CP March 14 (Reuters) – In mid-February, hundreds of students from Venezuela’s most prestigious university did the once unthinkable: their protest left the campus of the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas and spilled out into a nearby street. Before the U.S. military operation that captured Nicolas Maduro on January 3, student activism was a risky …
By Manuela Andreoni and Isabel Teles SAO PAULO, March 14 (Reuters) – Millions of Brazilians are expected to watch as movie stars enter the Dolby Theatre for the Oscars ceremony this Sunday, hoping to witness one of their own strike gold for the second year in a row. Brazil’s “The Secret Agent” has earned four Academy Award …
LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) – A new biography about Prince Harry which says Queen Camilla had allegedly remarked he had been brainwashed by his wife Meghan was described by his spokesperson on Saturday as a “deranged conspiracy”. Harry and Meghan have been estranged from the British royal family since stepping away from official duties in …
March 14 (Reuters) – Few federal agents are seen on the streets of Minneapolis these days. While many of the city’s residents still wear red whistles around their necks, used to sound an alert if they spot U.S. immigration agents, there has been little need to raise the alarm lately. Although parents dutifully patrol the …
CAIRO, March 14 (Reuters) – A fire has occurred in the United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah emirate, a major bunkering hub, after debris fell during the interception of a drone, but no injuries were reported, the emirate’s media office said on Saturday. Civil defense forces are handling the incident to contain the fire, it added. (Reporting …
The Utah man accused of killing Charlie Kirk was back in court Friday as a state judge denied some efforts by his attorneys to restrict public access to court documents while not ruling out the possibility of closing portions of an upcoming hearing. The outcome sets the stage for an April hearing in which attorneys …
ATHENS, March 14 (Reuters) – A Greek-flagged tanker, Maran Homer, was hit by an unidentified object on Saturday, as it was awaiting orders to enter the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) Terminal at Novorossiysk, its manager Maran Tankers said. The vessel, which was sailing outside Russian territorial waters and expected to receive a cargo of Kazakh …
With oil markets paralyzed by the war between the U.S. and Iranthe Trump administration is weighing a military operation to escort ships through a vital maritime chokepoint — a massive undertaking that experts say could already be in the preparatory stages. Since the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran began two weeks ago, more than …
MILAN (AP) — The United States is looking to do something no nation has ever done: Clean sweep the ice hockey tournaments at the Olympics and Paralympics. Standing in the way? Canada again. “We got to do our part, right? So they got the two done, so now it’s our job and we just got …
A Jewish school in Amsterdam was damaged after an overnight explosion against its exterior wall, Mayor Femke Halsema said in a statement Saturday, denouncing the blast as a “cowardly act of aggression.” An investigation has been opened. Halsema said police have CCTV footage of a person placing the explosive device. No injuries were reported, Halsema …