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April 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Monday in Bayer’s bid to limit thousands of lawsuits alleging that the German company’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer in a case that is one part of sprawling yearslong litigation over the product. Here is a look at how the court’s decision, which is expected …
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Separatists in northern Mali said they joined Islamic militants in launching one of the biggest coordinated attacks on the Malian army in the capital and several other cities that left at least 16 wounded. It was the first time that a Tuareg-led separatist group, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), said it …
ZURICH/MILAN, April 26 (Reuters) – Switzerland will charge Rome for the costs its health system sustained to treat Italian nationals wounded in the New Year’s Eve fire at the Crans-Montana ski resort, which claimed 41 lives, the government’s office in charge of social insurance matters said. The expense claim adds further strain to the relationship …
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The first public trial in Syria of officials linked to the rule of former President Bashar Assad opened in Damascus Sunday. Atef Najib, a former Syrian army brigadier general who was head of the Political Security Branch in southern Syria’s Daraa province under Assad, appeared in the courtroom to face charges …
BUDAPEST, April 26 (Reuters) – Hungary’s incoming prime minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday he would go to Brussels on Wednesday for informal talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to unblock funds frozen by the bloc over disputes with his predecessor. “There is no time to waste,” Magyar, whose landslide victory in …
LONDON (AP) — Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to break the fabled 2-hour barrier in the marathon. In a huge moment in sports history, Sawe smashed the men’s world record by 65 seconds in winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday. The second-place finisher, …
BAMAKO, April 26 (Reuters) – Sustained gunfire rang out in a garrison town near Mali’s capital on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, a day after an al Qaeda affiliate and Tuareg rebels carried out one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years. The gunfire in the town of Kati suggested that …
Police in Northern Ireland on Sunday declared a security alert in the town of Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, after reports that a car bomb exploded near a police station. Homes in the vicinity have been evacuated and members of the public are advised to avoid the area, the Police Service of Northern Ireland …
MOSCOW, April 26 (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has arrived in North Korea, Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday, the second senior Russian official to visit Pyongyang in recent days. Earlier, North Korean state media KCNA reported that Russia’s State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin had also arrived in Pyongyang and will attend the …
LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) – Britain’s government remains in close cooperation with U.S. security services ahead of King Charles’ visit to the United States this week, a senior minister said on Sunday, after a shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the dinner …