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KYIV, March 14 (Reuters) – At least four people were killed and 15 wounded in an overnight Russian air attack outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, officials said on Saturday. The attack targeted residential buildings, educational institutions, enterprises and critical infrastructure facilities in four districts of the Kyiv region, said Mykola Kalashnyk, head of the regional …
MOSCOW, March 14 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery and a port overnight in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, causing injuries and damage, local authorities said on Saturday. In a statement on Telegram, Krasnodar authorities said three people had been injured in a strike on Port Kavkaz, which ships grains and LPG and lies …
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A turf war over a football team is developing between two Midwestern states with a sometimes-discordant history. The storied Chicago Bears want to leave historic Soldier Field, where they’ve played for half a century. Indiana lawmakers are attempting to lure them from the Windy City with a plan to finance and …
WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) – Attorneys for Fed Chair Jerome Powell raised the possibility he might remain as a member of the central bank’s board of governors after his term as chair ends in May, a precedent-breaking decision, at a meeting with the Department of Justice in January, documents unsealed on Friday said. The documents …
Conductor Juanjo Mena, the former principal conductor of the Cincinnati May Festival, said he will retire this year because of Alzheimer’s disease. Mena announced the diagnosis in January 2025 and said in a public letter Friday that the disease has progressed. “My situation is different than it was a year ago and it calls for …
WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday Said on Friday that the United States carried out strikes against “every military target” on Iran’s Kharg Island export hub. “For reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “However, should …
HOUSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge doubled and Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brice Turang each had two hits as the United States beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night to reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals. The U.S. squad rebounded after an 8-6 loss to Italy in pool play left them needing help to advance to this round. …
LONDON (AP) — Chef Gordon Ramsay yells at people. His mentor was known for throwing pans and plates. That chef, London’s Marco Pierre White, titled his own memoir “The Devil in the Kitchen” — in part for the punishments he meted out to his chefs. “If you don’t fear the boss, you’ll take shortcuts, you’ll …
AMSTERDAM, March 14 (Reuters) – An explosion damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam early on Saturday, in what the city’s mayor described as “a deliberate attack against the Jewish community”. The explosion at the school in an upscale residential neighbourhood on the south side of Amsterdam only caused limited damage, Mayor Femke Halsema said in …
BANGKOK, March 14 (Reuters) – Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn is to open parliament on Saturday, as last month’s general election result faces court scrutiny over barcodes on the ballots that may have violated the law. The barcodes might undermine the secrecy of the ballot, said the country’s Office of the Ombudsman, which petitioned the Constitutional …