WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. and Britain on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini whilst in Iran’s morality police custody, which sparked months of anti-government protests that faced an often violent crackdown. Amini, 22, died on Sept. 16 …

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (Reuters) – The European Union on Friday threw its weight behind a plan to protect the Amazon rainforest, pledging to coordinate financial contributions from EU members and making sure the money was spent as intended under its Global Gateway investment scheme. Team Europe, which includes EU …

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester City will be without injured Jack Grealish, John Stones and Mateo Kovacic for their Premier League clash against West Ham United on Saturday, and manager Pep Guardiola was unsure about their return for the start of the Champions League. City begin their European Cup defence …

DERNA, Libya/GENEVA (Reuters) – Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna were struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, after a flood that smashed down buildings and swept people out to sea. The World Health Organization and other aid …

LAMPEDUSA (Reuters) – Claudine Nsoe, a 29-year-old mother of two from Cameroon, is one of the thousands of migrants who have arrived this week on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, a first port of call for those crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. Nsoe spoke to Reuters while she …

PARIS (Reuters) -Apple pledged on Friday to update software on iPhone 12s in France to settle a row over radiation levels, but concerns in other European countries signalled it may have to take similar action elsewhere. France this week suspended sales of iPhone 12 handsets after tests which it said …

LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has praised Declan Rice for quickly finding his feet at the Emirates following his club record 105 million pounds ($130.12 million) transfer in the close season. Rice’s move from West Ham United in July meant the England international had pre-season with Arsenal and …

WALL Street’s main indexes were set to open subdued on Friday as shares of Ford and General Motors as well as chip-equipment makers fell, though optimism over a likely pause in U.S. interest-rate hikes supported investor sentiment. Applied Materials, Lam Research and KLA Corp fell over 2% each in premarket …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There are 745 million more moderately to severely hungry people in the world today than in 2015, and the world is far off track in its efforts to meet an ambitious United Nations goal to end hunger by 2030, the U.N. said in a report on Friday. …

Apple Inc., facing a controversy in France over the iPhone 12’s radiation levels, has advised tech-support staff not to volunteer any information when consumers ask about the issue. If customers inquire about the French government’s claim that the model exceeds standards for electromagnetic radiation, workers should say they don’t have …