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By Nellie Peyton and Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG, March 11 (Reuters) – Andrew Veitch left South Africa after being held up at gunpoint in his car. But now he feels there are greater threats in the United States, he said, citing mass shootings in public places as well as violence by U.S. immigration officers. “People are …
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese mother of two had just awakened to prepare the pre-dawn meal before another day of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when Israeli warplanes began attacking southern Lebanon in retaliation for rockets and drones launched by Hezbollah. The family quickly packed up and headed toward Beirut, seeking safety …
March 11 (Reuters) – Israeli strikes targeted an apartment building in central Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanese state media said, marking the second strike in the city in recent days. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military and no immediate reports of casualties. A previous strike in Beirut killed five members of Iran’s Islamic …
Ultraconservative José Antonio Kast takes office as president in Chile after a landslide win promising tough action on crime and immigration
Iran fires missiles and drones across the Gulf including oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and a ship off the coast of the Emirates
BEIJING/SHENZHEN, March 11 (Reuters) – Chen Zhuo is in a rush to get visas for his equipment technicians to fly from China to the United States, where one client is accelerating the expansion of a food processing plant to be able to import machinery at lower U.S. tariffs. By contrast, Ren Yanlin, an executive at …
DANDONG/SEOUL/SINGAPORE, March 11 (Reuters) – When Kim Jong Un arrived by armored train in Beijing for a military parade in September, the pageantry signaled a thaw in one of the world’s most important relationships after several years of frosty ties. Behind the spectacle of tanks and fighter jets, North Korea’s leader brought a senior economic …
Israel and Iran are trading attacks as Iran squeezes global oil supplies by choking traffic through the Strait of Hormuz
Flower garlands are synonymous with Hawaii
LEWIS, N.Y. (AP) — The Adirondacks are a vast stretch of forested mountains noted for the haunting call of loons, the crackle of campfires and the soft swish of kayak paddles on placid lakes. Should the boom of howitzers be allowed here, too? An unprecedented proposal to test large artillery in a rural Adirondack Park …