Trump knocks Harris, signals support for Adams at NY charity gala
Reuters Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tried to poke fun at his opponent Democrat Kamala Harris and embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams while touching upon his own legal troubles in a somewhat light-hearted speech at a charity gala on Thursday. “It’s really a pleasure [to be] anywhere in New York without a subpoena for […]
Snapshot: Ecuador’s Cotopaxi volcano
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EU leaders set course for tougher policy to send back irregular migrants
Brussels, Belgium Reuters European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to use all their leverage, including trade, development aid and visa policy, to speed up returns of migrants illegally entering the bloc and asked the European Commission to urgently draft a law. Immigration is a highly sensitive topic in most of the bloc’s 27 member states, […]
Indonesia’s free meals plan in the spotlight as Prabowo readies for office
Sukabumi, Indonesia Reuters Indonesian sixth-grader Shakila Fitriyani, a day labourer’s daughter who dreams of becoming a doctor, says she is keener to go to school these days because she is served a free lunch. “I am happy to receive the nutritious meal, milk and fruit,” Shakila said, speaking in her small tiled-roof and bamboo-screened home […]
More time and money needed to wipe out polio, global group says
Reuters The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) needs more funds and has pushed back by three years its target to officially wipe out all forms of the disease, officials said on Thursday. The coalition now hopes to declare an end to both the wild virus and the vaccine-derived variant by 2027 and 2029, respectively, compared […]
EU, NATO pledge Zelenskiy support but reticent on Ukraine ‘victory plan’
Brussels, Belgium Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pitched his “victory plan” to the European Union and NATO on Thursday, receiving pledges of continued support but no endorsement from key allies of his call for an immediate NATO-membership invitation. Zelenskiy said Ukraine’s supporters would be making a “big mistake” and strengthen Russia if they did not […]
At 10-year mark, US and allies weigh future of Islamic State mission
Brussels, Belgium Reuters Ten years to the day after the formal launch of the US-led operation against the Islamic State, the United States and its NATO allies gathered in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the future of a mission facing increasing headwinds. Niger kicked out the US military from its counter-terrorism base in West Africa […]
Kenya senate votes to remove Deputy President from office by impeachment
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Kenya’s senate voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday, in an unprecedented move that risks pushing the country towards a political crisis. The National Assembly voted last week to impeach Gachagua, who helped President William Ruto win […]
US election: Asian American evangelicals’ theology is conservative. But that doesn’t mean they vote that way
DEEPA BHARATH, of Associated Press, reports on how Asian American evangelicals are a diverse and evolving group of voters increasingly seeking to distinguish themselves from their white counterparts…
Sinwar’s death came at the end of months of searching by Israel
Jerusalem, Israel Reuters Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed during a gun battle in southern Gaza on Wednesday by Israeli troops who were initially unaware that they had caught their country’s number one enemy, Israeli officials said. Intelligence services had been searching for Sinwar for months and had been gradually restricting the area where he […]