FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Police in Berlin said on Sunday that an autopsy would be the next step in clarifying the circumstances of the death of a 24-year-old Mexican woman who disappeared at the end of July and whose body was found on Saturday. The body of Maria Fernanda Sanchez, for whom Interpol had issued a…
By Aadi Nair and Karolos Grohmann (Reuters) – The 2030 Commonwealth Games were tipped to be a glorious celebration of the competition’s centenary in Canada, the country which hosted the inaugural edition of the multi-sport quadrennial event a century ago. But the future of the Games was thrown into doubt on Thursday when the province…
By Laurie Chen and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s decision to join international talks in Saudi Arabia this weekend seeking to end Russia’s war in Ukraine signals possible shifts in Beijing’s approach but not a U-turn in its support for Moscow, analysts say. While Beijing declined to join earlier talks in NATO member…
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – A K-pop music concert scheduled for Sunday at a World Scout Jamboree in South Korea was postponed due to heat safety concerns as the host pressed on with the meet despite extreme temperatures that led three national contingents to pull out. Minister of Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min said…
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) – Megan Rapinoe did not get the Women’s World Cup farewell she wanted on Sunday, a penalty that sailed over the crossbar the last international play by one of the United States’ most decorated players. American soccer’s charismatic figurehead was sent on as a substitute in extra time but the last-16…
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Some Black worshippers feel under-represented in the Catholic Church and that it needs to do more to overcome its legacy of racism, they said, after Pope Francis spent recent days telling crowds in Lisbon the Church has room for everyone. Francis, who has been working to promote inclusivity since…
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Sunday marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima, where its mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the Group of Seven leaders’ notion of nuclear deterrence a “folly”. The day to commemorate the victims of the world’s first nuclear attack comes…
NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger’s ousted prime minister on Saturday clung to the dimming hope that last week’s military coup could be overturned by diplomacy, he told Reuters on the eve of a deadline set by regional powers to reinstate the elected government. Niger’s military takeover, the seventh in West and Central Africa in three years, has…
TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Libya’s High State Council (HSC) consultative body replaced its leader in a televised vote on Sunday, adding new uncertainty to a political standoff over control of government and the path to elections. The Tripoli-based HSC has a say in major political matters under the terms of a 2015 political agreement and has been…
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s telecoms ministry said it has blocked the Telegram messaging app over national security concerns and in order to preserve the integrity of users’ personal data, which it said the app had mishandled. The app is widely used in Iraq for messaging but also as a source of news and for sharing…
