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Mexico, which is jointly hosting the soccer tournament with the U.S. and Canada, is slated to kick off festivities with an inauguration and opening match Thursday in a star-studded event that will set the tone for the rest of the competition. Pressure has only continued to mount as guests flood into Mexico City, and the …
By Andrius Sytas and Janis Laizans REZEKNE, Latvia, June 10 (Reuters) – At Birdwhistles Guesthouse, in a rustic two-storey wooden barn in the Latvian forest 50 km from the Russian border, all eight rooms are vacant, which absolutely never happens this time of year, says the owner, Martins Kiscenko. Two wedding parties had been booked …
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday charged seven people and two companies with offenses including manslaughter and conspiracy over the city’s deadliest fire in decades last November. The massive blaze engulfed seven apartment buildings and killed 168 people on Nov. 26, 2025. Former residents and relatives of the dead have been waiting …
By Angie Teo and David Lague TAICHUNG, Taiwan, June 10 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding counter strikes. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its …
PARIS, June 10 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will chair a video conference on Thursday involving G7 countries and China over how to address global trade imbalances, the Elysee said on Wednesday. “This conference shows a new willingness on the part of China, the United States and Europe over taking part in coordinated economic …
A strange and what some call disturbing sight in Grant Park on Tuesday — a burning cross. Chicago police spent about three hours investigating the cross burning earlier in the day. Though much information about the incident was not released, the sight here in the public park stirred emotions and shocked many. The flames from …
Johannesburg — Multiple attackers killed 12 people and wounded at least nine others in a late-night mass shooting near the South African city of Johannesburg, police said Wednesday. Police believe more than 10 suspects were dropped off in a minibus in an informal settlement in the Cleveland suburb of Johannesburg late Tuesday night and started …
ATLANTA (AP) — Two congressional Republicans from Georgia have introduced impeachment resolutions against a federal judge in Atlanta who was disciplined after an investigation found she had sex with a police officer in her chambers, attended a partisan political event and lied to investigators looking into the alleged misconduct. U.S. Reps. Clay Fuller and Andrew …
Fans who hear the whirring sound of a drone over a stadium might see it as a nuisance but law enforcement has long viewed those aircraft as a potential weapon of mass destruction. With the World Cup about to kick off, security is heightened and there’s a zero-tolerance policy for drones over or near stadiums …
(Corrects keyword used by media subscribers to PAPUA-VOLCANO/PUMICE instead of PAPUANEWGUINEA-VOLCANO/PUMICE) By Lucy Craymer and Seoyun Kang WELLINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – Thick rafts of volcanic pumice ejected by an undersea eruption in Papua New Guinea’s Bismarck Sea have blocked boats, damaged fishing grounds and fuelled fears of food shortages, the leaders of remote coastal …