PARIS (Reuters) – French care home company Orpea, under pressure over its business practices and the way it runs its homes, on Sunday announced proposals to shake of its board of directors to improve governance. Orpea said shareholders at its annual ge…
British army says its Twitter and YouTube accounts have been breached
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s army said its Twitter and YouTube accounts had been breached on Sunday. As of 1800 GMT, the @BritishArmy handle, which is verified by Twitter, had retweeted a number of posts promoting non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on its time…
Glacier collapses in Italian Alps, killing at least six
ROME (Reuters) – Parts of a mountain glacier collapsed in the Italian Alps on Sunday amid record temperatures, local authorities said, killing at least six people and injuring eight. The Trento provincial government said rescue operations were in progr…
Danish police say several dead after Copenhagen mall shooting
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Several people were killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and could not rule out it was an “act of terrorism”. Copenhagen police sa…
Analysis: Hasty exit by Argentina’s economy minister could deepen market crisis
By Jorge Otaola and Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The abrupt departure of Argentina’s economy minister and lack of a clear successor could threaten to further destabilize an economy already shaken by sky-high inflation, rising energy costs …
Second woman killed in shark attack in Egypt’s Red Sea
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two women were killed in shark attacks in Egypt’s Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment said on Sunday. Two sources told Reuters that the body of a Romanian tourist in her late forties was discov…
Germany’s Scholz sees no COVID-related school closures, lockdowns
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will not shut schools and non-essential businesses again if the COVID-19 infection rate rises again later this year but protective masks would play a bigger role, Chancellor Olaf Scholz told broadcaster ARD on Sunday. The inf…
Ukraine hits Russian military base in occupied Melitopol – exiled mayor
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces hit a Russian military logistics base with over 30 strikes in the Russian-occupied southern city of Melitopol on Sunday, the city’s exiled mayor said. A Russian-installed official confirmed that strikes had hit the city…
Russia says its forces now have full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region
By Tom Balmforth, Max Hunder and Simon Lewis KYIV/KOSTYANTYNIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken control of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region after capturing the final Ukrainian holdout of Lysychansk in heavy fighting, tho…
Argentina government crises build as Economy Minister Guzman resigns
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s economy minister Martin Guzman resigned on Saturday, a blow to a government beset by mounting economic crises. Guzman, who led Argentina’s debt restructuring deal with the International Monetary Fund and creditors, …