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Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans Frontieres) has published a video paying tribute to Yannis Behrakis, the late photojournalist whose poignant images helped raise international awareness of the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees trying to escape war at the peak of the migrant crisis in Greece in 2015 and 2016.

Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing Monday. "There is a significant alignment of interests, precisely because we too endeavor that our country becomes a bridge between Europe, Asia and Africa," Katrougalos said in a statement. [Reuters]

Yannis Behrakis, one of Reuters' most decorated and best-loved photographers, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 58.

After joining the news wire 30 years ago, Behrakis covered many of the most tumultuous events around the world, including conflicts in Afghanistan and Chechnya, a huge earthquake in Kashmir and the Egyptian uprising of 2011.

Greece has opened books for a new five-year bond, its first issue since it emerged from international bailouts five months ago, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Initial guidance was for a yield of 3.75-3.875 percent, the source said. [Reuters]

Greek school teachers take part in a demonstration in front of the parliament building against government plans to change hiring procedures in the public sector in Athens, Monday. [Costas Baltas/Reuters]

A member of the Greek Presidential guard wears a traditional winter cape to protect from low temperatures, following a snowfall in Athens, Tuesday. [Costas Baltas/Reuters]

We demand safe, free and unimpeded transit for all ships through the Kerch Strait and the immediate and unconditional release of all illegally detained Ukrainian seafarers, Merkel and Macron said in a joint statement quoted by Reuters.

Russia last month seized the vessels and their crew, stressing that they had violated the country's territorial waters, which Ukraine denies.

President Donald Trump is considering an executive order in the new year to declare a national emergency that would bar U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by China's Huawei and ZTE, three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.

A Greek pensioner stands between two banners during a demonstration against pension cuts in Athens, Tuesday. [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]

Venezuela is seeking to repatriate about $550 million in gold bars from the Bank of England because of fears it could be caught up in international sanctions on the country, two sources with direct knowledge of the effort told Reuters.