(Reuters) – Executives from Tullow Oil held talks with India’s ONGC Videsh Ltd in Nairobi this week as the London-based firm seeks a strategic investor for its onshore oil project in Kenya, the company said on Saturday. A senior official at Kenya’s Min…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy announces mandatory evacuation of Donetsk region
By Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday his government was ordering the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with Russia. In a late-…
Pope says that with frailty and age, he is in new phase of papacy
By Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Saturday that his advancing age and his difficulty walking have ushered in a new, slower phase of his papacy and repeated that he would be ready to resign one day if serious hea…
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Sadr storm Baghdad’s Green Zone again
By Maher Nazih and and Amina Ismail BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Thousands of supporters of Shi’ite populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed Baghdad’s fortified government zone and broke into parliament on Saturday for the second time in a week, leaving at least …
North Korea reports no new fever cases for first time since COVID outbreak
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea reported no new fever cases on Saturday for the first time since its acknowledgement in mid-May of a COVID-19 outbreak in the isolated country, state-run media reported. North Korea said earlier this mont…
Pope again asks for forgiveness as tour ends in Canada’s north
By Rod Nickel and Philip Pullella IQALUIT, Nunavut (Reuters) – Pope Francis again asked for forgiveness after meeting on Friday with residential school survivors in the Arctic territory of Nunavut, the last stop in his six-day visit to Canada to apolog…
U.S. watchdog finds ‘weaknesses’ in FAA oversight of Boeing airplane flight manuals
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A government watchdog said Friday it found “weaknesses” in the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of Boeing airplane flight manuals. In a report, the Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector Gen…
Accusations fly after dozens of Ukrainian POWs are killed in prison
By Max Hunder and Pavel Polityuk ODESA, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) -Dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war appeared to have been killed when a prison building was destroyed in a missile strike or explosion, with Moscow and Kyiv accusing each other of respons…
Factbox: Companies cut jobs, freeze hiring to prepare for economic slowdown
(Reuters) – Technology companies, crypto exchanges and financial firms are cutting jobs and slowing hiring as global economic growth slows due to higher interest rates, red-hot inflation and an energy crisis in Europe. In a sign of a tough second half …
Spain reports second monkeypox-related death in Europe
By Joan Faus MADRID (Reuters) – Spain reported its second monkeypox-related death on Saturday, in what is thought to be Europe’s second death from the disease and only the third outside of Africa in the current outbreak. Spain had reported its first de…