NEW YORK, (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register newspaper and its former top pollster, the day after he stepped up his legal threats against news outlets and said he would also consider suing social media influencers for defamation.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada imposed sanctions on five current or former senior officials of the Venezuelan government yesterday, saying the individuals undermined democracy, in a move rejected by Caracas, which called the measure “illegal.”
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service this morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind.
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila today, with the United Nations reporting six unconfirmed deaths and that two reservoirs and a hospital had been damaged.
(Reuters) – A teenage shooter opened fire at a Wisconsin school yesterday, killing a fellow student and a teacher and wounding six other people before police found the suspect dead at the scene.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quit yesterday after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on issues including how to handle possible U.S.
PALM BEACH, Florida, (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump, with SoftBank Group 9984.T
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Donald Trump yesterday lost a bid to overturn his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star in light of the U.S.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quit today after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on issues including how to handle possible U.S.
PARIS/MORONI, (Reuters) – Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, a senior local French official said yesterday.
DAMASCUS/LATAKIA, Syria, (Reuters) – Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago, in an early test of assurances by the new Islamist rulers that the rights of minorities will be protected.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 53 Palestinians, including a journalist and rescue workers, medics said, and the Israeli military said its air and ground forces in the north of the enclave killed dozens of militants and captured others.
(Reuters) – The United Nations will convene a technical committee of Libyan experts in an attempt to resolve contentious issues and put the country on the path to long-awaited national elections, the acting head of the U.N.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Doctors discharged Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from a Sao Paulo hospital yesterday, after a pair of emergency surgeries last week to treat and prevent bleeding in his head.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm yesterday, spilling oil into the Kerch Strait, while another tanker was also in distress after sustaining damage, Russian officials said.
ABUJA, (Reuters) – An oil spill has occurred at the Shell loading terminal in Nigeria’s Delta region after a pipeline ruptured, Nigeria’s maritime agency said yesterday.
PORT LOUIS, (Reuters) – Police in Mauritius have issued an order for the arrest of the Indian Ocean islands’ former central bank governor, in connection to an inquiry into a conspiracy to defraud case.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed yesterday to fight for his political future after he was impeached in a second vote by the opposition-led parliament over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, a move that had shocked the nation.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza yesterday, medics said, while the Israeli military said it targeted gunmen operating from shelters and aid storages.
(Reuters) – Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa said yesterday Israel is using false pretexts to justify its attacks on Syria, but that he is not interested in engaging in new conflicts as the country focuses on rebuilding following the end of Bashar al-Assad’s reign.
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