By Oriana Boselli BORGO VIRGILIO, Italy (Reuters) – Heatwaves sweeping Europe this summer have brought not just record high temperatures and scorched fields: the drought-stricken waters of Italy’s River Po are running so low they revealed a previously …
Soccer-Deadly Haaland strikes twice to give Man City win at West Ham
LONDON (Reuters) – New Manchester City signing Erling Haaland marked a fine Premier League debut by scoring in each half as the champions began their title defence with a clinical 2-0 victory over West Ham United at the London Stadium on Sunday. Haalan…
Cuba gets help from Mexico, Venezuela to fight oil fire
By Marc Frank and Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba sought on Sunday to bring under control a fire at its main oil storage facility that has killed one firefighter, drawing on help from Mexico and Venezuela to fight the raging flames. A lightning s…
German consul arrested in Brazil over husband’s death
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -A German diplomat in Rio de Janeiro, Uwe Herbert Hahn, was arrested on Saturday night in connection with the death of his Belgian husband, police said. Hahn said that his husband, Walter Biot, had died on Friday when he fell f…
Ukraine power plant shelled again, Zelenskiy rails at Russian ‘nuclear terror’
By Natalia Zinets (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Sunday that renewed Russian shelling had damaged three radiation sensors and hurt a worker at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, in the second hit in consecutive days on Europe’s largest nuclear facility. Ukraini…
Four more cargo ships sail from Ukraine Black Sea ports
By Natalia Zinets and Daren Butler KYIV/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Four more ships carrying almost 170,000 tonnes of corn and other foodstuffs sailed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Sunday under a deal to unblock the country’s exports after Russia’s invasi…
Israel and Palestinian militants declare Gaza truce
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group declared a truce late on Sunday, raising hopes of an end to the most serious flare-up on the Gaza frontier in more than a year. Isr…
Ukraine probing almost 26,000 suspected war crimes cases -prosecutor
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine is investigating almost 26,000 suspected war crime cases committed since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion and has charged 135 people, its chief war crimes prosecutor told Reuters. Of those charged, around 15 are in Ukrainian custody a…
Italy’s centrist Azione party withdraws from centre-left electoral alliance
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s centrist Azione party will leave a centre-left election alliance it formed with the Democratic Party (PD) earlier this week ahead of a Sept. 25 ballot, Azione’s party leader said on Sunday. Azione’s decision to withdraw comes a…
Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling nuclear plant again
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine accused Russia on Sunday of again shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia, and called for new international sanctions on Moscow for “nuclear terror”. Ukraine’s state nuclear power firm s…