WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday criticized President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, saying it rewarded a dictatorship and should have never taken place given its leader’s involvement in murdering a journalist. Biden gre…
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck wed in Las Vegas, reports say
(Reuters) – Singer Jennifer Lopez and actor Ben Affleck have married in Las Vegas, media reported on Sunday, after the celebrity couple rekindled a romance almost 20 years after they first got together. The couple announced their matrimony in a newslet…
Macron decries anti-Semitism on 80th anniversary of Jewish deportations
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron warned against anti-Semitism and historical revisionism on Sunday as he commemorated victims of the Holocaust on the 80th anniversary of the Vel d’Hiv roundup of Jewish families. On July 16-17, 1942, a…
‘Not many of us left’: France races to record memories of 1942 Jewish roundup
By Juliette Jabkhiro and LEA GUEDJ PARIS (Reuters) – When police came knocking on the door of his eastern Paris home on July 16, 1942, 15-year-old French Jew Joseph Schwartz was no longer there. Forewarned, he and his father Lejbus had gone into hiding…
Pope hopes Canada trip will help heal ‘evil’ done to indigenous people
By Philip Pullella (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Sunday his trip to Canada next week will be a “pilgrimage of penance” that he hopes can help heal the wrongs done to indigenous people by Roman Catholic priests and nuns who ran abusive residential sc…
Athletics-Sprint coach under investigation for misconduct ejected from worlds – reports
EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) – American sprint coach Rana Reider, who is being investigated for sexual misconduct, was warned and removed from the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field by police after he gained unauthorised access, British media rep…
Biden disputes Saudi account of Khashoggi murder discussion
(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday differed with Saudi Arabia in their account of discussions at a bilateral summit about the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a major point of contention between the two countries. U.S. int…
Boeing aims to ignite Farnborough Airshow under record heat
By Tim Hepher and David Shepardson FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – Boeing will seek to shore up its troubled 737 MAX 10 and 777X jets with orders officially worth over $15 billion from Delta Air Lines and Lufthansa this week, as the aerospace industry…
‘Climate change affects everyone’: Europe battles wildfires in intense heat
By Guillermo Martinez JERTE, Spain (Reuters) -Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures that scientists say are…
India’s COVID vaccinations hit 2 billion, new cases at four-month high
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government’s COVID-19 vaccinations hit 2 billion on Sunday, with booster doses underway for all adults, as daily infections hit four-month high, official data showed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi extolled the vaccinatio…