MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukrainian and Russian armed forces are fighting extraordinarily bloody battles in the smashed eastern city of Bakhmut, but pro-Kyiv forces are still holding on, Ukraine’s military said on Saturday. Russia’s defence ministry said earlier in the day that fighters from the Wagner mercenary group had captured two more areas of Bakhmut, the main…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Navy and the United States are searching for three American sailors who were last seen on April 4 in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The three sailors reportedly left the port city of Mazatlan en route to San Diego and were due to stop…
By Andrea Shalal and Jorgelina do Rosario WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new international economic support package of $115 billion gives Ukraine more confidence that it can prevail in battling Russia’s invasion, amid growing recognition that the war could continue for longer than expected, Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on Saturday. Marchenko said Group of…
By Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Thousands of Palestinian Christians and pilgrims from around the world filled Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday to celebrate the Orthodox Holy Light ceremony, under a heavy Israeli police presence that has drawn anger from churches. The two millennia-old celebration, symbolising Jesus’s resurrection, usually draws large crowds to the Church of…
By Tim McLaughlin and Sarah N. Lynch BOSTON (Reuters) -A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records online was charged on Friday with unlawfully copying and transmitting classified material. Jack Douglas Teixeira of North Dighton, Massachusetts, who was arrested by heavily armed FBI agents at his…
By Valentina Za and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – In 1977, a Ferrari owner offloaded his 1962 250 GTO because his wife complained it was too noisy, recounts Andrea Modena, head of Ferrari’s classic car division. It was either her or the car. “Nowadays, I’m not sure the wife would have won out.” Times have…
(Reuters) – Ducati’s reigning MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia smashed the circuit lap record to take pole position for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. The pole was the Italian’s first of the season, and 12th of his career, after starting the previous two races in Portugal and Argentina on…
(Reuters) – Ducati’s reigning MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia smashed the circuit lap record to take pole position for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. The pole was the Italian’s first of the season, and 12th of his career, after starting the previous two races in Portugal and Argentina on…
QUITO (Reuters) – At least 12 inmates were killed in an Ecuadorian jail amid a new clash between gangs, the SNAI prison agency said on Saturday, in the latest chapter in the South American nation’s prison violence. The confrontation occurred on Friday in the prison known as La Penitenciaría, in the city of Guayaquil,…
By Chiara Elisei LONDON (Reuters) – Some holders of bonds issued by French food retailer Casino are working with financial adviser Perella Weinberg Partners to push for better terms should the company’s planned tie-up with smaller food firm Teract proceed, three sources familiar with the matter said. The investors, who hold some Casino bonds maturing in 2026 and…
