(Reuters) – Ukraine branded the Russian state-controlled RT media outlet as an inciter of genocide on Sunday after a presenter said Ukrainian children who saw Russians as occupiers under the Soviet Union should have been drowned. In a show broadcast la…
Russia’s Shoigu holds second call with U.S. defense secretary in three days
(Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday for the second time in three days and held a flurry of calls with three other counterparts from NATO countries. Moscow provided no details on th…
Storm Roslyn dumps heavy rains, flooding on Mexico as it weakens
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Storm Roslyn was weakening Sunday as it moved across west-central Mexico, though heavy rains and flash flooding continued, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Roslyn hit land as a Category 3 hurricane at 5:20 a.m. loca…
Sunak favourite to be UK PM after Johnson drops comeback bid
By Paul Sandle, Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Rishi Sunak looked set to become Britain’s next prime minister after Boris Johnson withdrew from the contest on Sunday, saying that although he had enough support to make the final …
China’s Xi clinches third term, packs leadership with loyalists
By Yew Lun Tian and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third leadership term on Sunday and introduced a top governing body stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country’s most powerful ruler sin…
Brazil’s top footballers lean toward Bolsonaro in polarized race
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A few days before Brazil’s first round of voting in this month’s general election, a 13-second TikTok video electrified supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro: soccer star Neymar coming out in favor of his re-ele…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in W.Bank, Palestinian officials say
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Palestinian health officials said, and a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli in Jerusalem, police said. The Israeli military said its troops were try…
Tens of thousands march in Berlin in support of Iran protests
By Leon Malherbe and Parisa Hafezi BERLIN/DUBAI (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people marched in Berlin on Saturday in a show of support for protesters in Iran where unrest ignited by Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody entered a sixth week despite …
U.S. CDC director tests positive for COVID-19, experiencing mild symptoms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday night and is experiencing mild symptoms, the CDC said in a statement on Saturday. A spokesperson said W…
Bolivian strike over census delay paralyzes agriculture export hub
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Thousands of people in Bolivia launched an indefinite strike on Saturday in the lowland city of Santa Cruz, a major agriculture export hub, to protest the postponement of a population and housing census which delays access to more ec…