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MOSCOW, April 28 (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed and 13 others injured in a fire at a building under construction in northern Moscow on Tuesday before firefighters brought the blaze under control, authorities said, according to TASS news agency. Russia’s emergency services said the fire broke out in an unfinished multi-storey residential …
GENEVA, April 28 (Reuters) – Five million children across Sudan’s Darfur region are facing extreme deprivation, the United Nations children’s agency said on Tuesday, issuing an emergency warning over the situation as the civil war in the country enters its fourth year. The warning, known as a “Child Alert”, is used sparingly by UNICEF and …
Extreme weather in the Midwest brings severe flooding and dangerous winds to parts of the region. Plus, the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attack is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.
PARIS, April 28 (Reuters) – A French fact‑finding inquiry — normally a dull parliamentary ritual — has turned into a polarising political spectacle, giving France’s far right an unexpected platform to wage a culture-war campaign against public broadcasters. Leading the probe is 32-year-old Charles Alloncle, an ally of National Rally leader Jordan Bardella, who has …
LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) – British police said on Tuesday they were investigating a suspected arson attack at a memorial wall in a north London area which is home to a large Jewish community, amid a recent spate of incidents in the British capital. London’s Metropolitan Police said the investigation was being led by Counter …
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Tuesday ordered an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to pay 7.2 million euros ($8.4 million) in reparations for atrocities he oversaw as head of the Islamic police in the historic desert city of Timbuktu in the west African country of Mali. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag …
DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) – Iran’s top security body has approved a temporary scheme for businesses to access the global internet with fewer restrictions, a government spokesperson told Iranian media on Tuesday, after the authorities had imposed a blackout since the start of the war against the U.S. and Israel. Most Iranians have been unable …
She was 13 years old and scared of the dark when she arrived at a residential treatment center that had promised her adoptive parents it would help her heal — from the pain of not knowing who her mother was or why she’d given her away. Kate plugged in a night light in the dorm …
LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, said on Tuesday he had been wrong to propose the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.S. ambassador but he had not circumvented the hiring process. McSweeney told parliament he had thought Mandelson, a Labour veteran, would help Britain to …
BELFAST, April 28 (Reuters) – The New IRA said it would target the homes of police officers with bombs after confirming it planted a car bomb that exploded outside a police station in Belfast on Saturday, the Irish News quoted the nationalist militant group as saying on Tuesday. No one was injured in the blast …