BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters) – China on Wednesday condemned the Japanese prime minister’s offerings to the Yasukuni shrine and visits by other Japanese officials to the war shrine. Japan’s “negative actions” concerning the shrine “grossly trample on human conscience”, and China is “very indignant at these heinous acts and strongly condemns them”, a spokesperson for …
BERLIN, April 22 (Reuters) – Germany set out a military strategy on Wednesday that sticks with a target of 260,000 active troops despite demands by senior military officials to raise total troop numbers more drastically in response to a widely perceived growing threat from Russia. Speaking to reporters in Berlin, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius …
KYIV, April 22 (Reuters) – Ukraine has asked Turkey to host a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, its top diplomat said, as Kyiv seeks to reinvigorate stalling peace talks. “We asked the Turks about it, we asked some other capitals,” Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in comments to reporters on …
The percentage of Americans who say they disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job tied a record high at 86%, according to a new Gallup poll. At the same time, just 10% say they approve of the performance of lawmakers on Capitol Hill – narrowly above the all-time low of 9%. In 1,000 …
April 22 (Reuters) – Russian drones attacked infrastructure in Ukraine’s Black Sea Odesa port overnight, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on Wednesday. Berths, warehouses, railway infrastructure and port operators’ facilities were damaged in the assault, Kuleba wrote on Telegram. The hold of a cargo ship was also hit, causing a fire Ukraine’s seaports authority …
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is visiting one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious prisons Wednesday, drawing attention to human rights abuses that campaigners have denounced for years and especially after the U.S. began deporting third-country migrants here. Leo’s visit to the prison in Bata, the central African country’s port city, continues the tradition …
By Maya Gebeily and Emilie Madi BEIRUT, April 22 (Reuters) – An Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon, bombings in Beirut, massive displacement and rising sectarian friction. The year is 2026, but for those who lived through Lebanon’s civil war five decades ago, it may as well be the 1970s. Lebanese who fought in the 1975-1990 …
LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. climbed in March after a sharp jump in prices at the pump in the wake of the disruption to energy supplies caused by the Iran war, official figures showed Wednesday. The Office for National Statistics said the annual consumer price inflation rate increased to 3.3% from 3% the …
By Raul Cortes and Aida Pelaez-Fernandez MEXICO CITY, April 21 (Reuters) – Top Mexican officials on Tuesday vowed to ensure safety ahead of the World Cup soccer matches following a shooting at the famed Teotihuacan pyramids that killed a Canadian tourist, and said the gunman appeared to have been influenced by violent incidents abroad. Holding …
DENVER (AP) — Nicolas Roy scored on a rebound 7:44 into overtime and Scott Wedgewood made 24 saves, including a penalty shot, as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. Roy put the winner through the legs of defenseman Brandt …