SYDNEY (Reuters) – United States Navy personnel from a newly commissioned U.S. combat ship paraded through Australia’s capital on Sunday, as the two allies carry out war games amid China’s military build-up in the region. Personnel from the Independence-class littoral combat ship – named after a Royal Australian Navy cruiser that was sunk while supporting…
ATHENS (Reuters) -A wildfire which has been raging on the Greek island of Rhodes for five days forced hundreds of people to flee affected villages and beaches by land and sea on Saturday, authorities said. Coastguard vessels and more than 30 private boats evacuated at least 2,000 people, including tourists, from beaches close to the…
By Siddhi Nayak MUMBAI (Reuters) – The death toll from a landslide in India’s western state of Maharashtra rose to 26 on Saturday, a disaster relief official said, with dozens still feared trapped under layers of mud and slush two days after the incident. The landslide occurred on Thursday night in the remote mountain hamlet…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Eleven people were killed in a suspected arson attack on a bar in the northern Mexican border city of San Luis Rio Colorado after an expelled patron set it ablaze with a Molotov cocktail, authorities in the state of Sonora said on Saturday. Sonora state prosecutors said preliminary findings showed the suspect…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has been hit with three sets of trade arbitration proceedings in the past few days, according to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). First Majestic Silver and Silver Bull Resources, both Canadian companies, as well as U.S. food firm Arbor Confections have filed cases against Mexico, ICSID…
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Israelis opposed to a judicial overhaul sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marched to Jerusalem on Saturday, as pressure mounts on his right-wing government to scrap a bill that would curtail the Supreme Court’s powers. The government bid to change the judiciary has plunged Israel into…
(Reuters) – Tropical storm Don became a hurricane on Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory. Hurricane Don, which is moving in a northwest direction over the central Atlantic, is located about 775 kilometers (481.56 miles) south-southeast of Cape Race Newfoundland and packing maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per…
(Reuters) -A drone attack on an ammunition depot in Crimea prompted authorities to evacuate a 5-km (3-mile) radius and briefly suspend road traffic on the bridge linking the peninsula to Russia, the region’s Moscow-installed governor said on Saturday. Ukraine said its army had destroyed an oil depot and Russian army warehouses in what it called…
By Timour Azhari and Haider Kadhim BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Several thousand Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad on Saturday over the burning or damaging of the Koran during anti-Islam protests in Sweden and Denmark, in a gathering called by ruling Iraqi parties and armed groups, many close to Iran. Iran’s supreme leader said those desecrating the Koran should…
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s economic growth is less than 2% this year and remains 8 percentage points below pre-pandemic levels, while production in sectors such as agriculture, mining and manufacturing was further behind, Economy Minister Alejandro Gil said on Saturday. Speaking before the country’s parliament, Gil said the primary sector, which includes…
