By Fikayo Owoeye LAGOS (Reuters) -Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria during mass on Sunday, killing at least 50 people including women and children, according to a hospital doctor and media reports. Several Nigerian news outlets sai…
Six dead in Philadelphia, Chattanooga in latest U.S. mass shootings
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Mass shootings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, left at least six people dead and more than 25 wounded, police said on Sunday in the latest cases of gun violence after recent massacres in Texas, Ne…
Republican Cheney warns U.S. democracy remains under threat
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Liz Cheney warned that the nation’s democratic system is threatened by ongoing efforts to deny the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. “People must pay attention. P…
Russian general killed in eastern Ukraine, Russian state media reporter says
LONDON (Reuters) – A Russian general was killed in eastern Ukraine, a Russian state media journalist said on Sunday, adding to the string of high-ranking military casualties sustained by Moscow. The report, published on the Telegram messaging app by st…
Exclusive: U.S. to let Eni, Repsol ship Venezuela oil to Europe for debt – sources
By Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol SA could begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month to make up for Russian crude, five people familiar with the mat…
Queen Elizabeth ‘humbled’ by Platinum Jubilee response
LONDON (Reuters) -Queen Elizabeth said on Sunday she had been “humbled and deeply touched” by the number of people coming out to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee at the conclusion of four days of festivities to mark her 70 years on the British throne. Te…
Kyiv rocked by blasts from Russian cruise missiles, Ukraine says
By Pavel Polityuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Russia hit Kyiv with cruise missiles fired from the Caspian Sea on Sunday, striking a rail car repair facility in the Ukrainian capital, in the first such attack for weeks, Ukraine’s army and the countr…
Firefighters still working to put out deadly Bangladesh container blaze
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -Firefighters worked for a second day on Sunday to extinguish a massive blaze that killed at least 49 people at a container depot in southeast Bangladesh, the latest incident highlighting the country’s poor industrial safet…
India’s ruling party suspends official over comments about Islam
MUMBAI (Reuters) -India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Sunday it had suspended BJP spokeswoman Nupur Sharma in response to comments she made during a TV debate about the Prophet Mohammed. The BJP said in a statement on its website that t…
Mexico state elections poised to bring fresh gains to president’s party
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexicans started casting votes in six state elections on Sunday that are likely to boost President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s party, in one of the last major tests of his electoral clout before the political foc…