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WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has been stepping up pressure on Communist-controlled Cuba, after using the military in January to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Here is why Cuba may not be Venezuela 2.0, even though Caracas had been a key supporter of the island’s government. In Venezuela, then-Vice President …
KYIV, May 23 (Reuters) – A Russian drone struck a funeral procession on Saturday on the outskirts of the northeast Ukrainian city of Sumy, killing one person and injuring nine, a senior local official said. Oleh Hryhorov, head of the regional military administration, did not provide further details. Local media reported that a guided attack …
A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at another Russian oil terminal overnight, local officials in Russia’s Krasnodar region said Saturday, in what appeared to be the latest attack on Moscow’s vital oil industry. Russia’s Astra news outlet said Ukrainian drones struck the Sheskharis oil terminal and depot, the terminus for Russian state-controlled pipeline company …
The remains of four Italian divers who died deep inside an underwater cave earlier this month while diving in the Maldives were repatriated early Saturday, a Maldivian government spokesperson said. Five Italian divers went missing on May 14 while exploring the cave about 160 feet underwater in Vaavu Atoll. The body of their Italian diving …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday oversaw the White House swearing-in of the new Federal Reserve chair and said he would like Kevin Warsh’s help in stimulating the economy even as he tried to emphasize that the nation’s central bank would remain independent. Trump spent months criticizing Warsh’s predecessor, Jerome Powell, for being …
BEIJING (AP) — A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern Shanxi province killed at least 90 people, state media said on Saturday, in the country’s deadliest mining accident in recent years. Official news agency Xinhua said the accident at Changzhi city’s Liushenyu coal mine happened on Friday evening. Around 247 workers were …
By Ciro De Luca and Joshua McElwee ACERRA, Italy, May 23 (Reuters) – Pope Leo on Saturday called out companies who seek “dizzying” profits at the cost of environmental pollution, on a visit to an area in Italy known as a hotbed for illegal dumping of toxic waste. On a visit to Acerra, about 220 …
A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern Shanxi province killed at least 90 people, state media said on Saturday, in the country’s deadliest mining accident in recent years. Official news agency Xinhua said the accident at Changzhi city’s Liushenyu coal mine happened on Friday evening. Around 247 workers were on duty at …
SHANGHAI, May 23 (Reuters) – A gas explosion at Liushenyu coal mine in China’s northern Shanxi province late on Friday killed at least 90 people, making it China’s worst coal mine disaster in over 16 years. Here is a timeline of major coal mining disasters in China: • A mine accident at the Yiluo Mine …
ISTANBUL, May 23 (Reuters) – The Turkish intelligence agency MIT captured 10 suspected Islamic State militants in Syria and brought them back to Turkey, the Anadolu news agency on Saturday cited security sources as saying. • The sources said the suspects caught in the operation, carried out in coordination with Syrian intelligence, were linked to …