KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces hit a medical center in Sumy in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday morning then struck again as the building was being evacuated, killing a total of eight people, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian prosecutors said that at the time of the attacks, 86 patients and 38 staff …
Baca Lagi »Hurricane Helene kills at least 44 and cuts a swath of destruction across the Southeast
PERRY, Fla. (AP): Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the southeastern US on Friday, killing at least 44 people, snapping towering oaks like twigs and tearing apart homes as rescue crews launched desperate missions to save people from floodwaters. Among those killed were three firefighters, …
Baca Lagi »Titan implosion hearing paints a picture of reckless greed and explorer passion
Witnesses testified that the company that operated an experimental deep-water submersible that imploded, killing five people, put profits over safety and ignored warning signs before the disaster. Several company officials, meanwhile, spoke of the explorer spirit and taking calculated risks to push humankind’s boundaries. Those different viewpoints emerged as the …
Baca Lagi »Exclusive-India cuts target for fast-track sex crime courts as states fall short
NEW DELHI/AJMER/KOLKATA (Reuters) – The Indian government has slashed its goal to create thousands of new tribunals to try sex crimes speedily after states like West Bengal, where the recent brutal rape-homicide of a doctor shook the nation, fell far short of targets, according to three federal government officials and …
Baca Lagi »Lithuania’s foreign minister calls for Ukraine to be allowed to use arms freely
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine should be able to freely use arms it has been provided, Lithuania’s foreign minister told Reuters on Thursday, adding he hoped Kyiv would be able to shoot further into Russia with weapons Washington announced it would deliver to Ukraine. Arming Ukraine is one thing, Lithuania’s Foreign …
Baca Lagi »Britain’s racist immigration laws led to wrongful deportations of Black people, report says
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s wrongful detention and deportation of Caribbean migrants was the result of decades of racist immigration laws designed to reduce the country’s non-white population, a long-withheld official report showed on Thursday. Known as the Windrush scandal, the revelations of the mistreatment of thousands of Caribbean people damaged …
Baca Lagi »Trial begins over claims Newsmax defamed Smartmatic in 2020 election reporting
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – A defamation trial against Newsmax Media kicks off on Thursday over allegations the conservative outlet damaged Smartmatic by broadcasting false claims that the voting machine company helped steal the 2020 U.S. presidential election from Donald Trump. The trial in Wilmington, Delaware, will begin with selecting 12 …
Baca Lagi »South Korea offers incentives, adoptions ahead of ban on farming dogs for food
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will help rehome almost half a million dogs bred for food and give dog farmers subsidies and incentives to help them prepare for a ban on the practice set to take effect in early 2027, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday. In January, parliament passed …
Baca Lagi »Barbados PM Mottley calls for new World Bank emergency liquidity facility
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Barbados will call for creation of a new World Bank finance facility to provide emergency liquidity to climate-vulnerable countries in a third version of the Bridgetown Initiative backed by many developing countries, sources briefed on the plans said. Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley told members of …
Baca Lagi »US prepares $8 billion in arms aid packages for Zelenskiy visit, sources say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States plans to announce more than $8 billion worth of military assistance for Ukraine on Thursday during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to Washington, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday. President Joe Biden’s administration has been engaged in urgent discussions with Congress to allow it to …
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