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US climber scales Taiwan’s tallest building Taipei 101 without ropes

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TAIPEI, Jan 25 (Reuters) – U.S. climber Alex ‌Honnold scaled the Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes or safety netting on Sunday, watched ‌by thousands of cheering and waving fans as […]

US storm leaves 217,000 without power, forces thousands of flight cancellations

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WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – More ‌than 4,000 flights were canceled in the U.S. on Saturday ahead of a monster winter storm that has already cut power ‌to more than […]

Around 1,700 Kyiv apartment blocks still without heating after Russian strike

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KYIV, Jan 25 (Reuters) – ‌Around 1,700 apartment buildings in the ‌Ukrainian capital Kyiv were still without ‌heating following a Russian missile and drone attack earlier this week, Kyiv Mayor […]

South Korea withdraws appointment of Lee Hye-hoon as budget minister

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SEOUL, Jan ‌25 (Reuters) – South Korean ‌President Lee Jae Myung has ‌withdrawn his appointment of Lee Hye-hoon as the newly created ‍budget ministry chief, ‍Woo Sang-ho, ‌a presidential secretary […]

Recovery of New Zealand landslide victims halted on safety concerns

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SYDNEY, Jan 25 (Reuters) – New ‌Zealand authorities suspended recovery efforts on Sunday for ‌victims of a landslide that hit a busy ‌campground on the country’s North Island. Read full […]

Indonesia resumes search for 80 after landslide kills 10 in West Java

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WEST ‌BANDUNG, Indonesia, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities resumed search-and-rescue ‌efforts for 80 people missing after a ‌landslide killed 10 in a residential area of West Java province. Read […]

Australian defence department chief to replace Kevin Rudd as US ambassador

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SYDNEY, Jan 25 (Reuters) – ‌Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ‌on Sunday named the country’s defence ‌department chief as the next ambassador to the U.S., after Kevin Rudd said he […]

Final phase of Myanmar’s election underway, military-backed party set to win

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Jan 25 (Reuters) – Polling stations in Myanmar opened on Sunday ‌for the final round of a general election in the war-torn country, with a military-backed party set to win […]

Appeals court rejects Justice Department’s push to charge more people over Minnesota church demonstration

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WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – A ‌U.S. appeals court rejected the Justice Department’s bid to charge five more people accused of ‌disrupting a Minnesota church service this month, according to […]

‘It’s time to start doing something.’ Despite risks of violence, Minnesotans step up to take on ICE

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MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 24 (Reuters) – When Fabiola, a single mother and naturalized U.S. citizen from Latin ‌America, first learned of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and […]

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