CP HONG KONG, May 29 (Reuters) – A magnitude 5 earthquake hit near Turpan City, in the east of China’s Xinjiang region at 2.55pm local time (06:55 GMT), the China Earthquake Networks Center reported on Friday. (Reporting by the Beijing newsroom; writing by Farah Master; Editing by Himani Sarkar) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
SYDNEY, May 29 (Reuters) – Police in Brisbane made five arrests on Friday as they cleared a protest camp from the city park where the main stadium for the 2032 Olympics will be built. A coalition of environmentalists and Indigenous activists had been warned by the Queensland state government they would be removed if they …
DUBAI, May 29 (Reuters) – No U.S. aircraft were shot down near Bushehr, Iran, despite a claim made on Iranian state TV, the U.S. military said. Iran’s state TV said early on Friday that a U.S. aircraft was destroyed in Iran’s Jam governorate in Bushehr, citing its governor Masoud Tangestani. “No U.S. aircraft were shot …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s attorney general sued the genetic testing company formerly known as 23andMe on Thursday, alleging it failed to protect sensitive user data in a 2023 breach that affected nearly 7 million people across the country. Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the lawsuit against Chrome Holding Co., which 23andMe rebranded under after …
The Democrat’s performance ultimately proved to be his undoing as he campaigned for reelection, amplifying concerns about whether the then-81-year-old could serve a second term. He ultimately dropped his bid under pressure from within his party and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, who lost to the Republican Trump. In “View from the East Wing,” …
HAVANA, May 28 (Reuters) – Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal sees the risk of U.S. military aggression against the island growing as negotiations between the nations stagnate, she said on Thursday. Speaking at a legislative hearing at the National Capitol to denounce U.S. sanctions on Cuban oil imports, Vidal accused Washington of fabricating pretexts …
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — The Refugee Community Partnership, a mutual aid organization that supports immigrants, used to offer a sewing circle for Afghan women whose families had recently been resettled in the Triangle region of North Carolina. But the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to refugee admissions as well as refugee-support organizations meant the partnership no …
CANBERRA, May 29 (Reuters) – Australia’s struggling opposition Liberal Party installed former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a pugnacious social conservative and campaigner against climate action, as its president on Friday, reinforcing its swing to the right as it works to regain power. The centre-right Liberals dominated modern Australian politics but have been in turmoil after …
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is under growing pressure from a wave of defections to a new party set up by a former protege, analysts and lawmakers said, ahead of an election that could take place as early as this year. Anwar came to power in November 2022 after more …
NAIROBI, May 29 (Reuters) – A Kenyan high court has ordered the temporary suspension of plans for the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in the country. High Court Judge Patricia Nyaundi said in her orders late on Thursday that Kenya was also not allowed to admit anyone exposed to or infected …