Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday he did not see any danger to the government in the coming months as it turns its efforts to new reforms after closing the budget for next year.
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Monday 31 December 2018
High rise building collapses in Russia, at least two dead: reports
Rescue services in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk scrambled to find survivors after a suspected gas blast in the early hours of Monday caused the partial collapse of a high rise apartment building, killing at least two people, news agencies reported.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LHqd3U
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LHqd3U
Congo opposition cries foul after presidential poll blighted by mishaps
The main opposition camps in Congo's presidential election on Sunday complained of widespread irregularities after a chaotic vote disrupted by long queues, broken voting machines and torrential rain.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LH8JVk
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LH8JVk
Ebola-hit Congolese town stages mock vote to protest at ban
Residents of an Ebola hotspot in eastern Congo staged a mock presidential election on Sunday to show the authorities a decision to postpone the vote there due to health fears was unfounded.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GZSpR1
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GZSpR1
Bangladesh PM Hasina wins third straight term despite vote-rigging claims
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's alliance won Bangladesh's election with a thumping majority, the country's Election Commission said on Monday, giving her a third straight term following a vote that the opposition rejected as rigged.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EXeduH
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EXeduH
China to kick off year of sensitive anniversaries with major speech on Taiwan
China will kick off a year of sensitive anniversaries with a major speech on Wednesday by President Xi Jinping on Taiwan, China's most sensitive issue.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EXIysU
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EXIysU
North Korea's Kim sent message to Trump on nuclear talks: Chosun Ilbo
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a "conciliatory message" to U.S. President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear negotiations, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Monday.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2RrPlAM
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2RrPlAM
Brazil moving its embassy to Jerusalem matter of 'when, not if': Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro told him that it was a matter of "when, not if" he moves his country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Q7V7mF
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Q7V7mF
Graham more upbeat on Syria troop withdrawal after Trump meeting
A senior Republican U.S. senator said he emerged from a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Sunday reassured that Trump is committed to defeating Islamic State even as he plans to withdraw American troops from Syria.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EUsrLX
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2EUsrLX
Brexit sends Britons seeking Irish passports up 22 percent in 2018
The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports rose by 22 percent in 2018, Ireland's foreign office said on Monday, more than doubling the total of annual applications since Britain voted to leave the European Union.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LETHPW
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LETHPW
Merkel urges divided Germans to pull together in 2019
Acknowledging that her government disappointed many Germans in 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to pull the country together for 2019 with a call for solidarity and cooperation to overcome deep political divisions.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GMgV7V
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GMgV7V
Bosnians demand resignation of interior minister over student's death
Special police forces dispersed protesters demanding the resignation of Bosnian Serb Interior Minister Dragan Lukac on Sunday over a student's death, detaining several people in the northwestern town of Banja Luka.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VkAzeh
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VkAzeh
Tough South China Sea talks ahead as Vietnam seeks to curb China's actions
Tough negotiations lie ahead over a new pact between China and Southeast Asian nations aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea, as Vietnam pushes for provisions likely to prove unpalatable to Beijing, documents reviewed by Reuters suggest.
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Tn3nRT
from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Tn3nRT
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