By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The coast guard of the United States, Japan and the Philippines will hold trilateral maritime exercise in the South China Sea this week, the first such manoeuvres between them as a time of growing concern about China’s moves in the region. The June 1 to 7 exercise in waters…
By Maggie Michael (Reuters) – In the days after war erupted in Khartoum, Dr Abeer Abdullah rushed between rooms at Sudan’s largest orphanage, trying to care for hundreds of babies and toddlers as the fighting kept all but a handful of staff away. Children’s cries rang through the sprawling building as heavy gunfire rocked the…
(Reuters) – With a long-promised Ukrainian counteroffensive looming to recapture territory taken by Russia in 15th months of fighting, Moscow launched a series of attacks on Kyiv over the weekend targeting military infrastructure and supplies. AIR ATTACKS * Russia launched air attacks on Kyiv in the early hours of Monday using drones and cruise missiles….
By Can Sezer, Ali Kucukgocmen and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan extended his two decades in power in elections on Sunday, winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies which have polarised Turkey and strengthened its position as a regional military power. His challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, called it “the most unfair election in…
By Valentyn Ogirenko and Gleb Garanich KYIV (Reuters) -Russia unleashed waves of air strikes on Kyiv overnight in what officials said was the largest drone attack of the city but crowds poured into the streets later on Sunday to celebrate the anniversary of the Ukrainian capital’s founding. Ukrainian military said it had downed 58 of…
By Moira Warburton, Diane Bartz and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday finalized a budget agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling until Jan. 1, 2025, and said the deal was ready to move to Congress for a vote. “This is a deal that’s good…
(Reuters) – (The story saying the Texas Senate on Sunday was set to begin deliberations to permanently remove from office Attorney General Ken Paxton is wrong and withdrawn. The secretary of the Senate’s office said no time has been set for the impeachment trial. There will not be a replacement story.) STORY_NUMBER: L1N37P09K STORY_DATE: 28/05/2023…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The debt ceiling deal that U.S. President Joe Biden and House Republican Kevin McCarthy agreed over the weekend adds new conditions to food aid that will impact one segment of the U.S. population specifically – GenXers with no dependents. The deal targets recipients of the Supplementary Nutrition Program, or SNAP, between the…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s ruling party will hold a key meeting in early June to review the country’s economic plans, state media KCNA reported on Monday. The meeting will review the implementation of the country’s national economic plans in the first half of 2023 and discuss “policy issues of weighty significance” in the development…
By Belén Carreño and Jessica Jones MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s ruling Socialists suffered heavy losses to opposition conservatives in Sunday’s local election, with around 95% of the votes counted, showing their electoral vulnerability ahead of an end-of-year general election. Only three of the 12 regions holding elections will retain Socialist dominance by very narrow margins,…
