By Tom Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian troops said on Saturday they had taken the key bastion of Lyman in occupied eastern Ukraine, a stinging defeat that prompted a close ally of President Vladimir Putin to call for the possible…
Kabul blast a setback for Afghan women seeking education against the odds
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) – Raihana, 19, wanted to be a doctor, studying until midnight in recent weeks for Afghanistan’s university entrance exam, a chance for women to advance their education even as they face g…
Russia loses U.N. aviation council seat in rebuke
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) – Russia failed to win enough votes for re-election to the United Nation’s aviation agency’s governing council on Saturday, in a rebuke of Moscow for aviation-related actions taken after its invasion of Ukraine. Ru…
Eni expects halt in Russian gas flow to extend into Monday
By Federico Maccioni and Francesca Landini MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s Eni said it would not receive any of the gas it had ordered from Russia’s Gazprom for delivery this weekend, although the firms said they were working to fix this. Russian gas supplies…
Somaliland lawmakers vote to extend president’s term by two years
By Abdiqani Hassani BOSASO, Somalia (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland have extended President Muse Bihi Abdi’s current term of office by two years ahead of its expiry in November, the senate chairman said on Saturday. Th…
What caused holes in Sue the T. rex’s jawbone? Scientists are stumped
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sue, the biggest and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, no doubt was a fearsome beast when this predator prowled what is now South Dakota about 67 million years ago at the twilight of the age of dinos…
Director general of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant detained by Russian patrol – Energoatom
KYIV (Reuters) -The director general of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was detained by a Russian patrol, Energoatom, the state-owned company in charge of the plant, said on Saturday. Ihor Murashov was detained on his way fr…
After Hurricane Ian’s deadly wrath, Florida, Carolinas begin recovery
By Brad Brooks and Jonathan Drake FORT MYERS, Fla./CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) -Florida and the Carolinas, staggered by one of the fiercest storms in U.S. history, faced a massive recovery on Saturday as remnants of Hurricane Ian threatened further floo…
Musk previews Tesla’s humanoid robot, but cautions it is not ready just yet
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday showed off a prototype of humanoid robot ‘Optimus’, predicting the electric vehicle maker would be able to produce millions of them and sell them for under $20,000 – less than a thir…
Burkina Faso soldiers announce overthrow of military government
By Thiam Ndiaga and Anne Mimault OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Armed soldiers in fatigues and masks appeared on television in Burkina Faso on Friday night to confirm the ouster of President Paul-Henri Damiba, the second coup in the troubled West African count…