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BERLIN, May 30 (Reuters) – Flights were halted at Munich Airport in southern Germany on Saturday morning after a possible drone sighting, German media including Focus Online and Bild reported, but Focus said soon afterwards that they had resumed. The airport and police did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The departures page on …
SINGAPORE, May 30 (Reuters) – Strong relations between Vietnam and its giant neighbour and territorial rival China would benefit regional peace and security, although ties with the U.S. were also important, Vietnam’s top leader has said. “We do not pick sides,” Communist Party General Secretary and President To Lam told Reuters late on Friday in …
May 29 (Reuters) – The heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization warned on Friday that the war in the Middle East was straining global energy supplies and hitting vulnerable economies hardest. The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has disrupted trade, rattled financial markets and raised concerns over …
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Big 12 is becoming the first Power Four conference to have each of its members sign participation agreements with the College Sports Commission, the agency formed last year to police name, image and likeness payments. “The Big 12 wants rules and enforcements, and we want to be a leader in …
The fighting continues in Iran and Ukraine, and Uber drivers in Massachusetts are fighting for their collective rights. Seth Cline here with what you may have missed in this short post-holiday week of Decision Points. Tuesday Fresh off the long weekend, Olivier surveyed ongoing peace talks in Iran, which President Donald Trump said Monday were …
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Three climbers on Alaska’s Mount McKinley who fell near a treacherous pass on North America’s tallest peak have died, a Latvian mountaineering group announced Friday. A fourth climber was rescued. The four were members of a Latvian mountaineering expedition, the group said. They were part of a seven-person team traversing a …
May 30 (Reuters) – Zambia has investigated and cleared two suspected cases of Ebola as it steps up screening and surveillance for the deadly viral disease following an outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Congolese authorities said on Friday suspected cases from the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no vaccine, …
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge has said that New Hampshire must make voter registration easier by allowing applicants to attest to their U.S. citizenship if they don’t have the documents to prove it. The case was seen as the first major legal test of an election reform that has been pushed nationally by …
MOSCOW, May 30 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck a tanker at Russia’s port of Taganrog overnight and hit an oil depot in the city of Armavir, authorities in the southern regions of Rostov and Krasnodar said on Saturday. Rostov region Governor Yury Slyusar said on Telegram that fires on the tanker and in the port …
