WARSAW (Reuters) – Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at least two decades, with a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland and and the deaths of at least 23 people so far. Below are the main facts on the current situation in affected countries, estimated costs of …

LONDON: Oil fell on Wednesday after two sessions of gains after an industry report showed increasing U.S. crude and fuel inventories, offsetting rising tension in the Middle East and the potentially bullish impact of a U.S. interest rate cut. U.S. crude stocks rose by 1.96 million barrels in the week …

A New Orleans resident named Jane was sifting through her Gmail inbox on Sept 3, when an anonymous message caused her stomach to drop. “I suggest you read this message carefully … We’re talking about something serious here, and I don’t play games,” the email read, addressed to her full …

SINGAPORE: A secondary school physical education teacher has been sentenced to seven months’ jail for recording voyeuristic videos of two female colleagues. While Wang Xianglin, 36, was being investigated for recording upskirt videos of a pregnant colleague, the police found that he had also recorded videos of another colleague expressing …

Exasperated with a spate of false school shooting threats, a Florida sheriff promised last week to post the picture of any “kid” who threatened school violence – then he quickly followed through on his statement. On Sept 16, the sheriff, Mike Chitwood of Volusia County, posted a picture and video …

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian heavyweight boxing Olympic champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after detention by law-enforcement officers at Poland’s Krakow airport, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. “I was outraged by this attitude towards our citizen and champion,” Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app. “Our champion was …