monday decried the direction of American foreign policy, saying the country's "moral role in confronting evil around the world" was in question and that military action must only be used as an extreme last resort...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Turkey's DEM Party says Syria deal leaves Ankara with 'no excuses', peace process must continue
ANKARA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said a deal integrating Syrian Kurdish forces with Damascus removed Ankara's long-standing argument that developments in Syria were blocking progress in a domestic Kurdish peace process, in some of the party's first public comment...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Denmark, Greenland suggest Arctic NATO mission, Danish defence minister says
BRUSSELS, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Denmark and Greenland have discussed the possibility of having a NATO mission in Greenland and the Arctic, Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on Monday.He spoke as U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his push to wrest sovereignty over Greenland from fel...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Denmark, Greenland have suggested NATO mission in Arctic, Danish defence minister says
BRUSSELS, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Denmark and Greenland have discussed the possibility of having a NATO mission in Greenland and the Arctic, Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on Monday.He was speaking after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Greenlandic Foreign Minister V...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Canada could send small contingent of troops to Greenland, says source
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Canada is considering whether to send a small contingent of troops to Greenland to take part in NATO military exercises, a source directly familiar with the matter said on Monday.The news was first reported by the CBC News and the Globe and Mail newsp...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Hungary's foreign minister says Greenland is 'not an EU issue'
BUDAPEST, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The future of Greenland is not a European Union issue and Hungary has signalled that it would not support a joint EU statement, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told a briefing during a visit to Prague on Monday. "We regard this as a bilateral issue that ca...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
French PM will use 49.3 constitutional power to pass budget without Parliament vote
PARIS, Jan 19 (Reuters) - France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu confirmed in a news conference on Monday he will invoke the constitutional power defined in Article 49.3 to force a budget for 2026 through Parliament without a vote.Lecornu had originally pledged in October he would not invoke ...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Harry's lawyer tells UK court Daily Mail complicit in unlawful acts
Prince Harry and Elton John among those suing the newspaperMail accused of hacking voicemails and other unethical practicesHarry, who lost mother Diana during paparazzi chase, on missionPowerful newspaper says case is part of a smear campaignBy Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Europe has slate of tools to protect its interests, Kallas says
BRUSSELS, Jan 19 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday that Europe has no interest to pick a fight with the United States but has a slate of tools to protect its interests. "Arctic security is a shared transatlantic interest, and one we can discuss with our U...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
EU must decide response to Trump's Greenland tariff threat, Denmark's foreign minister says
LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - It's up to the European Union, not Denmark alone, to decide the EU's response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs over Greenland, Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters in London on Monday.Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Trump invites Polish president to join Gaza Board of Peace, aide says
WARSAW, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Polish President Karol Nawrocki has been invited to join the Gaza Board of Peace by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Polish president's foreign policy adviser said on Monday The invitation was first reported by news website Onet, which cited two independent sources....Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
JP Morgan cuts view on Afreximbank on junk rating downgrade risk
LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - U.S. investment bank JP Morgan cut its view on African Export & Import Bank (Afrexim) bonds on Monday, over concerns the lender's credit rating could be cut to junk following a report it would take a loss on Ghanaian loans after the country defaulted."We are ma...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
Syria announces curfew in Shaddadi after escape of IS militants from prison
CAIRO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Syrian army on Monday imposed a total curfew in the city of Shaddadi in the Hasaka area of the country's northeast, state news agency SANA reported, after the escape of Islamic State militants from the city prison.It said the army would comb the city in search of th...Reuters
Mon, Jan 19
