April 22 (Reuters) – Russian drones attacked infrastructure in Ukraine’s Black Sea Odesa port overnight, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on Wednesday. Berths, warehouses, railway infrastructure and port operators’ facilities were damaged in the assault, Kuleba wrote on Telegram. The hold of a cargo ship was also hit, causing a fire Ukraine’s seaports authority …
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is visiting one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious prisons Wednesday, drawing attention to human rights abuses that campaigners have denounced for years and especially after the U.S. began deporting third-country migrants here. Leo’s visit to the prison in Bata, the central African country’s port city, continues the tradition …
By Maya Gebeily and Emilie Madi BEIRUT, April 22 (Reuters) – An Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon, bombings in Beirut, massive displacement and rising sectarian friction. The year is 2026, but for those who lived through Lebanon’s civil war five decades ago, it may as well be the 1970s. Lebanese who fought in the 1975-1990 …
LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. climbed in March after a sharp jump in prices at the pump in the wake of the disruption to energy supplies caused by the Iran war, official figures showed Wednesday. The Office for National Statistics said the annual consumer price inflation rate increased to 3.3% from 3% the …
By Raul Cortes and Aida Pelaez-Fernandez MEXICO CITY, April 21 (Reuters) – Top Mexican officials on Tuesday vowed to ensure safety ahead of the World Cup soccer matches following a shooting at the famed Teotihuacan pyramids that killed a Canadian tourist, and said the gunman appeared to have been influenced by violent incidents abroad. Holding …
DENVER (AP) — Nicolas Roy scored on a rebound 7:44 into overtime and Scott Wedgewood made 24 saves, including a penalty shot, as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. Roy put the winner through the legs of defenseman Brandt …
BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters) – China said a group of its naval vessels, including a destroyer, passed through a waterway between two islands administered by the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday as it returned home after testing far-seas capabilities. Vessel formation 133 dispatched by the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command has completed its …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, damaging the vessel and complicating efforts to bring the United States and Iran together in Pakistan for talks to end the war. The morning attack by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came after U.S. President Donald Trump …
Iran has not yet responded to Trump’s announcement of the ceasefire extension, and both countries have warned they were prepared to resume fighting if a deal isn’t reached. Trump said Tuesday night in a social media post that “Iran doesn’t want the Strait of Hormuz closed, they want it open” so they can sell their …
LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) – Russia has repeatedly launched drones and missiles on a flight path near the disused Chornobyl nuclear plant during attacks on Ukraine, elevating the risk of a major accident, Ukraine’s top state prosecutor told Reuters. Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko detailed the previously unreported Russian military activity near Ukrainian nuclear sites in …