By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai rebels sidelined from peace talks claimed responsibility on Saturday for deadly bombings in the country’s Muslim-majority deep south that broke a Ramadan holiday agreed between the main rebel group and the go…
Climate change protesters block central Paris square to protest election choices
PARIS (Reuters) – Climate change activists forced the closure of a main square in central Paris on Saturday to protest against the environmental programmes put forward by France’s remaining presidential candidates. The Extinction Rebellion (XR) had sai…
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 ag…
More Chinese cities tighten controls as Shanghai COVID cases rise
By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country kept up its “dynamic clearance” approach that aims to stamp out the highl…
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 …
Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site, 152 injured
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider con…
Five people to share $50,000 reward for tips on New York subway shooting suspect
(Reuters) – Five people who provided “critical information” that helped lead to the arrest of the man charged with this week’s mass shooting in a New York subway will share a $50,000 reward, the New York Police Department announced on Friday. Frank Jam…
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…