BUDAPEST, April 1 (Reuters) – Hungary’s centre-right Tisza party widened its lead over Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling Fidesz ahead of an April 12 parliamentary election, two opinion polls showed on Wednesday, although a large share of voters remained undecided. Veteran nationalist Orban faces the biggest challenge to his rule in 16 years, although the …
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A rubber boat carrying migrants capsized in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday following a high-speed chase by the coast guard, killing 18 migrants, officials said. At least 21 other migrants were rescued. The Turkish Coast Guard Command said the boat carrying dozens of migrants ignored repeated warnings to stop and attempted …
TAIPEI/BEIJING, April 1 (Reuters) – At a time of international turbulence the world does not need a crisis over Taiwan, the leader of the island’s largest opposition party said on Wednesday ahead of a trip to China, adding she is seeking reconciliation. Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), is travelling to China starting Tuesday …
VIENNA (AP) — Should the U.S. decide to send in military forces to secure Iran’s uranium stockpile, it would be a complex, risky and lengthy operation, fraught with radiation and chemical dangers, according to experts and former government officials. U.S. President Donald Trump has offered shifting reasons for the war in Iran but has consistently …
April 1 (Reuters) – Microsoft is on track to invest $5.5 billion in cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Singapore through 2029, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. (Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Environmentalist groups accused Mexico’s government of lying about the origins of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, something authorities promptly denied. Mexico’s government reported that 800 tons of hydrocarbon-laden waste have spilled into the ocean. The government said the spill started in March and the sources were a …
SYDNEY (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees struggling to survive in Bangladesh’s overcrowded camps will see their food assistance slashed starting on Wednesday, raising alarm throughout the increasingly desperate community. Currently, the 1.2 million Rohingya trapped in the squalid camps receive $12 a month per person, an amount the persecuted minority from Myanmar …
ATLANTA (AP) — As the World Cup nears, Christian Pulisic’s scoreless streak for the United States stretched to a career-high eight games. “It’s frustrating, but I’m just going to stay positive,” he said after Tuesday night’s 2-0 loss to Portugal in a friendly. “A lot of big things ahead, and I know I’m going to …
A tugboat captain has been charged in a deadly Miami collision that killed three girls from a sailing camp, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Yusiel Lopez Insua, 46, of Miami, faces a charge of seaman’s manslaughter in the July collision, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. Insua didn’t …
JAKARTA, April 1 (Reuters) – Indonesia has called on the United Nations to conduct an investigation into the deaths of three of its UNIFIL peacekeepers following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, a foreign ministry official said in a statement published on Wednesday. The ministry’s U.N. representative, Umar Hadi, made the statement during an emergency meeting …