May 23 (Reuters) – Uganda said on Saturday that three new Ebola cases had been confirmed there, taking the total of confirmed cases to five. The new cases include a Ugandan driver who transported the country’s first confirmed case as well as a health worker who was exposed to the virus while taking care of …
May 23 (Reuters) – The death toll from a drone strike on a student dorm in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine has risen to 10 from six, a Russian-installed official said on Saturday. Russia on Friday accused Ukraine of what it described as a deliberate drone strike in the town of Starobilsk with …
TAIPEI, May 23 (Reuters) – Hundreds of people rallied in central Taipei on Saturday in support of government plans to increase defence spending, after the opposition controlled parliament approved only two-thirds of the $40 billion President Lai Ching-te had requested. Lai wanted the supplementary defence budget approved, including money for U.S. arms but also for …
MANASSAS, Virginia, May 22 (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Friday that the first round of formal negotiations to update the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement next week in Mexico City will focus on strengthening regional rules of origin and economic security provisions. He told reporters at a Micron Technology memory chip plant in …
ISTANBUL, May 23 (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 13 people under an investigation into a 2023 congress of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), state media said on Saturday, after a court ruling this week ousted the party’s leader Ozgur Ozel, inflaming a political crisis. A Turkish appeals court on Thursday annulled the congress, …
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR driver Kyle Busch experienced shortness of breath, felt he was overheating and was coughing up blood the day before his death, according to a 911 call obtained Friday by The Associated Press. Busch died Thursday at age 41. No cause of death has been given, though his family said earlier …
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Delays could be in store for a proposed $7.25 billion settlement covering thousands of claims that the maker of Roundup weedkiller failed to warn people the product could cause cancer. An attorney opposed to the settlement filed paperwork Friday to move the case to federal court instead of a Missouri …
NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Volpe will start working out at second base for the New York Yankees following José Caballero’s recovery from a broken middle finger. Caballero was activated and started at shortstop in Friday’s series opener against AL-best Tampa Bay after spending the minimum 10 days on the injured list. Volpe was on …
ACERRA, Italy (AP) — Families living in a toxic-waste polluted area around Naples were preparing to meet Pope Leo XIV during his pastoral visit on Saturday, carrying with them years of grief, anger and hopes for justice after losing children to cancer linked to a multi-billion mafia racket of dumping toxic waste. The visit to …
KYIV, May 23 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a letter to EU leaders that a German proposal to grant Ukraine “associate” membership of the European Union was “unfair” because it would leave Kyiv without a voice inside the bloc. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has suggested allowing Ukraine to participate in EU meetings …