KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes on residential blocks in south Gaza killed at least 32 Palestinians today, medics said, after Israel again warned civilians to relocate as it girds for an assault on Hamas in the enclave’s south after subduing the north.
MONROVIA/DAKAR, (Reuters) – When Joseph Boakai won a place at Liberia’s prestigious College of West Africa in the 1950s, he helped pay his fees by working as the school janitor, cleaning floors and toilets at night and studying by day, his spokesman Amara Konneh told Reuters.
(Reuters) – The board of the company behind ChatGPT yesterday fired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman – to many, the human face of generative AI – sending shock waves across the tech industry.
(Reuters) – Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and his ex-girlfriend R&B vocalist Cassandra Ventura yesterday settled her lawsuit that accused the rapper of serial physical abuse, sexual slavery and rape, according to lawyers for Ventura.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops have pushed Russian soldiers out of positions on the eastern bank of the River Dnipro in the Russian-occupied part of Kherson region and established several bridgeheads, Kyiv’s military said today.
GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – U.N. aid deliveries to Gaza were suspended today due to shortages of fuel and a communications shut down, deepening the misery of thousands of hungry and homeless Palestinians as Israeli troops battled Hamas militants in the enclave.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Banks and other financiers should withdraw their support of TotalEnergies’ TTEF.PA
SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG, (Reuters) – When Chinese President Xi Jinping met executives for dinner on Wednesday night in San Francisco, he was greeted with not one, but three standing ovations from the U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Israel is doing all it can to get civilians out of harm’s way as it battles Hamas in Gaza, including dropping leaflets warning them to flee, but its attempts to minimize casualties were “not successful”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. yesterday extended through May 16 a license allowing four oilfield service firms to maintain their current assets in Venezuela, while restricting what services they can perform in the country.
The Hague, (Reuters) – Judges at the World Court yesterday ordered Syria to take steps to prevent torture as part of emergency measures in a case against Damascus brought before the top U.N.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – U.S. oil firm Chevron Corp CVX.N has begun supplying fuel to Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA under Washington’s approval of expanded deals with the South American country, three people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
(Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that Asia’s two largest economies should reaffirm their strategic relationship in their first face-to-face talks in a year that look to put a floor under strained ties.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – R&B vocalist Cassandra Ventura sued Sean “Diddy” Combs in federal court yesterday, accusing the rapper and hip-hop mogul she once dated and whose music label she signed with of subjecting her to serial physical abuse, sexual slavery and rape.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A Guatemalan prosecutor moved to strip President-elect Bernardo Arevalo of his immunity from prosecution on Thursday, in the latest escalation of a political crisis that critics say is an undemocratic scheme aimed at overturning the election results.
The Hague, (Reuters) – Judges at the World Court today ordered Syria to take steps to prevent torture as part of emergency measures in a case against Damascus brought before the top U.N.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament voted to make Pedro Sanchez prime minister for another term on Thursday, ending a protracted deadlock after an inconclusive general election in July.
GAZA, (Reuters) – Israeli troops found a command centre and weapons and combat gear belonging to Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza’s biggest hospital yesterday, Israel’s military said, in a campaign that stoked global alarm over the fate of civilians inside.
WOODSIDE, California, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed yesterday to open a presidential hotline, resume military-to-military communications and work to curb fentanyl production, showing tangible progress in their first face-to-face talks in a year.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – An increase in gang violence in Haiti’s capital this week following the death of a powerful gang leader has led to ongoing gun battles that forced a hospital to evacuate all patients on Wednesday.
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