BEIJING, June 1 (Reuters) – China will send a team of medical specialists to the Democratic Republic of Congo to assist with the region’s Ebola outbreak, foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Monday. The Chinese government has decided to provide humanitarian assistance to Congo and will continue to do so “to the best of …
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of youths in Kenya’s central town of Nanyuki on Monday demonstrated against the establishment at the Laikipia Air Base of an Ebola quarantine center for American citizens exposed to the virus. The two organizations cited Kenya’s fragile health system as the reason why foreign Ebola patients should not be quarantined …
About a year ago at Erlanger Baroness, the largest hospital in Chattanooga, anesthesia staff noticed that a nurse was slurring his words and struggling to stay awake while on duty in the surgery center, according to a Tennessee Board of Nursing consent order. In the days that followed, the nurse failed a drug test and …
It’s a slogan that’s long encapsulated the unique ability of Hugo Chávez’s fiercely nationalistic revolution to stay in power in Venezuela for 27 years: “United, we will win!” The young, the old, ruling party leaders and propagandists alike shout it at official events, street demonstrations and on state television, pumping their fists to show loyalty …
Senate Democrats are launching a coordinated effort to kill the Trump administration’s $1.7+ billion “anti-weaponization fund.“ In a “Dear Colleague” letter released Monday, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will use a variety of strategies, from floor action to oversight, to block President Trump’s “nearly $2 billion MAGA slush fund.” “If Republicans return to reconciliation, …
BEIJING, June 1 (Reuters) – China firmly opposes the “suppression” of a reporter for the official Xinhua news agency who is based in the United States, the foreign ministry said on Monday. The United States is using the pretext of so-called reciprocity to “politically suppress” the Xinhua reporter, who is working there legally, ministry spokesperson …
TAIPEI, June 1 (Reuters) – Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun said on Monday that she would be “very willing” to meet U.S. President Donald Trump when she visits the U.S. this month. Cheng, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s largest opposition party, leaves for a two week U.S. trip later on Monday, following on from …
JEURSALEM, June 1 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement on Monday ordered the military to attack targets in the Lebanese capital Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Sharon Singleton) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – April 2026
BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers in Laos searched Monday for an alternative passage into a flooded cave where two people are believed to have been trapped for nearly two weeks after heavy rainfall flooded the main entrance, making it impassable. The two people remain unaccounted for since a search and rescue operation began last month …
Until three years ago, Sara Cabral’s faith experience was on trend with other Southern European youth — a “Catholic but never practicing” upbringing with little relevance to her life on Spain’s Canary Islands. Then she listened to a song from a faith youth group that felt as if God were speaking to her. She joined …