BUDAPEST, May 22 (Reuters) – An explosion at Hungarian oil and gas group MOL’s petrochemical plant in Tiszaujvaros, eastern Hungary, has killed one person and seriously injured several others, the company said in a statement on Friday. Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in a Facebook post that his economy minister Istvan Kapitany and MOL’s executive …
MADRID, May 22 (Reuters) – Spain will introduce a plan to match migrants to jobs under a programme to grant legal status to about 500,000 undocumented workers to help drive economic growth, the country’s top immigration official told Reuters. The programme, announced in January, has been criticised by far-right leaders in Spain and across Europe, …
By Ece Toksabay and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA, May 22 (Reuters) – Turkey’s political opposition dug in on Friday to resist an unprecedented court ruling that ousted its leader and annulled its congress, inflaming a political crisis that critics say aims to further prolong President Tayyip Erdogan’s 23-year rule. The appeals court cited unspecified irregularities in …
CBS News Radio, which provides news programming to an estimated 700 stations spanning the United States, will sign off the air Friday night after nearly a century of broadcasting. The storied service, launched in September 1927, was home to broadcast legends Edward R. Murrow, Robert Trout, Douglas Edwards, Charles Osgood, Dan Rather and many other familiar …
A United Airlines flight from Newark Liberty International Airport was forced to make an emergency landing in Washington D.C. on Thursday night. The pilot reported to air traffic control that an unruly passenger on Flight 1551, a Boeing 737 Max 8 bound for Guatemala City with 145 passengers and six crew members on board, tried …
A United Airlines flight from Newark Liberty International Airport was forced to make an emergency landing in Washington D.C. on Thursday night. The pilot reported to air traffic control that an unruly passenger on Flight 1551, a Boeing 737 Max 8 bound for Guatemala City with 145 passengers and six crew members on board, tried …
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s top federal prosecutor abandoned a closely watched case Thursday against four activists who protested outside a federal building during last year’s immigration crackdown in the city, after a judge scrutinized allegations of grand jury misconduct by the prosecutor’s office. U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros announced the decision to dismiss the remaining charges …
HAVANA (AP) — Former President Raúl Castro was last seen surrounded by tens of thousands of people attending a state-organized rally for International Workers’ Day along Havana’s famed seawall. The 94-year-old stood tall and unwavering under a warming sun, even as some people nearby fainted before the May 1 event began. Standing behind him was …
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States has sanctioned Tanzania’s police chief and barred him from entering the U.S., citing alleged human rights violations committed by the police force. The sanctions announced Thursday followed a general election in October in which President Samia Suluhu Hassan won a full term with 97% of the vote after …
BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will travel to New York and chair a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council on May 26, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday. In New York, Wang will meet the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and foreign ministers from “relevant countries”, the ministry said …