By Rami Amichay TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Amid a sea of hundreds, perhaps thousands of Israeli flags at an anti-government protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday, a plain white poster protruded with a handwritten message in black: “Democracy without compromise.” For five months now, tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the street every…
BERLIN (Reuters) – French director Justine Triet won the 2023 Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, on Saturday for her courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall”. Triet becomes the third female director to have won the prestigious prize. (Reporting by Miranda Murray; Editing by Jan Harvey)
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – One of the Rwanda genocide’s most wanted remaining suspects, accused of ordering the death of 2,000 people hiding in a church, denied on Friday any involvement though said he was “sorry” for the 1994 killings. On the run for two decades, Fulgence Kayishema was arrested on Wednesday under…
By David Lawder DETROIT (Reuters) – Trade ministers of 14 countries in the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) talks “substantially completed” negotiations on an agreement to make supply chains more resilient and secure, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Saturday. The “first of its kind” agreement calls for countries to form a council to…
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) – Tens of thousands braved rain and wind in Belgrade on Saturday in an anti-government protest over two mass shootings that killed 18 people, blaming the deaths on a culture of violence that critics say authorities have allowed to permeate society. On May 3 a teenage boy killed nine pupils…
DETROIT (Reuters) – The United States “won’t tolerate” China’s effective ban on purchases of Micron Technology memory chips and is working closely with allies to address such “economic coercion,” U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Saturday. Raimondo told a news conference after a meeting of trade ministers in the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework talks…
ROME (Reuters) – A vessel operated by the charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) rescued nearly 600 migrants sailing on an overcrowded boat which was in distress off the island of Sicily on Saturday, the group said on Twitter. “After three hours of operation, the 599 survivors, including women and children, are now safely aboard ……
By Timour Azhari BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq launched a $17 billion project on Saturday to link a major commodities port on its southern coast by rail and roads to the border with Turkey, in a move designed to transform the country’s economy after decades of war and crisis. The Development Road aims to tie the…
By Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sought to build on his momentum going into Sunday’s runoff presidential election, urging Turks to vote as the man aiming to defeat him called on electors to pull their country from “the dark pit” of his two-decade rule. The opposition has seen this month’s presidential…
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Senate amended a law on Saturday to allow the federal government to borrow more money from the central bank, just days before incoming President Bola Tinubu takes office. The changes, adopted during an emergency session, will allow the government to increase its overdraft at the Central Bank of Nigeria to 15%…
