Category: World
Judge in Durst murder case rules jurors may consider handwriting evidence
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Jurors in real estate scion Robert Durst’s trial for murder may.
‘Artificial snow’ could save stricken Antarctic ice sheet – study
LONDON (Reuters) – Governments could stop the West Antarctic ice sheet from sliding into the.
Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ to spend life behind bars – U.S. judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord found guilty of.
WHO reports new Ebola incident in Uganda
GENEVA (Reuters) – A fishmonger vomited at Mpondwe market in Uganda on July 11 before.
Taiwan issues warnings for year’s first typhoon as thousands evacuated
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan moved thousands of people to safety on Wednesday as the island.
Germany’s Von der Leyen secures powerful EU executive top job
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen secured European parliamentary approval on Tuesday to.
Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad where first humans lifted off for the moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned to the launch pad.
Von der Leyen secures powerful EU executive top job
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen secured European parliamentary approval on Tuesday to.
Spanish judge blocks Madrid council bid to lift car ban
FILE PHOTO: A police traffic officer stops motorists entering the center on the first day.
‘More than 30’ feared trapped in Mumbai building collapse
MUMBAI (Reuters) – An old four-storey building collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai on.
Democratic presidential hopefuls spend heavily on digital ads, staff
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The crowded field of Democratic presidential hopefuls spent heavily on digital.
Undersea quake south of Indonesia’s Bali causes brief panic
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck south of Indonesia’s.
House Intelligence chief presses social media companies on deepfake policies
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Monday.
Nuclear deal parties not ready to launch dispute mechanism against Iran, prefer more diplomacy – EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The remaining parties to the Iran nuclear deal do not see Tehran’s.
North Macedonia expects NATO membership, EU talks date by year-end
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – North Macedonia expects to become a member of NATO by the end.
U.S. judge to hear financier Jeffrey Epstein’s bid to get out of jail before trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jeffrey Epstein, the American financier charged with sex trafficking underage girls,.
U.S. military identifies soldier killed in Afghanistan
(Reuters) – A U.S. Army soldier killed in Afghanistan was identified on Sunday as decorated.
Clashes break out as Hong Kong protesters escalate fight in suburbs
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tens of thousands rallied in a large Hong Kong suburb on.
First Ebola case in Congo city of Goma detected
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – The first case of Ebola in the eastern.
Blackout disrupts Manhattan, darkens Broadway theatres
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A wide swath of New York’s Manhattan borough was plunged into.
Quake causes panic in eastern Indonesia; no reports of major damage
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Moluccas islands in eastern Indonesia on.
Quake with 7.3 magnitude strikes in eastern Indonesia – USGS
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck southeast of the city.
Bangladesh’s Ershad, opposition leader and former army ruler, dies at 90
FILE PHOTO: Bangladesh’s former army ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad talks to his lawyers before entering.
Blackout plunges parts of Manhattan into darkness
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A blackout hit more than 40,000 customers in Manhattan on Saturday.
Taiwanese president travels to Haiti to bolster relations in the region
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise listen to Taiwan’s national anthem at.
Car bomb and all-night hotel siege kill 26 in Somalia’s Kismayo
MOGADISHU/GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) – Islamist gunmen killed 26 people, including Kenyans, Americans, a Briton and.
Hong Kong protesters, police clash as demonstrations target Chinese traders
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong protesters clashed with police on Saturday in a town.
New Orleans residents huddle at home, and in bars, ahead of hurricane
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Barry, poised to make landfall as the first Atlantic.
Somalia security forces end militant attack on hotel that killed 13 – police officer
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s security forces on Saturday ended an overnight attack by the al.
Pence views overcrowded, bad-smelling facility for detained migrants in Texas
MCALLEN, Tex. (Reuters) – Vice President Mike Pence viewed an overcrowded, foul-smelling facility in Texas.
Trump’s Labour Secretary Acosta resigns amid Epstein case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Labour Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned on Friday amid fresh scrutiny of.
Nationwide wave of immigrant arrests to commence this weekend, Trump says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A nationwide wave of arrests of immigrants facing deportation will commence this.