Domestic activity has become strained in recent months by labour shortages and high interest rates introduced to tackle inflation, which has accelerated under record military spending.
Customers wait in line at a food market in the Siberian city of Omsk. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko/File Photo Economists describe the outlook for 2025 as an "ideal storm."
Trump’s crypto ventures are raising concerns among ethics experts and market participants about the dangers of conflicts of interest and potential for influence over the administration.
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Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted president Bashar al-Assad's notoriously corrupt and brutal security forces.
Syrian police members attend their graduation ceremony. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo
Even before it was signed, the Gaza ceasefire forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into a tight spot - between a new U.S. president promising peace and far-right allies who want war to resume. That tension is only likely to increase.
REUTERS/Craig Hudson/File Photo Many of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians expected to head back to the northern Gaza Strip will return to homes in ruins.
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The Hughes fire about 50 miles north of Los Angeles further taxed firefighters in the region who have managed to bring two major fires in the metropolitan area largely under control.
REUTERS/David Swanson Once-thriving neighborhoods appear as block after block of ash and rubble.
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President Donald Trump is due to make a virtual appearance at Davos, as world leaders await details of his policies.
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Pollution in Western Balkan countries remains stubbornly high due to household heating, outdated coal plants, old cars, and a lack of money to tackle the problem.
Janina, transported to Auschwitz from Warsaw in a freight train, recalled stepping out to the smell of burning bodies. In the camp, she cared for children in the block she lived in, earning rewards like hot milk soup.
Double defending champion Aryna Sabalenka overwhelmed Paula Badosa 6-4 6-2 with a impressive display of raw power to reach her third successive Australian Open final on Thursday.
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LGBT groups aim to mark the occasion with more than 1,000 marriage registrations in a single day.
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