By Rogan Ward KWANDENGEZI, South Africa (Reuters) – Rains that have killed around 400 people and left thousands homeless in South Africa this week began pounding the east coast again on Saturday, threatening more flooding and forcing many to take refug…
Moscow bars entry to Russia for UK’s Johnson, Truss, Wallace
(Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday it had barred entry to the country for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and 10 other British government members and politicians. The m…
Opponents of French far-right protest as election campaign enters final week
By John Irish and Clotaire Achi PARIS (Reuters) – Thousands of anti-far right protesters marched across France on Saturday as opponents of presidential candidate Marine Le Pen seek to form a united front to prevent her from winning an election runoff a…
Chinese astronauts land on Earth after China’s longest crewed space mission
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Three Chinese astronauts returned to earth on Saturday after 183 days in space, state television reported, completing the country’s longest crewed space mission to date. The astronauts landed nine hours after they left a key module …
Ukraine’s prime minister, finance officials to visit Washington next week
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and top Ukrainian finance officials will visit Washington next week during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, sources familiar with the p…
Ukraine says fighting rages in Mariupol, blasts rattle Kyiv
By Pavel Polityuk and Elizabeth Piper KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Friday it was trying to break Russia’s siege of Mariupol as fighting raged around the city’s massive steel works and port, and the capital Kyiv was rocked by some of the most powerfu…
Russian crowd mourns Black Sea flagship after sinking
(Reuters) – Dozens of people gathered in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on Friday to mourn the sinking of the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, a symbol, the crowd heard, of hope, revival and power until its demise. Some embraced and others laid fl…
Shanghai turns residences into COVID isolation facilities, sparking protest
By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shanghai is converting residential buildings into quarantine centres to house a mounting number of COVID-19 cases, but the move is sparking anger and protest from neighbours worried they are being put at increased ris…
Sudan’s Burhan gestures towards steps to ease tensions
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan gestured in comments on Friday towards steps to ease tensions in the country six months after a military coup. “We are embarking on a difficult period and we must all present c…
Main Paris attacks suspect apologises to victims
PARIS (Reuters) – Salah Abdeslam, believed to be the sole surviving member of the group of Islamist militants that killed 130 people in a night of gun and bomb attacks in Paris in 2015, apologised to the victims during his trial on Friday, French media…