SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said today during a visit to Singapore that the United States was focusing on evacuation efforts taking place in Afghanistan and that there would be plenty of time to analyse the context of the troop withdrawal.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – At least one person died and five more are missing due to a fire that erupted on an offshore platform run by Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in the southern Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican state oil and gas company said today.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has enlisted the help of six commercial airlines to help transport people after their evacuation from Afghanistan as Washington seeks to step up the pace of departures of Americans and at-risk Afghans from Kabul.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian President Jovenel Moise began this year by warning that his country was a land of coups, conspiracy and murder.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Henri weakened to a tropical depression last night but was forecast to dump heavy rain across the U.S.
VILNIUS, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Lithuania’s foreign minister on Saturday and agreed on “bilateral coordinated action” to help the country withstand pressure from China over its decision to develop ties with Taiwan, Lithuania said.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Josephine Baker, the famed Black French-American singer and dancer, will be buried in Paris’ Pantheon mausoleum – one of France’s highest honours – said government minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher yesterday.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Josephine Baker, the famed Black French-American singer and dancer, will be buried in Paris’ Pantheon mausoleum – one of France’s highest honours – said government minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher on Sunday.
KABUL, (Reuters) – The United States and Germany yesterday told their citizens in Afghanistan to avoid travelling to Kabul airport, citing security risks as thousands of desperate people gathered trying to flee almost a week after Taliban Islamists took control.
AMAGANSETT, N.Y., (Reuters) – The U.S. East Coast braced yesterday to take a direct hit from Hurricane Henri as it threatened to pound the region with fierce winds and heavy rains that could cause “life-threatening” storm surge and flooding, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the country’s lockdown strategy to combat coronavirus outbreaks until at least 70% of population is fully vaccinated.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – A council member of a professional group of solicitors in Hong Kong yesterday dropped his bid to seek re-election next week, citing fears for his safety and that of his family.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Moscow pledged retaliatory measures after a new set of sanctions imposed by the United States on a Russian ship and two companies involved in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement yesterday.
(Reuters) – The U.S. East Coast braced today for the arrival of Hurricane Henri as it threatened to bring fierce winds and heavy rains that could cause dangerous storm surge and flooding across the region, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
KABUL/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Chaos around the Kabul airport was so bad this week that the U.S.
TORONTO, (Reuters) – Canada’s five biggest banks are mandating that employees working from their offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall, taking a firmer stance than some of their U.S.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro raised the stakes in his battle with the country’s Supreme Court yesterday, sending the Senate a request for the impeachment of one of its justices, according to the request seen by Reuters.
BENGALURU, (Reuters) – India’s drug regulator has granted emergency use approval for Zydus Cadila’s COVID-19 vaccine, the world’s first DNA shot against the coronavirus, in adults and children aged 12 years and above.
(Reuters) – China’s tech stocks slumped to new lows yesterday and Hong Kong’s benchmark index hit an almost 10-month trough, as an unrelenting series of Chinese regulatory crackdowns crushed investors’ confidence.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan.
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