ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Debby brought unrelenting rain to the U.S. Southeast as it drifted off the Carolinas yesterday, threatening the region with dangerous flooding before picking up speed in the coming days and moving north.
BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court today ordered the dissolution of the anti-establishment opposition party Move Forward, ruling its campaign to amend a law that protects the monarchy from criticism risked undermining the democratic system.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia said today that it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces which had penetrated Russia’s Kursk region in one of the largest incursions into Russia since the Ukraine war began in February 2022.
PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – Demo-cratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her newly selected vice presidential running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, campaigned for the first time together yesterday in Philadelphia, kicking off a multi-day tour of battleground states aimed at introducing Walz to the national stage.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was named chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government yesterday, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following a violent crackdown on a student-led uprising.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, the group said on Tuesday, in a move that reinforces the radical path pursued since the Oct.
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, (Reuters) – The United States has communicated to Iran and Israel that conflict in the Middle East must not escalate, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday, even as the Pentagon warned that it would not tolerate attacks against its forces in the region.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – A Chinese state-owned enterprise today successfully placed 18 satellites into orbit, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as China seeks to create its own version of U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged in the United States in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate a U.S.
ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Debby inundated coastal Georgia and South Carolina with a deluge of rain that could bring “catastrophic flooding” to Charleston, Savannah and other cities on Tuesday, a day after it slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast as a hurricane.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s president dissolved parliament today, clearing the way for an interim government and new elections, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled following a violent crackdown on a student-led uprising.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – A Chinese state-owned enterprise today successfully placed 18 satellites into orbit, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as China seeks to create its own version of U.S.
(Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate today, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America’s heartland to help win over rural, white voters, said people familiar with the matter.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangla-desh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country yesterday after hundreds of people were killed in a crackdown on demonstrations that began as protests against job quotas and swelled into a movement demanding her ouster.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled yesterday that Google violated antitrust law, spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly and become the world’s default search engine, the first big win for federal authorities taking on Big Tech’s market dominance.
STEINHATCHEE, Florida, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Debby dropped buckets of rain on northern Florida yesterday and killed at least four people as the downgraded hurricane churned toward Georgia and the Carolinas, threatening a week of torrential downpours and flooding across the region.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela is launching a criminal probe against the opposition leaders contesting last month’s election for inciting police and military officials to break the law, the country’s top prosecutor said, as security forces targeted people they say committed violent crimes during recent election protests.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva came into office in 2023 pledging to tackle deforestation in the Amazon and restore his country as a climate leader after years of intense destruction in the world’s largest rainforest under predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday rejected a bid by the state of Missouri to halt Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing for his conviction in New York on felony charges involving hush money paid to a porn star and left a related gag order until after the Nov.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has been urging other countries through diplomatic channels to tell Iran that escalation in the Middle East is not in their interest, a State Department spokesperson said yesterday, at what Secretary of State Antony Blinken called a “critical moment” for the region.