BRUSSELS, May 8 (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers are expected to adopt new sanctions on Monday related to the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, two EU sources said on Friday. Ukraine says close to 20,000 children have been illegally sent to Russia and Belarus. “There will be a meeting on the margins of …
NAIROBI, May 8 (Reuters) – Shorn of influence in its former colonies in West Africa, France will seek to deepen ties elsewhere on the continent next week at an Africa summit in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, its first in an English-speaking country. With a year left in his presidency, French President Emmanuel Macron is hoping …
SEOUL, May 8 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Oceans Ministry said on Friday that government investigators had started examining the cause of an explosion and fire aboard a Korean-operated vessel amid uncertainty over whether it had been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. • The ship’s operator HMM said investigators dispatched from South Korea boarded the …
JOHANNESBURG, May 8 (Reuters) – South Africa’s constitutional court on Friday backed an opposition party’s case that seeks to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a scandal dubbed “Farmgate” by local media. The scandal almost brought down Ramaphosa when it erupted in 2022 after an independent panel found evidence he may have committed …
CHISINAU, May 8 (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday there was no exact date yet for opening formal talks on Moldova’s accession to the bloc, although the EU wanted to move fast on the matter. “We haven’t set that date, but it’s clear that we need to move fast,” …
AMSTERDAM, May 8 (Reuters) – A new suspected case of hantavirus was identified in a British national on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha on Friday, as efforts continue to trace passengers of the luxury cruise ship hit by the virus and their immediate contacts. The British health security agency did not disclose …
A hiker’s body has been found by search and rescue crews in Glacier National Park in Montana, park officials said Thursday. His remains were spotted Wednesday about two-and-a-half miles up the Mt. Brown Trail, some 50 feet off the trail “in a densely wooded area with downed timber,” the officials said. “His injuries are consistent …
May 7 (Reuters) – The Virginia Department of Health said on Thursday it is monitoring a resident who recently returned from a cruise ship linked to a deadly Hantavirus outbreak. The person had been aboard the MV Hondius, a Dutch-flagged expedition cruise ship that is at the center of an international public-health response after multiple cases …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury Thursday found the city of Los Angeles was not liable in the killing of a 14-year-old girl who was hit by a police officer’s stray bullet during a shootout while Christmas shopping in 2021 with her mother. The ruling came after a nearly monthlong trial in the wrongful death …
WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday three U.S. Navy destroyers transited out of the Strait of Hormuz under fire, adding that the American destroyers were not damaged but “great damage was done to Iranian attackers.” “Three World Class American Destroyers just transited, very successfully, out of the Strait of Hormuz, …