SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed a pledge to deepen cooperation with Russia in a message to President Vladimir Putin as Pyongyang marked an anniversary of independence from Japan’s colonial rule, KCNA state news agency said on Friday. It was in reply to a message of …
Baca Lagi »Complications loom for US arms policy as Ukraine moves deeper into Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. so far deems Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region a protective move appropriate for Kyiv to use U.S. equipment, officials in Washington said, but they expressed worries about potential complications as Ukrainian troops push further into enemy territory. Ukraine has said its advancing troops …
Baca Lagi »Britain says Ukraine can use donated weapons inside Russia
LONDON (Reuters) – British weapons can be used by Ukrainian forces in operations on Russian territory, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said on Thursday, but restrictions on the use of long-range Storm Shadow missiles remain. In the last two weeks, Ukraine has carried out the biggest foreign attack on sovereign Russian …
Baca Lagi »Brain tech breakthrough restores ALS patient’s ability to speak
Last August, Casey Harrell spoke the first clear words his five-year-old daughter could remember hearing him say, a repeat of his wedding vows to her mother, Levana Saxon. The adults in the room cried. The moment was possible thanks to a wave of innovation in one of the most challenging …
Baca Lagi »Endless honking of Waymo’s driverless taxis wakes a neighbourhood
It was a little over two weeks ago that Sophia Tung began waking up before dawn to the sound of cars honking. The flocks of identical white vehicles outside her window began to fill the parking lot, one by one. As they moved into and out of one another’s paths, …
Baca Lagi »Mexico probes disappearance of arrested drug lord’s bodyguards
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican prosecutors said on Wednesday they were investigating the disappearance of two bodyguards the same day as last month’s dramatic U.S. arrest of one of the founders of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel, alongside the son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, who co-founded …
Baca Lagi »Taylor Swift set for emotional London return after terror threat
LONDON (Reuters) – Taylor Swift will take to the stage in London on Thursday, resuming the world’s biggest ever concert tour amid tightened security after a foiled Islamic State-inspired attack forced the cancellation of her Vienna dates last week. British police have said there is nothing to indicate that events …
Baca Lagi »Mpox vaccines likely months away even as WHO, Africa CDC discuss emergency
LONDON (Reuters) – Vaccines to help curb an escalating mpox outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries may still not reach the central African country for months even as the World Health Organization considers following Africa’s top public health agency in declaring the outbreak an emergency. On Tuesday, …
Baca Lagi »Canadian immigration minister says temporary worker program needs reform
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s temporary foreign worker program is not fatally flawed but is “in need of reform,” the country’s immigration minister told Reuters on Tuesday, following a damning U.N. report that dubbed the program a breeding ground for modern slavery. The program brings non-Canadians to the country to work …
Baca Lagi »Venezuela’s Machado says Maduro relying on military to stay in power
LIMA (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Tuesday that President Nicolas Maduro had “entrenched himself” with the nation’s top military leaders in order to stay in power after last month’s disputed election. The electoral authority, the CNE, which the opposition says is loyal to Maduro, declared …
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