VENTANILLA, Peru, (Reuters) – An executive of Spain’s Repsol SA said yesterday a large oil spill off the coast of Peru’s capital Lima affected an area of 106 square kilometers, the size of the French capital Paris or almost twice the size of Manhattan.
VENTANILLA, Peru, (Reuters) – An executive of Spain’s Repsol SA said today a large oil spill off the coast of Peru’s capital Lima affected an area of 106 square kilometers, the size of the French capital Paris or almost twice the size of Manhattan.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday criticized Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s declaration of “solidarity” with Russia during a visit there this week as it amassed troops near Ukraine’s borders, raising fears it is planning to invade.
ABERYSTWYTH, Wales, (Reuters) – An Atlantic storm battered Britain and Ireland on Friday with record winds of up to 122 miles per hour, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people, forcing planes to abort landings, uprooting trees and ripping off roofs across the land.
MOSCOW/KYIV, (Reuters) – Shelling in Ukraine yesterday renewed Western fears of an imminent Russian invasion as U.S.
BRASÍLIA, (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said yesterday he would seek to strengthen state-owned companies such as power company Eletrobras and postal service Correios if elected, potentially complicating current plans to privatize the enterprises.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A New York judge ruled yesterday that former U.S.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – The Nether-lands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte yesterday offered a full apology to Indonesia after a historical review found the Dutch had used “excessive violence” in a vain attempt to regain control of their former colony after World War Two.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken laid out at the United Nations Security Council today how Washington believes Russia could seek to invade Ukraine, warning that Moscow was preparing to attack its neighbour in the “coming days.”
MOSCOW/KYIV, (Reuters) – Kyiv and its Western allies said they feared that Russia might be trying to create a pretext to unleash war today, after reports of shelling across the front line in Ukraine’s longstanding conflict with Moscow-backed separatists.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused protestors encamped in downtown Ottawa of engaging in acts that represented “a threat to our democracy” as demonstrators continued a three-week blockade of the centre of the capital.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela is a key ally for Russia in Latin America, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said while visiting the South American country on Wednesday, adding that the two countries will look to deepen bilateral ties.
MOSCOW/KYIV, (Reuters) – There is a growing Russian military presence at Ukraine’s borders, Western countries warned yesterday, as Estonia said battle groups were moving ahead of a likely attack to occupy “key terrain,” contradicting Moscow’s insistence of a pullback.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – At least 94 people died in the historic Brazilian mountain town of Petropolis, local government officials said yesterday, after heavy rains caused mudslides that buried homes, flooded the streets and washed away cars and buses.
KYIV/MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Kyiv appeared to blame Russia for a cyber attack yesterday as U.S.
(Reuters) – Sea levels around the United States will rise up to a foot over the next 30 years due to climate change, as much as they have risen in the previous century, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) projected in a report on Tuesday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew has settled a U.S.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran police detained ex-President Juan Orlando Hernandez yesterday, escorting him from his home in handcuffs and chains, following a U.S.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile’s constituent assembly began formally debating yesterday motions for a new Constitution to replace a market-focused one dating back to the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, a text that could reshape the world’s top copper-producing nation.
MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Seven critics of Nicaragua’s government, including frontrunners who hoped to challenge President Daniel Ortega in last year’s election, faced criminal charges yesterday as trials continue against dozens of prisoners who have been jailed for months.
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