ALMATY, (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s president said today he had ordered his forces to shoot-to-kill to deal with disturbances from those he called bandits and terrorists, a day after Russia sent troops to put down a countrywide uprising.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Hospitals across the United States are postponing elective surgeries to free up staff and beds due to a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden yesterday accused his predecessor Donald Trump of spreading a “web of lies” to undermine U.S.
ALMATY, (Reuters) – Fresh violence erupted in Kazakhstan’s main city of Almaty yesterday as Russia sent in paratroopers to put down a countrywide uprising in one of Moscow’s closest former Soviet allies.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Two Haitian journalists were killed yesterday on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince after suspected gang members opened fire on a group of reporters who had arrived to interview the leader of a rival gang, according to a police official and local media.
ALMATY, (Reuters) – A Russia-led security alliance of ex-Soviet states will send peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan, Armenia’s prime minister said yesterday, after the Kazakh president appealed for their help in quelling violent and deadly protests.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea fired a “hypersonic missile” this week that successfully hit a target, state news agency KCNA reported yesterday, its second such test as the country pursues new military capabilities amid stalled denuclearisation talks.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – This year’s Grammy Awards ceremony honouring top performances in music has been postponed indefinitely because of the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, organizers said on Wednesday.
ALMATY, (Reuters) – Kazakhstan declared emergencies in the capital, main city and provinces today after demonstrators stormed and torched public buildings, the worst unrest for more than a decade in a tightly controlled country that promotes an image of stability.
(Reuters) – The United States set a global record of almost 1 million new coronavirus infections reported yesterday, according to a Reuters tally, nearly double the country’s peak hit just a week ago as the highly contagious Omicron variant shows no sign of slowing.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp outsold General Motors Co in the United States in 2021, marking the first time the Detroit automaker has not led U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Rescue crews in Virginia yesterday finished freeing the last of the travelers stranded overnight on a snowed-in highway, ending a crisis that had trapped thousands of people including U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House yesteday welcomed a decision by top oil producers to stick with their plans to raise crude production and touted “close” coordination with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Yum Brands Inc’s KFC restaurants will start selling plant-based fried “chicken” from Beyond Meat Inc across the United States on Jan.
(Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd is pulling the plug on service for its once ubiquitous business smartphones, which were toted by executives, politicians and legions of fans in the early 2000s.
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – China, Russia, Britain, the United States and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and a nuclear war should be avoided, according to a joint statement by the five nuclear powers published by the Kremlin yesterday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York state’s attorney general is demanding that two of Donald Trump’s adult children, Donald Trump Jr.
(Reuters) – Thousands of U.S. schools delayed this week’s scheduled return to classrooms following the holiday break or switched to remote learning as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus pushed COVID-19 cases to record levels.
DAKAR, (Reuters) – Senegal President Macky Sall yesterday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a $1.13 billion deep-water port being developed by Dubai’s state-owned port operator DP World at Ndayane, around 50 km (31 miles) south of the capital Dakar.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Deforestation last year rose to the highest level since 2015 in Brazil’s Cerrado, prompting scientists on Monday to raise alarm over the state of the world’s most species-rich savanna and a major carbon sink that helps to stave off climate change.
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