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Afghans are risking an 11-country trek to seek haven in the U.S., Adani loses his crown as Asia's richest person, and Australia finds a radioactive 'needle in a haystack'

by Linda Noakes

World News

Policemen help Arina, 6, dressed in a bulletproof vest and helmet during her evacuation from the frontline city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine, January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak

News that the United States could soon send rockets nearly doubling the firing range of Ukrainian forces gave Kyiv a big lift, even as its troops were being pushed back by a relentless Russian winter offensive in the east. Read our story on a risky mission in the besieged city of Bakhmut to evacuate a six-year-old girl who had become separated from her pregnant mother.
Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, and train drivers walked out over pay in the largest coordinated strike action for a decade, with unions threatening more disruption as the government digs its heels in over pay demands.
Protesters marked the two-year anniversary of Myanmar's military coup with a "silent strike" in major cities and rallies overseas, as exiled civilian leaders vowed to end what they called the army's "illegal power grab". We look at how the coup has left a trail of upended lives in its wake.
Pope Francis urged people in Democratic Republic of Congo, where decades of armed conflicts have killed millions, to grant each other a "great amnesty of the heart" and called on Christians engaged in battle to lay down their arms. We explain what's driving the violence in eastern Congo.
Australian authorities found a radioactive capsule smaller than a coin that was lost in the vast Outback after nearly a week-long search along a 1,400 kilometers stretch of highway. The Caesium-137 capsule was discovered when a vehicle traveling at 70 kms per hour equipped with specialist detection equipment picked up the radiation.

U.S. News

Humaira Ziwari, an Afghan refugee, plays with her eldest son Ahmad Altaf Ziwari at Heather Farms Park near their home in Concord, California, December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small

More than a year after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Kabul, the number of Afghans crossing the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum in the United States has soared. We report on an 11-country trek that starts with a humanitarian visa for Brazil.
Family and friends of Tyre Nichols will pay their final respects today to the Black 29-year-old father whose fatal encounter with Memphis police last month transformed him into the new face of the U.S. racial justice movement.
President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set to discuss the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling today, a meeting that will give a first sign of how the two will work together, or fail to, in a divided Washington.
Donald Trump's bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 got off to a modest fundraising start, with his campaign ending the year with about $7 million on hand while his Save America fund had about $18 million, according to financial disclosures.
The Colorado River, which provides drinking water to 40 million people in seven U.S. states, is drying up, straining a water distribution pact amid the worst drought in 12 centuries, exacerbated by climate change.

Business & Markets

Gautam Adani speaks during an inauguration ceremony after the Adani Group completed the purchase of Haifa Port, in Israel, January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani lost his title of Asia's richest person as a rout in his conglomerate's biggest companies deepened to $84 billion in the wake of a short-seller report. Today's stock losses saw Adani slip to 15th on Forbes rich list with an estimated net worth of $76.8 billion, below rival Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries.
Volatility-linked funds estimated to be buying as much as $2 billion in U.S. equities daily are helping drive this year's rebound in stocks and may ramp up purchases in coming weeks, though a hawkish Federal Reserve could spoil the party. The Fed will loudly insist again today that its inflation battle is not yet won - even as it slows the pace of interest rate rises to combat it, writes Reuters columnist Mike Dolan.
Intel said it had made broad cuts to employee and executive pay, a week after the company issued a lower-than-expected sales forecast driven by a loss of market share to rivals and a PC market downturn.
Tesla plans to step up output at its Shanghai plant over the next two months to meet demand ignited by aggressive price cuts on its best-selling models, according to a planning memo seen by Reuters and a person with knowledge of the plan.
Lebanon adopted a new official exchange rate of 15,000 pounds per U.S. dollar, marking a 90% devaluation from its previous official rate that had been unchanged for 25 years. Here's why cash is king in Lebanon as banks atrophy.
A rising wave of shareholder activism has turned Tokyo into a growth market for businesses that offer advice on shareholder relations, as corporate Japan scrambles for help to deal with investors who are no longer silent.

And Finally

John W. Dietrich, president and CEO of Atlas Air Worldwide, and Dave Calhoun, CEO of Boeing, converse on stage during the delivery of the final 747 jet at their plant in Everett, Washington, January 31, 2023. REUTERS/David Ryder

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