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Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. © Reuters 2015 TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 50 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and state media said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-china-blast-idUSKCN0QH2B220150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-china-blast-idUSKCN0QH2B220150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:20:10 -0400 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's Syriza party looked set to split after the leader of its far-left faction called on Thursday for a new movement to fight a bailout deal that lawmakers are due to vote on in the coming hours. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-eurozone-greece-bailout-idUSKCN0QI0W620150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-eurozone-greece-bailout-idUSKCN0QI0W620150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:17:17 -0400 MARACAIBO (Reuters) - As dawn breaks over the scorching Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, smugglers, young mothers and a handful of kids stir outside a supermarket where they spent the night, hoping to be first in line for scarce rice, milk or whatever may be available. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-venezuela-food-idUSKCN0QI28D20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-venezuela-food-idUSKCN0QI28D20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:49:15 -0400 LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would make a formal protest to Ecuador over its decision to provide asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in its London embassy and so prevent his extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-sweden-assange-britain-idUSKCN0QI1LH20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-sweden-assange-britain-idUSKCN0QI1LH20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:01:42 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Venezuela's top diplomat in Washington said that after five months of quiet diplomacy, relations between the two adversaries were still tentative, with no real rapprochement yet after a decade of hostility. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-usa-venezuela-idUSKCN0QI2B720150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-usa-venezuela-idUSKCN0QI2B720150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:06:07 -0400 ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey faces a snap election this autumn after talks on forming a coalition government broke down on Thursday, increasing uncertainty in the NATO member state as it battles Islamic State insurgents on its borders and Kurdish militants at home. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-turkey-politics-idUSKCN0QI1OR20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-turkey-politics-idUSKCN0QI1OR20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:45:19 -0400 DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban in a move that could bolster his accession after the death of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-afghanistan-taliban-qaeda-idUSKCN0QI1FO20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-afghanistan-taliban-qaeda-idUSKCN0QI1FO20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:09:05 -0400 HAVANA (Reuters) - The seven-story building on Havana's famed "Malecon" seafront has for decades been a flashpoint in the Cold War's most enduring rivalry. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-cuba-usa-spies-idUSKCN0QI19P20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-cuba-usa-spies-idUSKCN0QI19P20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Thu, 13 Aug 2015 08:58:22 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed "grave concern" to his Russian counterpart on Thursday over a sharp rise in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and urged an immediate ceasefire, the State Department said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/uk-usa-russia-kerry-lavrov-idUSKCN0QI1V820150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/uk-usa-russia-kerry-lavrov-idUSKCN0QI1V820150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:20:54 -0400 BERLIN (Reuters) - Ructions in the Chinese stock market and currency suggest the country has reached a "critical point" where the absence of democratic freedoms is a growing threat to economic stability, Chinese artist and free-speech advocate Ai Weiwei says. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-china-artist-germany-idUSKCN0QI1SL20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-china-artist-germany-idUSKCN0QI1SL20150813?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews worldNews Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:32:17 -0400