At least four people, including three near Moscow, died in one of the largest Ukrainian overnight attacks against Russia since the start of the war, according to Russian local authorities. A woman was killed after a drone hit her home in Khimki, a city just northwest of Moscow, and two men died in the village …
May 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to preserve mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone marked the latest time that the nation’s top judicial body has reined in an even more right-leaning appeals court, one nestled in the American South. The Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold a May 1 ruling …
By David Hood-Nuño and Julio-Cesar Chavez WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) – A Trump administration-backed celebration of U.S. religious heritage on Sunday is highlighting conservative Christian leaders’ ties to the president as critics say the gathering does not reflect the country’s diverse faith landscape. The nine-hour program, called “Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & …
Recent outbreaks of hantavirus and norovirus on cruise ships are making headlines, but they’re unlikely to dim the growing popularity of vacation cruises, according to industry representatives and travel experts. In fact, many within the industry still expect a record number of people worldwide to take cruises this year despite three passengers aboard the MV …
KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (Reuters) – Two prominent former Malaysian ministers announced on Sunday they would vacate their parliamentary seats and resign from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling party to join a new party that they have taken over. The move by Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who resigned from cabinet last year …
MANILA, May 17 (Reuters) – Philippine government lawyers have urged the Supreme Court to reject the bid of fugitive Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity linked to his role in a bloody “war on drugs”, to block his arrest and surrender. Dela Rosa, the former police chief who oversaw …
BEIJING, May 17 (Reuters) – Police in China, the United States and United Arab Emirates arrested 276 telecom fraud suspects in a joint operation to crack down on scam gangs operating in Dubai, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported Sunday. The operation was the first of its kind between the three countries and “successfully destroyed nine …
BEIJING, May 17 (Reuters) – China sent emergency rescue workers to the rural Guangxi region in the southwest on Sunday after a pickup truck carrying 15 passengers fell into a flooded river the previous evening, state broadcaster CCTV reported. At least one person was found dead while nine passengers remain missing, CCTV reported earlier on …
MILAN, May 17 (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to Modena on Sunday, a day after several people were injured in a car-ramming incident there, cancelling a meeting in Nicosia with Cyprus’ president in order to make the trip, government sources said. Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella will also travel to the Italian …
TAIPEI, May 17 (Reuters) – The expression “Taiwan independence” means the island neither belongs to nor is subordinate to Beijing and that only the Taiwanese people can decide their future, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday. Lai’s comments, a reiteration of his views, come days after President Donald Trump met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping …