MELBOURNE, May 26 (Reuters) – A coalition of environmentalists and Indigenous Australian activists camping in the city park where the main stadium for the 2032 Olympics will be built is holding firm against threats they will be forcibly removed to allow construction to start next week. Victoria Park, one of Brisbane’s few significant inner-city green …
PARIS, May 26 (Reuters) – Seven people have died in France in circumstances related directly or indirectly to the current heatwave, French Junior Energy Minister Maud Bregeon said on Tuesday. • Five of the seven fatalities were people drowning in lakes, rivers or beaches, Bregeon said. • The government has ordered local authorities to take …
BEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) – China on Tuesday reiterated its stance on the Australia-India-Japan-US Quad group, saying cooperation between countries should contribute to regional peace, stability and prosperity, and should not target any third party. “We also do not support the formation of exclusive cliques or bloc confrontation. No cooperation should undermine mutual trust and …
CAIRO, May 26 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike killed at least five Palestinians who confronted an anti-Hamas militia at a refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health officials said. Medics and residents said an Israeli drone fired a missile at people who came out of their homes when an Israeli-backed Palestinian militia tried …
DUBAI, May 26 (Reuters) – Iran has executed a man for alleged espionage and intelligence cooperation with Israel, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Tuesday. The agency identified the individual as Gholamreza Khani Shekarab. (Reporting by Elwely Elwelly; Editing by Kevin Liffey) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
May 26 (Reuters) – A rescue team racing to save seven people trapped for days in a cave in Laos is getting closer to reaching them, the head of the operation said, after breaking through 15 m (16 yards) of obstacles in a day. The seven entered the cave in Laos’ central Xaisomboun province on …
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a village in eastern Lebanon killed 12 people, the country’s state-run National News Agency said Tuesday. The strike late Monday in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley area came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had authorized more intensive strikes targeting the Hezbollah militant group across Lebanon. The …
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A passenger van struck an elephant in a Ugandan national park, killing three people and injuring four others, police said. The crash happened on Sunday on a paved road inside Murchison Falls National Park, police said in a statement on Monday. The van was transporting employees of the Uganda Revenue Authority …
By Marleen Kaesebier, Denis Balibouse and Cecile Mantovani WILER, Switzerland, May 26 (Reuters) – Hotel Momentum stands above Switzerland’s Loetschen Valley as a symbol of recovery, a year after a collapsing glacier destroyed the village of Blatten. Built in just 105 days near the neighbouring town of Wiler, the wooden hotel is one of the …
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Four immigration judges in Washington state were years ahead of a sea change in immigration enforcement that has reversed a long American tradition. The denial of bond for many held on immigration charges has unleashed tens of thousands of lawsuits since July, alleging violations of constitutional rights against illegal confinement. The …