US working to keep Israel, Hamas engaged in Gaza truce efforts
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Washington said it was trying to keep Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas engaged "if only virtually" in Gaza truce efforts as a U.N. agency warned that humanitarian aid stocks in the devastated en...
May 10, 2024
US says it was reasonable to assess Israel used US weapons inconsistent with humanitarian law
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday said it was reasonable to assess that Israel has used U.S.-supplied weapons in instances that are "inconsistent" with its international humanitarian law obligatio...
May 10, 2024
Russian attack forces frustrated, hungry residents from Ukraine border town
By Vitalii and Hnidyi NEAR VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Residents of a Ukrainian border town, frustrated and angry at an armoured ground attack by Russian troops trying to secure a new foothold, were evacuated from their homes on Friday with an u...
May 10, 2024
Mali talks propose junta rule for three more years
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Participants in Mali's national dialogue on Friday recommended extending the military-led transition to democracy by three years and allowing junta leader Assimi Goita to stand in the eventual election. The West African country h...
May 10, 2024
Peruvian president's brother arrested in Rolex scandal probe
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police detained President Dina Boluarte's brother and lawyer on Friday amid a probe into alleged influence peddling and illicit enrichment that stems from questions about how she got several Rolex watches a...
May 10, 2024
Brazil's orange output to hit over 30-year low on disease, weather
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's orange production is expected to hit its lowest level in more than three decades in 2024/25, research center Fundecitrus said on Friday, as farmers grapple with adverse climate conditions and a citrus disease known as...
May 10, 2024
Ukrainian attack kills three, sparks fire at oil depot in Luhansk, Russia-installed governor says
(Reuters) - A Ukrainian strike late on Friday killed three people, injured seven and triggered a large fire at an oil storage depot in Ukraine's occupied Luhansk region, Russian news agencies quoted Russia-installed officials in the region said. Th...
May 10, 2024
White House: Gaps on Gaza ceasefire can still be surmounted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In-person talks on a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages agreement have concluded for now with no deal but the U.S. believes remaining gaps can be surmounted, the White House said on Friday. "Obviously we don't have a deal and that's...
May 10, 2024
French soccer star Mbappe confirms he will leave Paris Saint Germain
PARIS (Reuters) - French soccer star Kylian Mbappe said in a video on social media platform X on Friday that he would leave Paris Saint Germain and end his 'adventure' with the club in a few weeks time. "This is my last year at Paris Saint Germain....
May 10, 2024
South Africa asks World Court to order Israel's withdrawal from Rafah
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah as part of additional emergency measures over the war in Gaza, the U.N.'s top court said on Friday. In the ongoing case brought ...
May 10, 2024
Hamas senior official says group wants real hostages for prisoners deal, but Netanyahu wants war to continue
CAIRO (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas wants calmness and a real hostages for prisoners swap deal, but Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants the war to continue, Hamas senior official Khalil Al-Hayya said on Friday, adding Ha...
May 10, 2024
Senator Warren chides US Treasury for slow progress in tackling racial discrimination
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren this week called on the Treasury Department to more swiftly address racial discrimination in the U.S. tax and banking systems by advancing reforms proposed by an advisory board s...
May 10, 2024
Brazilian athletes drop Olympic dreams to help flood victims
By Ricardo Brito (Reuters) - Less that three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of Rio Grande do Sul are giving up their dreams to compete and staying at home to help with the rescue of vic...
May 10, 2024
At least 50 dead in flooding in northern Afghanistan, interior ministry says
(Reuters) -At least 50 people have died in Afghanistan in flooding following heavy rain in the northern province of Baghlan on Friday, a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior said, adding that the death toll may rise. Ministry spokesman Abdul Mate...
May 10, 2024
Greek court sentences former official at Turkish consulate to prison on spying charges
ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek appeals court has sentenced a man who worked for a Turkish consulate to five years in prison on spying charges, legal sources said on Friday, in a case that had strained relations between the NATO allies. The man, a Gree...
May 10, 2024
Dozens arrested at Penn, MIT in latest crackdowns on Gaza protests
(Reuters) - Police dismantled encampments and arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania on Friday morning, in the latest crackdowns on protests roiling U.S. campuse...
May 10, 2024
Sixty injured in Buenos Aires train collision
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - At least 60 people were injured on Friday when a seven-car passenger train collided with a locomotive and an empty train car in Buenos Aires, local authorities said, without giving details of how serious the injuries were. ...
May 10, 2024
US to announce new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine, official says
(Reuters) - The United States is preparing a $400 million military aid package for Ukraine, as the U.S. returns to a regular pace of supplying weapons to Kyiv after the passage of a $95 billion bill, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday. The Ukra...
May 10, 2024
Gunmen kidnap nine students from Nigerian university
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least nine students were kidnapped from their classrooms by gunmen at a university in Nigeria's northern state of Kogi, the state government said on Friday, as Africa's most populous nation grapples with widespread...
May 10, 2024
Canada to give C$76 million to help buy air defenses for Ukraine
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will contribute C$76 million ($55.7 million) to a German-led initiative that aims to quickly source and deliver air defense systems to Ukraine to fend off Russian attacks, Defence Minister Bill Blair said on Friday. Blair ...
May 10, 2024
Britain's Prince William says wife Kate is 'doing well'
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William said on Friday his wife Kate was "doing well" in a rare public comment about the Princess of Wales as she undergoes preventative chemotherapy for cancer. Kate announced in March she was having treatment a...
May 10, 2024
Canada moves to push back start date for possible rail strike
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government is moving to push back the start of a possible strike by railway workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), an official said on Friday. Workers represented by the Te...
May 10, 2024
Mozambique's president says northern town under Islamist attack
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's army is fighting Islamist insurgents who launched a major attack on the northern town of Macomia on Friday morning, President Filipe Nyusi said in a televised address. The town is in Cabo Delgado, a gas-rich northern...
May 10, 2024
Death toll from floods in southern Brazil hits 113
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 113, local civil defense said on Friday, up from 107 in the previous day, while another 146 people were still unaccounted for. Storms and flood...
May 10, 2024
Indian security forces kill at least 12 Maoist rebels in gunbattle
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian security forces killed at least 12 Maoist rebels in a gun battle in central India on Friday, the chief minister of Chhattisgarh state said, the third major encounter in recent weeks amid ongoing national elections. The ...
May 10, 2024