KYIV (Reuters) – The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine’s Kherson region was blown up by Russian forces, the South command of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said on Tuesday. “The scale of the destruction, the speed and volumes of water, and the likely areas of inundation are being clarified,” the command said on…
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran President Xiomara Castro is set to travel this week to China, her foreign minister said on Monday, the leftist leader’s first visit to the Asian giant after establishing formal diplomatic relations with it in March. Castro’s trip marks the latest step in the two nations’ new relationship, after her government ditched…
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s current account surplus widened in the March quarter, helped by strong exports of resources and travel services, with net exports proving to be a much smaller drag on growth than first thought. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday showed the current account surplus widened to…
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s ruling party comfortably captured a major historic stronghold of the opposition in an election on Sunday, consolidating President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s hold on power ahead of the battle to succeed him next year. Lopez Obrador’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) won the State of Mexico gubernatorial contest…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on members of a Russian intelligence-linked group for their role in Moscow’s efforts to destabilize democracy and influence elections in Moldova, the Treasury Department said. The new sanctions target seven Russian individuals, some of whom maintain ties to Russian intelligence services, the department said in…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three lawyers for former President Donald Trump left the U.S. Department of Justice Monday amid reports that federal prosecutors are wrapping up an investigation into whether he mishandled classified documents. The three lawyers – Lindsey Halligan, John Rowley and James Trusty – declined to answer questions as they…
By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A flight carrying about 20 migrants landed in Sacramento, California, on Monday as state authorities investigated the role Florida had played in transporting them from Texas via New Mexico, according to the California attorney general’s office and news reports. The migrants carried documents that indicated…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic controllers lost contact shortly after takeoff with the pilot of a light plane that caused a security scare on Sunday when it flew over heavily restricted airspace near Washington, authorities said on Monday. Four people including the pilot of the Cessna Citation 560 were killed in the crash,…
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – An Oklahoma school board on Monday approved the Catholic Church’s application to create the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the U.S. Opponents of the school have vowed a legal challenge which promises to be a long court battle testing the U.S. Constitution’s concept of separation of church and state….
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The Biden administration has asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit by Republican-led states seeking to strike down a rule allowing socially-conscious investing by employee retirement plans. The U.S. Department of Justice in a filing in Amarillo, Texas federal court on Friday said the rule was needed to…
