By Viktoriia Lakezina KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Hundreds of people were evacuated from settlements along the southern stretch of Ukraine’s Dnipro river on Tuesday after water burst through the breached Nova Kakhovka dam, submerging streets, homes and town squares further downstream. The collapse of the barrier at the southern tip of the vast Kakhovka reservoir…
By Sarah Meyssonnier and Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) -French anti-pension reform protesters stormed the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Tuesday as trade unions made a last-gasp attempt to pressure lawmakers into reversing President Emmanuel Macron’s raising of the retirement age. BFM TV broadcast images of several dozen hard-left CGT trade union militants…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States learned of a Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines three months before they were damaged last September by underwater explosions, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing leaked information posted online. The CIA learned last June, through a European spy agency, that a six-person team of…
By Marc Jones and Koh Gui Qing LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – World shares edged higher on Tuesday as investors mulled whether a recent rally in stocks has legs to run further, while Treasury yields drifted higher as traders pared bets that U.S. rate cuts are on the horizon given sticky price pressures. Wall Street, where…
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso’s political movement Creating Opportunities will not field candidates for the country’s early presidential or legislative elections, it said on Tuesday. It also said it will not back other nominations or parties. Lasso, a conservative ex-banker, last week said he would not run as a candidate in presidential elections….
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) – Subway is seeking big new franchisees in the United States in a push to revamp its ownership model, but low restaurant profits and outdated stores are making it a tough sell for the global sandwich chain. Several multi-unit operators – the more sophisticated, financially sound franchisees that Subway…
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s warring military factions are restarting ceasefire talks sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia, Al Arabiya TV reported on Tuesday, as they clashed by air and on the ground in the capital Khartoum. The fighting between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, now in its eighth week, has caught civilians…
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday pledged an improved effort to combat drug overdoses that claimed the lives of about 100,000 Americans last year, using a White House summit to tout a multifaceted approach to tackle synthetic and illicit drugs such as the powerful opioid fentanyl. “Today’s summit is…
KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the Vatican on Tuesday to contribute to the implementation of a Ukrainian peace plan during talks with a Papal envoy about Russia’s war on Ukraine. Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, tasked by Pope Francis to carry out a peace mission to try to help end the war in Ukraine, visited…
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran presented what officials described as its first domestically-made hypersonic ballistic missile on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported, an announcement likely to heighten Western concerns about Tehran’s missile capabilities. Iranian state media published pictures of the missile named Fattah at a ceremony attended by President Ebrahim Rahisi and…
