World

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Dark Western “The Power of the Dog” led this year’s field of Academy Awards contenders yesterday with 12 nominations for the Netflix Inc film, outpacing the 10 nods for sci-fi epic “Dune” in the hunt for the industry’s highest honors.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Former Pope Benedict today acknowledged that errors occurred in the handling of sexual abuse cases while he was Archbishop of Munich decades ago but did not directly address allegations in a report that he mishandled four cases.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States placed then-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on a blacklist last year, denying him entry for corrupt or anti-democratic actions, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday, as the listing was declassified.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Police in Canada’s national capital said yesterday they have seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an oil tanker as part of a crackdown to end days long protest against the government’s COVID-19 measures, while a judge granted an interim injunction against deafening honking that has irked residents.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said yesterday that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would be halted if Russia invades Ukraine and stressed unity with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the West rallies to avert a war in Europe.

YENAGAO, Nigeria, (Reuters) – At least three people died in Nigeria when the oil storage and production vessel, FPSO Trinity Spirit, exploded last week and four crew are still missing, the operating company said yesterday.

YENAGAO, Nigeria, (Reuters) – At least three people died in Nigeria when the oil storage and production vessel, FPSO Trinity Spirit, exploded last week and four crew are still missing, the operating company said on Monday.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s best known cultural icons and a singer who defined music for generations of her countrymen, died yesterday and was given a state funeral as politicians and personalities united in mourning.

(BBC) Lata Mangeshkar, who has died in Mumbai at the age of 92, was an Indian cultural icon and national treasure who made her name in Bollywood – despite only actually appearing on screen in a handful of films.

TUNIS,  (Reuters) – Tunisian judges yesterday rejected President Kais Saied’s moves to disband the council that oversees them, a move they see as undermining their independence, setting up a new struggle over his consolidation of power.

(Reuters) – New signals that talks between U.S. and Iranian officials may be nearing a conclusion could take steam out of the oil rally, traders said, after U.S.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron heads to talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow today hoping to ensure Europe gets a say in broader U.S.-Russian

SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres and conservative contender Fabricio Alvarado led a preliminary partial tally of votes in yesterday’s presidential election, figures published by the electoral tribunal showed.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s best known cultural icons and a singer who defined music for generations of her countrymen, died today and was given a state funeral as politicians and personalities united in mourning.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – North Korea continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the past year and cyberattacks on cryptocurrency exchanges were an important revenue source for Pyongyang, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen yesterday by Reuters.

TORONTO/OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian cities, including the financial hub Toronto, faced disruptions yesterday as protests against vaccine mandates spread from the capital of Ottawa, raising fears of clashes with counter protesters.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth said yesterday that she wants Prince Charles’ wife Camilla to be styled Queen Consort when he becomes king, cementing her place at the heart of the royal family after once being judged an outsider.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil has registered 1,308 new COVID-19 deaths over the last 24 hours and 197,442 new cases, the Health Ministry said yesterday.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s environmental inspector, responding to fuel supply shortages, yesterday authorized temporary resumption of hydrocarbon loading and unloading operations at sea at a refinery owned by Spain’s Repsol which had been halted during a probe of a major oil spill.

(Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic reached a grim new milestone in the United States yesterday with the nation’s cumulative death toll from COVID-19 surpassing 900,000, even as the daily number of lives lost has begun to level off, according to data collected by Reuters.