BOGOTA (Reuters) -Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia’s southern jungle, after surviving a plane crash which killed their mother, are in an “acceptable” state of health, the government said on Saturday. The siblings were found on Friday in Caqueta province after weeks of searching by the military, Indigenous…
(Reuters) – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has briefed Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the upcoming visit by African leaders to Russia and Ukraine in a bid to end hostilities, the South African presidency said on Saturday. Chinese state broadcaster reported that the two leaders had a phone call on Friday. In a statement, South…
LONDON (Reuters) – “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard has been given permission to intervene in Microsoft’s legal battle with Britain’s anti-trust regulator over its decision to block the $69 billion takeover. Microsoft is appealing against the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) decision to veto the deal, which it did in April on the grounds…
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -Old rifts resurfaced in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party on Saturday following former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s abrupt resignation from parliament, while the opposition Labour Party sensed opportunity ahead of a general election next year. Johnson quit late on Friday in protest against an investigation by lawmakers into his conduct as…
PARIS (Reuters) – The suspect in a knife attack in which four toddlers and two pensioners that wounded in the southeastern French town of Annecy on Thursday has been placed in detention, the local prosecutor said on Saturday. The suspect is under formal investigation for attempted murder and resisting arrest with a weapon, the prosecutor…
KYIV (Reuters) – Counterattacking Ukrainian forces have advanced up to 1,400 metres at a number of sections of the front line near the eastern city of Bakhmut in the past day, a military spokesman said on Saturday. The advance is the latest in a series of similar gains reported this week by Kyiv near Bakhmut,…
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the former president of risking some of the country’s most sensitive security secrets after leaving the White House in 2021. Trump mishandled classified documents that included information about the secretive U.S. nuclear program and…
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka lifted import restrictions on 286 items, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday, a fresh sign the South Asian nation is starting to emerge from its worst economic crisis in decades. The island off India’s southern coast plunged into crisis last year as its foreign exchange reserves ran…
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank could raise interest rates to tackle inflation which remains above target, Chairman Thomas Jordan said in an interview published on Saturday, Jordan defended the central bank’s commitment to price stability, which he defined as inflation below 2% but in positive territory, in the article in Swiss newspaper Corriere…
(Reuters) – Court documents made public on Friday detailed 37 criminal counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump, including charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct justice after he left the White House in 2021. Following are some reactions to the news: * Jack Smith, special counsel in the case: “Our…
