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MSC to reshuffle P&I cover ahead of North and Standard Club mega-merger
Merging mutuals head for amicable agreement to keep giant container ship cover spread over several clubs
French, German ministers in Ethiopia to support Tigray peace process
The French and German foreign ministers arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Thursday on a mission to support the peace agreement signed last year to end two years of war in the Tigray region.
Police press ahead with clearance of condemned German hamlet
Police are pressing ahead with the clearance of a condemned village in western Germany where activists are vowing to hold out against its demolition to make way for the expansion of a coal mine.
Real reason Harry won’t be welcome at Charles’ coronation
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will likely not be welcome at King Charles III’s Coronation, with family members concerned private conversations may be leaked, a source has claimed.
Families mourn dozens killed during clashes in Peru
Relatives and friends of victims who died during clashes with the Peruvian police gather at a field adjacent to the airport, carrying their coffins in the Andean city of Juliaca, southern Peru. Peru has been rocked by protests as demonstrators blocked …
‘From the face of it’ China’s new military hospital in PNG is ‘really good’
“From the face of it” the new Chinese-funded military hospital in Papua New Guinea’s capital of Port Moresby is really good, says Lowy Institute Pacific Fellow Maho Laveil.
“PNG suffers from lack of medical equipment and rural aid,” Mr Laveil told Sky…
Politics daily briefing: January 12
All the latest political developments in the UK, after the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union announced that about 100,000 civil servants will walk out on February 1 in a dispute over pay.