Today: May 19, 2024
Today: May 19, 2024

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Sonia Gandhi makes emotional appeal to voters on behalf of son

Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India's Congress party, made an emotional appeal to voters in the family borough, asking them to vote for her son in a region that Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Sonia Gandhi makes emotional appeal to voters on behalf of son

Iran to send experts to ally Venezuela to help with medical accelerators

Iran on Saturday said it will send experts to its ally Venezuela to help with medical accelerators in hospitals it said had been stopped due to Western sanctions.

Iran to send experts to ally Venezuela to help with medical accelerators

Morning bid: New highs hold as disinflation resumes, US cools

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan World stocks notched new records and the dollar nursed its worst day of the year as fears of an overheating U.S. economy dissipate -

Morning bid: New highs hold as disinflation resumes, US cools

As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again

A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine is claiming to have seized a town near the Bangladesh border, marking the latest victory for foes of the country’s military government

As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again

An ultimatum raises pressure on Netanyahu to make postwar plans for Gaza, even as fighting rages

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under mounting pressure from his own War Cabinet and his country’s closest ally over postwar plans for Gaza

An ultimatum raises pressure on Netanyahu to make postwar plans for Gaza, even as fighting rages

Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party manifesto

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has lamented the high levels of poverty among black South Africans and promised to create jobs and tackle crime as he launched his new political party’s manifesto ahead of the country’s much anticipated elections

Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party manifesto

China's economy to improve further, stats bureau says

China's economic improvement will be further consolidated and strengthened as macro policies take effect, Liu Aihua, a spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, said on

China's economy to improve further, stats bureau says

Israel's Gantz demands Gaza day-after plan by June 8, threatens to quit cabinet

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz demanded on Saturday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commit to an agreed vision for the Gaza conflict that would include

Israel's Gantz demands Gaza day-after plan by June 8, threatens to quit cabinet

Ukraine says Russian shelling targets civilians in Kharkiv region

By Max Hunder KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine said Russian shelling targeted civilians in two cities in the northeastern region of Kharkiv on Saturday while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported

Ukraine says Russian shelling targets civilians in Kharkiv region

Pittsburgh Penguins' Mike Sullivan named U.S. men's hockey coach for 2026 Milan Olympics

Mike Sullivan has been selected U.S. coach for the 2026 Milan Olympics

Pittsburgh Penguins' Mike Sullivan named U.S. men's hockey coach for 2026 Milan Olympics

Canadian police link 4 women killed in the 1970s to dead American serial sex offender

Canadian police say they have linked the deaths of four young women nearly 50 years ago to a now deceased U.S. fugitive who hid in Canada from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s

Canadian police link 4 women killed in the 1970s to dead American serial sex offender

Biden vs Trump: What to expect from presidential debates

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Biden vs Trump: What to expect from presidential debates

Georgian president vetoes 'foreign agents' bill, TASS reports

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has announced that she has vetoed a draft law on foreign agents, Russia's state-run TASS news agency reported on Saturday.

Georgian president vetoes 'foreign agents' bill, TASS reports

Israel pushes further into parts of north Gaza; new cracks in Netanyahu coalition

Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in

Israel pushes further into parts of north Gaza; new cracks in Netanyahu coalition

Parents of German-Israeli woman whose body found in Gaza thankful to have a grave

German-Israeli Shani Louk's father says that finally laying his daughter to rest will be a gift after her body was recovered from

Parents of German-Israeli woman whose body found in Gaza thankful to have a grave

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in the rain in DC to mark a painful present and past

Hundreds of protesters rallied within sight of the U.S. Capitol, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans and voicing criticism of the Israeli and American governments

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in the rain in DC to mark a painful present and past

Member of Israel's War Cabinet says he'll quit the government June 8 unless there's a new war plan

A popular centrist member of Israel’s three-man War Cabinet has threatened to resign from the government if it doesn’t adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza in the next three weeks

Member of Israel's War Cabinet says he'll quit the government June 8 unless there's a new war plan

Georgia's president vetoes media legislation that has provoked weeks of protests

Georgia’s president has vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests

Georgia's president vetoes media legislation that has provoked weeks of protests

US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told

U.S. officials have developed highly credible intelligence suggesting that an American citizen who disappeared seven years ago while traveling in Syria has died

US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told

Flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 68 people in Afghanistan

Taliban officials say flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports

Flash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 68 people in Afghanistan

Morning bid: Dow flirts with 40k, China fights homes bust

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan After a week of worldwide stock market records, Friday seems set for a breather - with attention switching to the deepening Chinese

Morning bid: Dow flirts with 40k, China fights homes bust

Dead or alive? Parents of children gone in Sri Lanka's civil war have spent 15 years seeking answers

It has been 15 years since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, which pitted government forces against Tamil Tiger separatists

Dead or alive? Parents of children gone in Sri Lanka's civil war have spent 15 years seeking answers

Tunisian rights groups say freedoms threatened under Saied's rule

Freedoms in Tunisia are being threatened under the rule of President Kais Saied and the authorities are using the judiciary and police to punish their opponents, 10 local rights

Tunisian rights groups say freedoms threatened under Saied's rule

Pope says tension and debate are inevitable, embrace them

Arguments and tensions are inevitable in modern society and should not be brushed under the carpet, Pope Francis said on Saturday, warning that trying to impose a uniform

Pope says tension and debate are inevitable, embrace them

Austria to unblock funds for UN Palestinian relief organisation

Austria will release funds to the U.N.'s Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA that were blocked after allegations agency staff were involved in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.

Austria to unblock funds for UN Palestinian relief organisation
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