DOVER, England (Reuters) – A man threw petrol bombs attached with fireworks at a centre for processing migrants in the southern English port of Dover on Sunday and then killed himself, a Reuters photographer said. The attacker, a white man in a checked…
Foreign leaders offer condolences over deadly South Korea crush
SEOUL (Reuters) -Foreign leaders expressed condolences over the deadly crowd surge in Seoul’s Itaewon district, with at least 20 foreign nationals from as many as a dozen countries among those killed in the crush in a popular nightspot. South Korea’s P…
Chinese cities brace for wave of Foxconn workers from COVID-hit Zhengzhou
By Ryan Woo and Ziyi Tang BEIJING (Reuters) – Cities in central China hastily drew up plans to isolate migrant workers fleeing to their hometowns from a vast assembly facility of iPhone maker Foxconn in COVID-hit Zhengzhou, fearing they could trigger c…
Security forces tear gas students defying Iran protest ultimatum
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Protests in Iran entered a more violent phase on Sunday as students, who defied an ultimatum by the Revolutionary Guards and a warning from the president, were met with tear gas and gunfire from security forces, social…
South Korea Halloween disaster leaves desperate families seeking word of missing
By Ju-min Park and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – In tears, Philomene Aby’s hands shook as she asked workers at a South Korean community centre for any news of her 22-year-old son, missing in the wake of a crowd surge in Seoul that left at least 151 p…
South Korea mourns, wants answers after Halloween crush kills 153
By Soo-hyang Choi, Daewoung Kim and Hongji Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – Shocked family members collected bodies, parents searched for children and a country sought answers on Sunday after at least 153 people were crushed to death when a crowd in South Korea s…
UK companies see tough conditions enduring in months ahead: CBI
LONDON (Reuters) – British businesses think the gloom hanging over their prospects will persist in the coming months, according to an industry survey published on Sunday. The Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) gauge of private sector growth in t…
Man arrested in attack on U.S. House Speaker Pelosi’s spouse faces charges
By Nathan Frandino and Steve Gorman SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The man who clubbed U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in the head with hammer, shouting “Where is Nancy?” after forcing his way into the couple’s San Francisco home, faced charges of…
Factbox-Some of the world’s worst stampedes
(Reuters) – At least 120 people were killed in a crush during a Halloween celebration in South Korea’s capital Seoul late on Saturday. Here are details of some of the worst stampedes over the last three decades: April 1989: Ninety-six people are killed…
At least 149 killed in stampede at Halloween event in South Korea
By Soo-hyang Choi, Daewoung Kim and Hongji Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -At least 149 people were killed in a crush when a huge crowd celebrating Halloween surged into an alley in a nightlife area of the South Korean capital Seoul on Saturday night, emergency o…