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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Brazilian João Victor Gonçalves began playing soccer in one of Rio de Janeiro ’s poorest and most violent favelas, little did he know the game would one day allow him to travel abroad and play in an international competition. Last month, along with nine other young boys, he flew …
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Sherpa guide was found alive on Mount Everest a week after he went missing and a helicopter was flying him to a hospital Thursday, rescuers said. Dawa Sherpa was last seen around May 29 descending the mountain, but he did not make it to base camp even though his client …
STOCKHOLM, June 4 (Reuters) – Sweden’s centre-left opposition parties are expected to win the country’s election for parliament in September, likely ousting the right-wing government, according to an opinion poll released by the national statistics office on Thursday. Swedes go to the polls on September 13 and campaigning is gaining steam with gang crime, cost …
JERUSALEM, June 4 (Reuters) – Israel will continue its operations on the ground in southern Lebanon for the time being and Lebanese residents forced from their homes by Israel would not be able to return, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday. His comments came a day after Lebanon and Israel said they had agreed …
SYDNEY, June 4 (Reuters) – The Australian state of Victoria on Thursday introduced laws to give authorities more powers to shut down businesses selling illegal tobacco, as new data showed nicotine use has surged across the country. Australia charges a federal tax of about A$1.50 ($1.07) on each individual cigarette to discourage smoking. As a …
By Kyu-seok Shim and Joyce Lee SEOUL, June 4 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s ruling Democratic Party swept most major local races in elections held on Wednesday, but suffered a symbolic setback as the opposition conservative incumbent Oh Se-hoon won another term as Seoul mayor. The Democratic Party won 12 of the …
SEOUL, June 4 (Reuters) – South Korea’s National Election Commission said on Thursday it would hold an investigation after a shortage of ballot papers in local elections drew public anger, with protesters in a district of Seoul blocking ballot boxes from leaving a polling station. Voters on Wednesday cast ballots for mayors and governors in …
MOSCOW, June 4 (Reuters) – One person was killed and three injured when a Ukrainian drone struck a commuter train in Crimea, the peninsula’s Russian-installed governor Sergei Aksyonov said on Thursday. (Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Mark Trevelyan) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – April 2026
By David Lague and Yimou Lee TAIPEI, June 4 (Reuters) – Taiwan will sharply increase its arsenal of powerful anti-ship missiles to more than 1,800 by early 2029, as it seeks to enhance its capacity to counter a mounting threat of blockade or invasion by China, according to a Reuters calculation. This expanding arsenal of …
June 4 (Reuters) – Thursday marks 37 years since China bloodily suppressed pro-democracy demonstrations in and around central Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, when Chinese troops opened fire on their own people. The event remains taboo in China and will not be officially commemorated by the ruling Communist Party or government. Here are some landmark dates leading …