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MOSCOW, March 30 (Reuters) – The Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin, carrying a humanitarian shipment of 100,000 metric tons of crude oil, has arrived in Cuba, Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing the Russian Ministry of Transport. It said the ship was currently expected to offload the cargo at the port of Matanzas. LSEG ship-tracking …
KABUL, March 30 (Reuters) – Heavy rain that triggered severe flooding and caused buildings to collapse has killed 22 people and injured 32 in Afghanistan over the last two days, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Monday, as it warned of continued risk due to bad weather. Most of the deaths were reported from …
YAOUNDE, March 30 (Reuters) – World Trade Organization talks broke up with no agreement on Monday on a plan for reform or even on extending a moratorium on e-commerce, piling more pressure on the trade body that finds itself increasingly sidelined by economic nationalism. The four-day ministerial talks in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde ended in the …
MADRID, March 30 (Reuters) – Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Monday, citing military sources. The closure of its airspace, which forces military planes to bypass NATO member Spain en …
ROME (AP) — Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros (dollars) from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said on Monday. The heist took place on the night of March 22-23, with thieves forcing open the entrance door, police said. The three …
CAIRO/RAMALLAH, The West Bank, March 27 (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed at least three people in the Gaza Strip on Monday, local health officials said, in the latest round of violence since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect more than five months ago. Medics said three people were killed and two others wounded when …
States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a law that will strip safety-net health and food benefits from millions. State governments rely on such companies to design and operate computer systems that assess whether low-income people qualify …
After weeks of delays, NASA is finally poised for launch of a historic flight this week to send a crew of four astronauts on a trailblazing nine-day trip around the moon and back. The Artemis II mission — with commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — is …
SEOUL, March 30 (Reuters) – South Korea is considering extending driving curbs to the general public if global oil prices climb further, senior officials said, as authorities seek to rein in energy demand amid supply strains due to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Sunday the government could expand restrictions …
DUBAI, March 30 (Reuters) – Iran confirmed on Monday the death of Revolutionary Guards Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri following severe injuries, Iranian media reported, based on a statement by the guards. Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said on March 26: “In a precise and lethal operation, the IDF eliminated the commander of the IRGC Navy, …