May 15 (Reuters) – A Ukrainian drone attack killed three people in the central Russian city of Ryazan, damaged high-rise apartment buildings and hit an industrial enterprise, Regional Governor Pavel Malkov said early on Friday. “To our great regret, three people have been killed and 12 injured, including children,” Malkov wrote on the Telegram messaging …
Grabbing viewers’ attention as one of 25 acts competing in quick succession in Saturday’s grand final in Vienna means pulling out all the stops, both musically and visually. In the case of this year’s favorites to win, the Finnish duo of pop singer Pete Parkkonen and classical violinist Linda Lampenius, that involves jets of flame, …
LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) – A rodent-borne virus with a scary name. A mid-ocean cruise ship in quarantine. Several people dead and more falling sick. It is no wonder that an outbreak of the Andes strain of hantavirus on a luxury liner in the Atlantic has revived some COVID-era trauma and panic online. That has …
NEW DELHI, May 15 (Reuters) – Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Friday that reform of the United Nations and its subsidiary bodies remains central as key UN structures, particularly the Security Council, continue to reflect an “earlier era”. Representation of Asia, Africa, Latin America is essential in the UN, Jaishankar said in his …
BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said his patience with Iran is running out and he had agreed in talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping that the Islamic republic cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and must re-open the Strait of Hormuz. “We’ve settled a lot of different problems that …
ATLANTA (AP) — Same fight. New generation. “We have to respond as quickly as possible,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in an interview. “The real question,” Johnson told The Associated Press, “is how do we as a country really address the effort to shrink us backwards into a 1950s reality?” Johnson’s 117-year-old association, which was …
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mitch Marner scored a tremendous goal 62 seconds after the opening faceoff, Pavel Dorofeyev scored twice in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights cruised into the Western Conference finals with a 5-1 victory over Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 of the second round Thursday night. Brett Howden scored his …
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Blink and you might miss the few stone walls that are all that’s left of the village that Yusuf Abu Hamam’s family was forced to flee when he was an infant in 1948. The village, al-Joura, was demolished by the Israeli military at the time. It has since vanished …
Oklahoma filed a lawsuit against Roblox on Thursday, becoming the latest state to take legal action against the popular gaming platform over child safety concerns. “Roblox marketed itself as a safe place for children but turned a blind eye as predators targeted and exploited minors on its platform,” Attorney General Gentner Drummond said in a …
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks mostly retreated Friday and South Korea’s Kospi gave up gains after reaching an all-time high, as investors watch for developments from the Iran war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. U.S. futures edged down after Wall Street reached fresh records. Tokyo’s Nikkei …