World

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned the U.S. embassy in Havana against fomenting protests by dissidents on the Communist-run island, the latest flashpoint between the longtime rivals ahead of fresh rallies slated for Nov.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping vowed yesterday that China would always uphold world peace and international rules, amid concerns expressed by the United States and other countries over its increasing assertiveness globally.

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – Sudan’s military seized power from a transitional government yesterday and a health ministry official said seven people were killed by gunfire and 140 injured in clashes between soldiers and street protesters.

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan’s cabinet today and the military chief dissolved the transitional government, while opponents of the takeover took to the streets where gunfire and injuries were reported.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democrats have almost reached an agreement on a social spending bill that is a pared-down version of U.S.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said on Saturday that the world’s top oil exporter aims to reach “net zero” emissions of greenhouse gases, mostly produced by burning fossil fuels, by 2060 – 10 years later than the United States.

(Reuters) – A powerful storm drenched wildfire-scarred Northern California yesterday, triggering mudslides and flooding, while heavy winds toppled utility poles and downed trees in what meteorologists called a “bomb cyclone.”

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Fuel shortages in Haiti are putting the lives of hundreds of women and children at risk as hospitals run low on supplies for electricity, United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said yesterday.

NECOCLI, Colombia,  (Reuters) – The man Colombia describes as the world’s most dangerous drug trafficker told security forces: “You beat me” when he was captured during an operation this weekend, the government said yesterday, pledging to extradite him swiftly to the United States.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Indian celebrities from the world of Bollywood and cricket are increasingly launching digital memorabilia through non-fungible tokens (NFT), hoping to rake in thousands of dollars by cashing in on growing interest in such assets.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s armed forces have captured Dairo Antonio Usuga, known as Otoniel, in the biggest blow to drug trafficking in the Andean country since the death of Pablo Escobar, President Ivan Duque said on Saturday.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democrats are closing in on a deal on President Joe Biden’s social and climate-change agenda by narrowing their differences over healthcare and other issues, U.S.

TAPACHULA, (Reuters) – Several thousand migrants from Haiti, South America and Central America set off from southern Mexico headed north on Saturday, clashing with law enforcement trying to hold the caravan back.

(University of Ottawa) – A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no correlation between COVID-19 vaccinations and risk of first-trimester miscarriages, providing further evidence of the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.

(SciDev.Net) – Climate leaders from the global South have a clear message for governments ahead of the COP26 UN climate talks: stop talking and start acting.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Major economies will produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than is consistent with meeting climate goals set in the 2015 Paris accord to curb global warming, the United Nations and researchers said on Wednesday.

(Brigham and Women’s Hospital) – Scientists have long suggested that getting enough sleep at night is vital to staying healthy.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said today he had ordered the foreign ministry to declare 10 ambassadors from Western countries ‘persona non grata’ for calling for the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.

WINDHOEK, (Reuters) – Namibia will suspend the rollout of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, its health ministry said today, days after the drugs regulator in neighbouring South Africa flagged concerns about its safety for people at risk of HIV.