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DOUALA, April 17 (Reuters) – Thousands of people were gathering early on Friday in Douala, Cameroon’s largest city and economic hub, for a Mass with Pope Leo that will likely be the biggest event of the pontiff’s four-nation Africa tour. The Vatican is expecting about 600,000 to fill streets around Japoma Stadium to be part …
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is starting a two-day visit to Spain on Friday where he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez will meet with other leaders, mostly of mid-to-small-sized countries, who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order and the rise of the populist far right. …
ANTALYA, Turkey, April 17 (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said on Friday he expected Washington and Ankara to soon solve the issue of U.S. sanctions over Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile defences. “I think you are going to see the S-400 situation solved soon. From my boss’s point of view, acceptance …
By Laila Bassam and Thomas Suen BEIRUT/QASMIYEH, Lebanon, April 17 (Reuters) – People uprooted by the war in Lebanon began returning home on Friday, checking whether their houses were still standing, though some did not plan to stay for fear a 10-day ceasefire in the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel could prove fragile. Hills of …
LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – British police said on Friday they had charged three people in connection with an attempted arson attack on the offices of a Persian-language media organisation in northwest London earlier this week. Oisin McGuinness, 21, Nathan Dunn, 19, and a 16-year-old boy were all charged with arson with intent to endanger …
The James clan has the chance to add another chapter to its family lore this month, thanks to Bronny’s growth into a player that all of the Los Angeles Lakers can trust. LeBron and Bronny seem likely to play postseason minutes together this month when the Lakers face the Houston Rockets in the first round. …
PORT-AU-PRINCE, April 16 (Reuters) – Nearly 6 million people in Haiti are expected to face acute food insecurity in the coming months, underscoring how gang violence, mass displacement and economic strain are keeping the Caribbean nation in the grip of a deepening humanitarian crisis, according to a new assessment published on Thursday. About 5.8 million …
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank said on Thursday they had resumed dealings with Venezuela, which had been paused since 2019. The move paves the way for a full IMF assessment of Venezuela’s economy for the first time in some 20 years and could eventually unlock billions of …
PARIS (AP) — The leaders of France and the U.K. will gather dozens of countries — but not the United States — on Friday to push forward plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The Paris meeting is part of attempts by sidelined …
SYDNEY, April 17 (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on Friday met survivors of December’s Bondi Beach shooting that left 15 dead, on the final day of their visit to Australia. A father and son who police say were inspired by Islamic State are alleged to have opened fire on a …