By Duncan Miriri MALINDI, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie lived with hundreds of followers in makeshift homes of polythene sheeting and thatch in a remote forest camp that he divided into areas with biblical names like Jerusalem and Judea, relatives of his adherents say. He told them the world as they knew…
(Reuters) -Russia fired two dozen combat drones at Ukraine early on Thursday, striking a university campus in the Black Sea city of Odesa and attacking the capital Kyiv for the third time in four days. Russia has stepped up attacks as Ukraine prepares for a counteroffensive to try to retake Russian-occupied land in the south…
By Elizabeth Piper and Viktoriia Lakezina KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – It was a warning by her daughter that persuaded Alina Fil to leave her home in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson early on Thursday after another night of Russian shelling. Fil was one of dozens of Kherson residents who headed to the local bus…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday “high vigilance” was needed in the face of NATO’s “eastward expansion” following a media report the alliance is planning to set up an office in Japan to facilitate consultations with allies in the region. NATO is planning to open its first liaison office in Asia, in Japan, to…
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -The U.N. World Food Programme has paused food distribution in Ethiopia’s war-ravaged Tigray region in response to reports that significant amounts of aid were being diverted, the agency said. The announcement follows a similar one by the U.S. Agency for International Development, which said on Wednesday it had discovered…
By Elizabeth Piper and Carlos Barria KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian shelling killed 23 people in and near the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday, hitting a hypermarket, a railway station and residential buildings, the regional governor said. “The enemy’s targets are the places where we live. Their targets are our lives, and the…
By Aftab Ahmed and Swati Bhat NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India and Russia have suspended efforts to settle bilateral trade in rupees, after months of negotiations failed to convince Moscow to keep rupees in its coffers, two Indian government officials and a source with direct knowledge of the matter said. This would be a major…
By Lisa Richwine and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Striking film and television writers met with union leadership on Wednesday, the second day of a work stoppage that has thrown Hollywood into disarray as the industry deals with changes brought on by the streaming TV boom. Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) turned…
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) -A jury will now decide whether British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran ripped off Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” after hearing closing arguments on Wednesday in a week-long copyright trial. Sheeran’s lawyer, Ilene Farkas, told the jurors in Manhattan federal court that similarities in the chord progressions and rhythms of…
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Median pay for top U.S. CEOs rose 7.7% last year to a record $22.3 million, a new study found, as big stock awards helped the group stay ahead of inflation while U.S. workers’ pay fell behind. Among those receiving big pay increases were the CEOs of Jefferies Financial Group and…
