By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s only Black lawmaker suspended himself from his left-wing party on Thursday after his family was accused of mismanaging funds and exploiting staff at two associations meant to help immigrants. The growing scan…
Stand up comedy booms in Venezuela, but politics are off stage
By Johnny Carvajal CARACAS (Reuters) – Samuel Rodriguez’s pizzeria in Caracas does not just serve up hot cheesy pies – it also dishes out jokes, offering a stage to young comedians filling the void left by veteran comics who have fled Venezuela’s econo…
Ukrainians work to restore power to nuclear plants as country freezes
By Pavel Polityuk and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine restored power on Thursday to two of its four nuclear power plants but much of the country remained consigned to freezing darkness by the most devastating Russian air strikes on its energy inf…
Brazil’s electoral court rejects Bolsonaro election challenge
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The head of Brazil’s electoral court Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday rejected a complaint from President Jair Bolsonaro’s party to challenge October’s run-off vote, which the incumbent lost my a narrow margin, according to a court…
Soccer-Manchester United owners consider selling Premier League icon
(Reuters) – Manchester United’s U.S. owners have begun looking at options for the 20-times English soccer champions, including a new investment or a potential sale, 17 years after the Glazer family bought the club. The Glazer family is working with fin…
Huge Foxconn iPhone plant in China rocked by fresh worker unrest
By Brenda Goh and Yimou Lee SHANGHAI/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Hundreds of workers joined protests at Foxconn’s flagship iPhone plant in China, with some men smashing surveillance cameras and windows, footage uploaded on social media showed. The rare scenes o…
Europe names world’s first disabled astronaut
PARIS (Reuters) -The European Space Agency on Wednesday named the first ever “parastronaut” in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space. The 22-nation agency said it had selected former British Paralympi…
China widens COVID curbs, Apple factory unrest adds to economy worries
(Corrects time since Guangzhou protest in 11th paragraph) By Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese cities imposed more curbs on Wednesday to rein in rising coronavirus cases, adding to investor worries about the economy as fresh unrest at the world’s…
Russian missile strikes force Ukraine to shut nuclear power plants
By Dan Peleschuk and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Russia rained down missiles across Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing shutdowns of nuclear power plants and killing civilians in Kyiv as Moscow pursued a campaign to plunge Ukrainian cities into darkness …
Twin blasts in Jerusalem kill one in suspected Palestinian attack
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Two explosions at bus stops on Jerusalem’s outskirts killed one person and wounded at least 14 others on Wednesday, health officials said, in what Israeli police said appeared to be an attack by Palestinian militan…