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KYIV, April 21 (Reuters) – A deadly shooting in Ukraine’s capital at the weekend has fuelled calls for the loosening of restrictions on the right to own and carry handguns for self-defence in a country scarred by years of war against Russia. Hours after a gunman took hostages in a Kyiv supermarket on Saturday, shooting …
The satirical news outlet The Onion is back with a new plan to take over the Infowars platforms of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as his company faces liquidation over more than $1 billion in defamation judgments owed to relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Under a proposal submitted Monday to a …
Rideshare giant Uber is liable for the behavior of a driver who grabbed the inner thigh of a passenger as she was leaving the front seat of his car and asked if he could “keep her” with him, a jury in North Carolina found Monday. The federal jury in Charlotte awarded the plaintiff $5,000 in …
Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the Trump administration halt plans to collect sensitive medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, as well as their family members. The Office of Personnel Management has asked 65 insurance companies to provide monthly reports with detailed medical and pharmaceutical claims data of more than 8 million people …
(Edits story tag to match pix and TV) KHUTORY, Ukraine, April 21 (Reuters) – Petro Hurin says his health has never been the same since he was sent 40 years ago to clear the Chornobyl site in the wake of the world’s worst nuclear accident. He was among hundreds of thousands of ‘liquidators’ brought in …
KATHMANDU, April 21 (Reuters) – Nepal has resumed issuing permits for its nationals to work in the Middle East, an official said on Tuesday, six weeks after suspending the procedure because of conflict in the region. About 75% of all Nepali workers abroad work in Middle East nations, mainly as labourers at building sites, and …
DAKAR, April 21 (Reuters) – A U.S. firm central to the Trump administration’s push to secure critical minerals from Congo overstated its mining experience, Reuters has found. Virtus, which bought Chemaf’s mines in March for $30 million from the miner’s shareholders, stated on its website that it had a track record in Congo due to its operating …
By Guy Faulconbridge and Anton Kolodyazhnyy MOSCOW, April 21 (Reuters) – Russian forces have taken 1,700 square km (656 square miles) of territory in Ukraine this year and are advancing on its so-called fortress belt in Donbas, Moscow’s top general said while inspecting his forces. Russia has since its 2022 invasion been seeking to take …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state television on Tuesday issued an on-screen alert saying that “no delegation from Iran has visited Islamabad … so far” as speculation about possible talks with the United States grows. The on-screen alert likely reflects the internal debate ongoing within Iran’s theocracy as it weighs how to respond …
There had never been a unanimous NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Until now. Victor Wembanyama — as expected — was announced Monday as the league’s top defensive player. The San Antonio center was second in the voting for DPOY as a rookie, was the favorite last season until a medical condition ended his season …