ATMORE, Alabama, (Reuters) – Alabama put to death convicted murderer Kenneth Smith last evening, Governor Kay Ivey said, completing the first execution using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas, which the state is advancing as a simpler alternative to lethal injections.
ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey’s president finally approved Sweden’s bid to join NATO yesterday, ending months of delay and leaving only Hungary standing in the way of Stockholm’s membership of the military alliance.
GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – The United Nations said yesterday that Israeli tanks struck a huge U.N.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia accused Ukraine yesterday of deliberately shooting down a Russian military transport plane carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers to a prisoner exchange in what it called a barbaric act of terrorism that had killed a total of 74 people.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said yesterday he will declare that wildfires burning in the country are a natural disaster, freeing up funds to fight the blazes amid soaring temperatures and the El Nino weather phenomenon.
(Reuters) – An experimental gene therapy being developed by a Chinese company restored hearing in children with congenital deafness, researchers working on a clinical trial reported yesterday, adding to growing evidence of the efficacy of such treatments.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Butter chicken – one of India’s best-known dishes globally – is delicious and apparently also contentious, with two Indian restaurant chains doing battle in court over claims to its origins.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia accused Ukraine today of deliberately shooting down a Russian military transport plane carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers to a prisoner exchange in what it called a barbaric act of terrorism that had killed a total of 74 people.
GAZA/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Intense international mediation efforts are working toward exchanging Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners during a proposed month-long ceasefire in Gaza, Reuters reported yesterday, as the White House said its envoy was having active discussions on the issue.
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, (Reuters) – Donald Trump cruised to victory in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential contest yesterday, marching closer to a November rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden even as his only remaining rival, former U.N.
ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament ratified Sweden’s NATO membership bid yesterday, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding the Western military alliance after 20 months of delay.
GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in Israel’s worst day of losses in Gaza, the military said today, as its forces encircled southern Gaza’s main city, trapping Palestinian residents trying to flee.
GAZA/DOHA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli forces, advancing deep into western Khan Younis in Gaza’s bloodiest fighting of the new year so far, stormed one hospital and placed another under siege yesterday, cutting the wounded off from trauma care, Palestinian officials said.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada yesterday announced an immediate, two-year cap on international student permits and said it would also stop giving work permits to some postgraduate students as it seeks to rein in record numbers of newcomers seen aggravating a housing crisis.
AYODHYA, India, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration yesterday of a grand temple to the Hindu god Lord Ram on a site believed to be his birthplace, in a celebratory event for the Hindu majority of the world’s most populous nation.
BOSTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court yesterday revived a $10 billion lawsuit by Mexico seeking to hold American gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico
GAZA/DOHA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli forces, advancing deep into western Khan Younis in Gaza’s bloodiest fighting of the new year so far, stormed one hospital and placed another under siege on Monday, cutting the wounded off from trauma care, Palestinian officials said.
(Reuters) – The global fight against malaria took a stride forward today as Cameroon launched the world’s first routine vaccine programme against the mosquito-borne disease that is projected to save tens of thousands of children’s lives per year across Africa.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) , opens new tab yesterday filed a complaint in a Texas court seeking to prevent a climate proposal by activist investors from going to a vote during the company’s shareholder meeting in May.
AYODHYA, India, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration today of a grand temple to the Hindu god Lord Ram on a site believed to be his birthplace, in a historic event for the Hindu majority of the world’s most populous nation.
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