BEIJING, (Reuters) – China ordered broadcasters today to shun artists with “incorrect political positions” and “effeminate” styles, and said a patriotic atmosphere needed to be cultivated, widening a crackdown on its booming entertainment industry.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Flooding killed at least nine people, swept away cars, submerged subway lines and grounded flights in New York and New Jersey as the remnants of Hurricane Ida brought torrential rains to the area.
HOUMA, La., (Reuters) – Storm damage from Ida astounded officials yesterday a full three days after the powerful hurricane pounded southern Louisiana, as reconnaissance flights revealed entire communities devastated by winds and floods.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses, a U.N.
(Reuters) – Facing sharp criticism over the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Presi-dent Joe Biden said yesterday it was the best available option to end both the United States’ longest war and decades of fruitless efforts to remake other countries through military force.
NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – South Louisiana braced for a month without electricity and reliable water service in the wake of Hurricane Ida, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S.
(Reuters) – Celebratory gunfire resounded across the Afghan capital today as the Taliban took control of the airport following the withdrawal of the last U.S.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Six members of an Islamist militant group were sentenced to death tpday by a court in Bangladesh for the brutal killing of two gay rights campaigners five years ago.
(Reuters) – The United States completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan yesterday, ending 20 years of war that culminated in the militant Taliban’s return to power.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Roughly 28% of Brazilian gold exports in 2019 and 2020 likely came from illegal mines, a report by public prosecutors and the Federal University of Minas Gerais found, pointing to widespread forging of documents and lack of effective law enforcement.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China’s crackdown on celebrity culture and its moves to rein in giant internet firms are a sign of “profound” political changes under way in the country, a prominent blogger said in a post widely circulated across state media.
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand reported its first recorded death linked to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry said yesterday, after a woman suffered a rare heart muscle inflammation side effect.
NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – Hurricane Ida pounded Louisiana after sweeping ashore from the Gulf of Mexico, flooding wide areas under heavy surf and torrential rains as fierce winds toppled trees and power lines, plunging New Orleans into darkness after nightfall.
VIENNA/SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the U.N.
NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – Hurricane Ida, making landfall as a fierce Category 4 storm, plowed into Louisiana from the Gulf Mexico yesterday, lashing the coast with 150 mile-per-hour winds, torrential downpours and pounding surf that submerged much of the shoreline under several feet of water.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – American forces launched a drone strike in Kabul yesterday that killed a suicide car bomber suspected of preparing to attack the airport, U.S.