April 29 (Reuters) – Russia has attacked port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region with drones in overnight strikes that also damaged residential buildings and a hospital and left two people wounded, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Regional Governor Oleh Kiper, writing on Telegram, said the attack in the south of the Odesa region destroyed …
SEOUL, April 29 (Reuters) – A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday gave a seven-year jail term to former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including obstructing investigators trying to execute an arrest warrant since his short-lived 2024 martial law declaration. The Seoul High Court delivered the ruling in a televised hearing, the first decision …
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Mexican man in the United States has pleaded guilty to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and following federal immigration officers to divert them while they were out on immigration enforcement missions in Southern California. Jamie Ernesto Alvarez-Gonzalez admitted to following a Border Patrol agent on Jan. 8 while he was …
By Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has mandated what it calls “enhanced” security checks for immigration applicants, according to internal guidance sent to the employees of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Internal guidance by USCIS directed …
April 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, overseen by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Tuesday asked for nominations to the influential task force that decides which preventive medical care is provided at no cost to patients. The Preventive Services Task Force, which typically has 16 members, last met over …
A powerful storm ripped through the North Texas city of Mineral Wells Tuesday evening and caused serious damage, authorities said. City officials said Tuesday night that several people were injured and two were brought to Palo Pinto General Hospital, but no critical injuries or deaths were reported. The storm appeared to have blown through an …
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) – If the ancestors of Donald Trump and King Charles could see them today, the U.S. president mused Tuesday, they “would surely be filled with awe and pride that the Anglo-American revolution in human freedom” had survived to the present day. Trump moments later stepped back from the lectern at the …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Rules for showing red cards to players at the World Cup were updated Tuesday because of two controversies in international soccer this year. FIFA president Gianni Infantino pushed for changes after Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni tried to hide verbal insults toward Vinícius Júnior in a Champions League game and Senegal’s team …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer and songwriter D4vd has been charged with murder, sexual abuse and dismemberment in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. His lawyers said he is not guilty and did not cause the death of the girl whose body, authorities said, was found in his towed Tesla SUV in Hollywood in …
ZURICH, April 29 (Reuters) – A slim majority of Swiss are backing an upcoming referendum proposal to limit Switzerland’s population to 10 million, and support for it is growing, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. The government has rejected the initiative backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) being put to voters on June …