CANBERRA, May 24 (Reuters) – A 39-year-old man has died after being attacked by a shark at the Great Barrier Reef on Sunday, police said, the second fatal shark attack in Australia this month. The man was rushed to shore after being bitten near Kennedy Shoal, a shallow reef around 45 km (28 miles) off …
May 24 (Reuters) – A powerful bomb exploded near a railway track as a train carrying passengers passed through Pakistan’s Quetta, wounding more than two dozen people, the Associated Press reported on Sunday, citing officials. Doctors said local hospitals had received over 30 wounded, with several in critical condition, the report added. (Reporting by Ananya …
WARSAW, May 24 (Reuters) – Poland is facing a series of false alarms about fires or other threats, including one on Saturday at a flat in Gdansk belonging to a member of President Karol Nawrocki’s family, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. Tusk held a sitting of the Government Security Center on Sunday morning after the …
NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is holding talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Sunday as the two countries look to steady ties that have fallen to their lowest point in over two decades. Rubio’s visit comes during an economic and diplomatic downturn between the United States and India, …
BEIJING, May 24 (Reuters) – The chaos in the aftermath of China’s worst mine disaster in 17 years led to a revision in the death toll to 82 killed, local officials said at a press conference late on Saturday. The people died in a gas explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in China’s northern province …
May 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Iran are close to signing a deal involving a 60-day ceasefire extension, during which the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened, Iran would be able to freely sell oil and negotiations would be held on curbing Iran’s nuclear program, Axios reported on Saturday, citing a U.S. official. According to the Axios report, …
Authorities braced for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank in Southern California could leak or explode as an evacuation order continued into the Memorial Day weekend for 40,000 residents with no timeline on when they can return. No injuries were reported after the pressurized tank overheated Thursday and began venting vapors at a company …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 04-16-41-48-66, Powerball: 26, Power Play: 2 (four, sixteen, forty-one, forty-eight, sixty-six, Powerball: twenty-six, Power Play: two) Estimated jackpot: $132 million Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Photos You …
DUBAI, May 24 (Reuters) – Iran executed one person for charges related to sending information to the U.S. and Israel during the war, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported on Sunday. The individual, identified as Mojtaba Kian, was sending data about Iran’s defense industry to “the enemy”, according to the news agency. (Reporting by …
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight Sunday in an intense assault that shook buildings across the city center, including near government offices, residential buildings and schools. At least 10 people were injured, local authorities said, citing preliminary figures. Air raid sirens blared through the night as smoke billowed across …