MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian officials threatened the West yesterday with an uncontrolled escalation of war and Ukraine with the destruction of Kyiv as Western leaders discussed whether to allow Ukraine to use their weapons for strikes deep into Russian territory.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Hundreds of people, mostly women, gathered in cities across France yesterday in support of Gisele Pelicot whose husband is on trial, accused of drugging her and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her in a case that has shocked the nation.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – At least 10 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza yesterday, Palestinian media reported, and the Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas commander.
LAGOS, (Reuters) – At least 64 people were feared dead following a boat accident on a river in Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, local officials said yesterday.
SURUCUCU, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazil has almost squashed the illegal gold rush that led thousands of wildcat miners into the Yanomami reservation in the Amazon rainforest and caused a humanitarian crisis of disease and malnutrition, the man in charge of operations said.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Sierra Leonean ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who starred in TV show “Dancing with the Stars” and Beyonce’s “Lemonade” music video album, died on Friday at the age of 29, her family said.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Chinese regulators hit PwC’s mainland China unit with a six-month suspension and a record fine of 441 million yuan ($62 million) yesterday over the firm’s audit of failed property developer China Evergrande Group 3333.HK.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Dozens of Hong Kong journalists and their families have been harassed and intimidated online and in person over the last three months starting from June, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said yesterday.
RAFAH, Gaza, Sept 13 (Reuters) – The Israeli army took reporters yesterday to tunnels uncovered by troops in southern Gaza, including the entrance to the underground chamber where the bodies of six Israeli hostages killed by Hamas were recovered on Sept.
COPENHAGEN/BERLIN, (Reuters) – Denmark’s DSV DSV.CO has agreed to buy Schenker, the logistics arm of German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn, for 14.3 billion euros ($15.85 billion) in a deal that would make it the world’s biggest logistics company.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes decided to lift freezes previously imposed on Starlink and X bank accounts after ordering the transfer of 18.35 million reais ($3.3 million) from the accounts to the national coffers.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Chinese regulators today hit PwC’s auditing unit in mainland China with a six-month business suspension and a record fine of 441 million yuan ($62 million) over the firm’s audit of troubled property developer China Evergrande Group 3333.HK.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya’s acting chief of police was sentenced to six months in prison today after he repeatedly defied orders to testify about the whereabouts of three men allegedly abducted by police officers.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s police and crime minister had her purse stolen at a meeting of senior police officers on Tuesday when she spoke about the growing problem of theft and shoplifting, a government official said yesterday.
(Reuters) – A North Dakota state court judge yesterday overturned the state’s near-total abortion ban, clearing the way for abortion to become legal in the Midwestern state for the first time in more than a year.