Arkib Tag: Luar Negara

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of western North Carolina residents remained without running water on Wednesday, six days after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida and carved a destructive path through much of U.S. Southeast, killing more than 160 people. The powerful storm inundated the region with catastrophic flooding, …

PHILADELPHIA: Nicole Kerr competed with 134 other women to get the attention of her now-fiancé Fran Smythe, a Deptford, New Jersey, finance manager looking for a “fun down-to-earth girl” to settle down with. That’s because Smythe’s sister-in-law posted his photos to Date Him: Philly, a private Facebook group with over …

Stunned. Ambushed. Traumatised. These were the words that Jeffrey, 76, used to describe how he felt when he stumbled upon his therapist’s notes after logging into an online patient portal in June. There was a summary of the physical and emotional abuse he endured during childhood. Characterisations of his most …

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Tuesday led a prayer service asking forgiveness for the failings of the Catholic Church, including treatment by clergy of women and survivors of sexual abuse, as Catholic leaders prepared to begin a month-long summit at the Vatican. The ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica …

BUENOS AIRES/SALTA, Argentina (Reuters) – In Argentina’s poor barrios a food emergency is taking hold as poverty rises, with malnutrition on the increase and medics treating children for eye diseases and even scurvy linked to a vitamin-deficient diet. Years of recessions and high inflation in the resource-rich South American nation …

NEW DELHI: Indian police are investigating an elaborate scam that swindled a prominent businessman out of US$830,000 (RM3.45mil) by summoning him to a fake online hearing before India’s Supreme Court and making a threat of jail which caused him transfer the funds. While digital and online frauds are increasingly common …

JULANA, India (Reuters) – Indian Olympic wrestling star Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the Paris Games, but she’s determined to keep fighting for her constituency and against sexual harassment of women as she contests state elections this Saturday. Phogat retired from wrestling after she was disqualified ahead of the women’s …

VIENNA (Reuters) – The far-right Freedom Party’s historic victory in an Austrian parliamentary election has left it isolated and partly at the mercy of a powerful critic: the president, who must oversee efforts towards forming a viable coalition government. The Eurosceptic, Russia-friendly Freedom Party (FPO) won for the first time, …

ATAFONA, Brazil (Reuters) – Sonia Ferreira’s two-story house with a pool and garden on the Brazilian coast was yet another casualty of the advancing waves of the Atlantic Ocean, pushed higher by climate change. On a recent visit, the 80-year-old retiree glanced around the mound of rubble left from the …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – There could be a live mariachi band, clips from old Mexican movies, or the photo of a journalist being scolded for their coverage: the only sure thing with outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s daily press conference is that it will be long – often upwards …