MEXICO CITY (AP) — The sound of construction roared over the most memed metro station in Mexico City as workers hammered at marble floors under a chandelier and rows of lamps reminiscent of a scene from “Harry Potter” or “Titanic,” racing to finish ahead of the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony Thursday. Mexicans milling through …
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., and Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., are planning to sit down with Cheng Li-wun, leader of the Kuomingtang Party, who has supported a peaceful reunification of Taiwan with Beijing. Mast, in an interview, said he didn’t have specific expectations for his meeting with Cheng but said as the …
June 10 (Reuters) – Democratic state officials filed a lawsuit on Wednesday claiming federal agencies have flouted the law by hastily implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives by federal contractors including many state agencies. The lawsuit in Baltimore federal court by the attorneys general of 19 …
June 11 (Reuters) – Iran’s top joint military command announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, including oil tankers and commercial ships, saying any vessel that will attempt passage will be shot at. (Reporting by Menna Alaa El Din, Ahmed Tolba and Yomna Ehab; Editing by Chris Reese) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
By Orathai Sriring and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK, June 11 (Reuters) – Ahead of Thailand’s February general election, politicians often came to court voters like 69-year-old rice farmer Chaon Taiupok in Ayutthaya, about 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital, Bangkok. “Once they won and formed the government, they disappeared,” said Chaon, who is struggling …
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is visiting the Canary Islands on Thursday to draw attention to the plight of migrants who risk their lives every year trying to reach Europe, fulfilling a wish of Pope Francis to visit one of the epicenters of the European migration debate. Leo is spending the final two …
LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) – Two days of anti-immigration violence in Northern Ireland is nothing but racist thuggery, Britain’s minister for the province said on Thursday, after police deployed water cannon to tackle rioters for a second night. Hilary Benn said there was less disorder on the streets of Belfast on Wednesday night as opposed …
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, June 11 (Reuters) – Pope Leo set off on Thursday for the final leg of his visit to Spain, flying from Barcelona to the Canary Islands, where he will meet migrants who have braved dangerous Atlantic waters as he urges the world to treat immigrants more humanely. The stop in the …
PARIS, June 11 (Reuters) – French singer and actor Patrick Bruel, one of France’s top-selling recording artists, has been placed under formal investigation for rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, and harassment from 2008 to 2019, the local prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. Being placed under formal investigation means there are reasonable grounds to believe a …
By Ananda Teresia and Budi Satriawan YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, June 11 (Reuters) – When Aldewa Anjasmara Halip’s three-year-old daughter cried hysterically every time she was due to attend a daycare centre in Indonesia’s cultural capital of Yogyakarta, he thought the toddler simply wanted to stay at home and play. But the police say the little girl …