By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -At least 26 people, including children, have died in floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky, and more fatalities are predicted with authorities expecting to continue finding bodies for weeks, Governor Andy…
Sri Lanka President says it’s not right time for Rajapaksa to return after fleeing country – WSJ
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s new president Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday it was not the right time for former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to the country as it could inflame political tensions, the Wall Street Journal reported. “I don’t beli…
Wildfire burns 250 hectares of pine, injures firefighters in France
PARIS (Reuters) – A wildfire in southern France on Sunday burned 250 hectares (620 acres) of pine forest and four firefighters were injured fighting the blaze, authorities said. William Borelly, spokesperson for the fire service, told France Info that …
Police fire tear gas on Sudanese protest as anti-military campaign enters 10th month
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Thousands of protesters marching towards Sudan’s presidential palace were blocked by police firing tear gas, as an anti-military campaign entered its 10th month. Protests have continued weekly since an Oct. 25 military takeover that…
Beirut silo collapses, reviving trauma ahead of blast anniversary
By Issam Abdallah, Yara Abi Nader, Laila Bassam and Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) -Part of the grain silos at Beirut Port collapsed on Sunday just days before the second anniversary of the massive explosion that damaged them, sending a cloud of dust o…
Celtics great Bill Russell, 11-time NBA champion, dead at 88
By Bill Trott (Reuters) -Former Boston Celtics star Bill Russell, one of the sports world’s greatest winners as the anchor of a team that won 11 NBA championships, as well as the league’s first black coach, died on Sunday at the age of 88. Russell, a f…
Inside the super-secure Swiss lab trying to stop the next pandemic
By Jennifer Rigby SPIEZ, Switzerland (Reuters) – The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal waters below, snow-capped Swiss Alps above and in between, a super-secure facility researching the world’s deadliest pathogens. Spiez Laboratory, know…
Games-Three cyclists taken to hospital after serious crash at velodrome
(Reuters) -Three cyclists were taken to hospital after a serious crash during the second heat of the men’s scratch race at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday, organisers said. The remainder of the morning session was cancelled and spectators were asked t…
Fast-moving wildfire in northern California forces residents to evacuate
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The fast-moving McKinney Fire in northern California near the Oregon border has forced 2,000 residents to evacuate and has destroyed homes and critical infrastructure since it broke out on Friday. Already the largest blaze …
Biden feeling well, isolating after rebound case of COVID
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is feeling well and continuing his isolation measures after again testing positive for COVID-19, his physician said in a memo released by the White House on Sunday. Biden tested positive …