Brazilian businesses seek quick action from Bolsonaro on deficit

Brazil's business community will give far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro little in the way of a honeymoon as it presses him to make good on campaign promises to tame the country's bureaucracy and erase a yawning public deficit.

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DR Congo election: Internet shut down after presidential vote

The opposition says the government ordered the move to avoid broadcasting their win.

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Parkland school shooting survivors' anger at Louis CK routine

Survivors of the Florida school shooting hit out after the comic poked fun at them in a stand-up set.

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Dutch judge extends custody of attack plot suspects

A Dutch judge on Monday extended the detention of four men suspected of plotting a militant attack in the Netherlands, two days after they were arrested in Rotterdam, police said.

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Turkey bars German man from leaving country: source

Germany's foreign ministry said on Monday it was providing consular aid to a German man barred from leaving Turkey after the authorities accused him of supporting a terrorist organization on social media.

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Russia detains U.S. citizen in Moscow for suspected spying

Russia's FSB state security service said on Monday it had detained an American citizen suspected of spying in Moscow and had opened a criminal case against him.

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As temperatures fall, air quality worsens in Indian capital

Pollution levels spiked last week in New Delhi, India's teeming capital of more than 20 million people, climbing to nearly 12 times the recommended level and exacerbating a public health crisis.

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Turkish TV shows purported transfer of Khashoggi remains

A Turkish pro-government television channel has broadcast video showing men carrying suitcases purportedly containing the remains of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi into the residence of his country's consul general in Istanbul.

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Four dead, dozens trapped under rubble after Russian gas blast: agencies

As many as 40 people could still be trapped in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in an explosion on Monday, killing at least four people, news agencies reported.

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Northern Ireland's DUP will hold May to promise of Brexit deal changes

The Northern Irish party that props up Britain's minority government will hold Prime Minister Theresa May to her commitment to secure changes to the divorce deal struck with the European Union, its leader said on Monday.

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Syria conflict: Trump slows down troop withdrawal

The US president confirms reports that the withdrawal of US forces will be slower than he promised.

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Trump Orders 'Slowdown' in Syria Troop Pullout, but Christians Still Alarmed by Deadly Dangers

President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of US forces in Syria. Nevertheless, for some Syrian Christians, the pending US pullout is hard to accept.

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US senator Elizabeth Warren takes step toward presidential run

The US Democratic senator announces she has set up an exploratory committee to consider a 2020 bid.

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Iranian security forces clash with students at bus crash protest

Security forces clashed with students in Iran on Monday in the third day of protests over a deadly bus crash, online videos showed, adding to officials' fears that rising public unrest could threaten national security.

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Russia detains American citizen in Moscow for suspected spying

Russia's FSB state security service said on Monday it had detained an American citizen suspected of spying in Moscow and had opened a criminal case against him.

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US zoo intern fatally attacked by lion in North Carolina

Alexandra Black, 22, had recently graduated and started working at the centre only 10 days before.

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China's Xi, in New Year's address, says pace of reform won't 'stagnate'

The pace of reform in China will not stagnate and it will open its door wider still to the outside world, President Xi Jinping said on Monday in his New Year message, as he also warned of challenges ahead.

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Vatican spokesman, deputy, resign over strategy differences

The Vatican spokesman and his deputy resigned on Monday over disagreements on strategy, ending a year of upheaval in the Holy See's communications structure.

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards plan to upgrade speed boats with stealth technology

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they plan to upgrade their speed boats in the Gulf with radar-evading stealth technology and new missile launchers as tensions rise between Tehran and Washington in the vital oil shipping route.

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