Fourteen candidates join race for Cyprus presidency in Feb. vote

NICOSIA, Jan 5 (Reuters) — Fourteen candidates formally joined the race on Thursday to become Cyprus’s next president in an election next month dominated by the island’s decades-old division, irregular migration and corruption scandals. Cyprus has a presidential system of government and the head of state has wide executive powers. Opinion polls show Nikos Christodoulides,…

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Jared Kushner unveils defense of Saudi Arabia's MBS in new book

‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner defends his relationship with the notorious crown prince of Saudi of Arabia in a forthcoming memoir, saying that Mohammed Bin Salman was a reforming power in the kingdom and that he believed his denials of any personal involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Kushner’s ties to MBS have been under intense…

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Over 140 tourists launch legal action after illness at Turkish hotel

More than 140 British holidaymakers have launched legal action after being struck down with severe illness at a luxury five-star resort in Turkey. Dozens of families claim they contracted a sickness bug which ruined their holidays while staying at the Mukarnas Resort and Spa, in Antalya — a resort city on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. Tourists…

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Billionaire Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov may have put some of his most valuable UK properties out of the law’s reach before being sanctioned, it has today been claimed

Billionaire Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov may have put some of his most valuable UK properties out of the law’s reach before being sanctioned, it has today been claimed. The Russian businessman — who is believed to be worth nearly £15 billion — is thought to own at least six properties in the UK, including a…

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Russian warships pass through Japan strait, possibly on way to Ukraine

Russian warships carrying scores of military trucks were seen passing through a strait in yesterday morning — and could be on their way to . The Tsugaru Strait between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean separates Honshu and Hokkaido, the country’s two biggest islands.  Russia has suffered catastrophic losses, including up to one-fifth…

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Hiker films the moment his mother-in-law, 71, falls to death off cliff

A hiker has inadvertently filmed the moment his 71-year-old mother-in-law tumbled off a 230ft cliff to her death in front of her horrified family in Turkey. Kadir Sahiner was filming the picturesque mountain scenery while out on a family walk in the forests near the village of Tepekov in the north-eastern Artvin Province when tragedy…

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