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Explosion reported at U.S. Steel plant, multiple people injured – reports
(Reuters) -An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh injured multiple people on Monday, and fire crews could be seen battling flames as heavy smoke rose from the facility, […]
Trump says Ukraine, Russia will have to swap some land for peace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that both Ukraine and Russia would have to cede land to each other to end the war and that his talks […]
Brazil-US meeting canceled amid tariff dispute, says finance minister
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday that his virtual meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had been canceled after initially being scheduled for Wednesday. […]
Syria vows to investigate footage of Sweida hospital killing
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria’s interior ministry said on Monday that it would investigate footage showing men in military fatigues shooting an unarmed man in scrubs at point-blank range in the main […]
Factbox-A recent history of Russian presidential visits to the US
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Vladimir Putin is set to become the first Russian president to visit Alaska, a territory Moscow sold to the U.S. in 1867 for $7.2 million, assuming a summit […]
Blackout hits central, southern Iraq, sources say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraq was hit by a power outage in its central and southern regions on Monday after a shutdown at a power plant in the western province of Anbar, […]
Hundreds evacuated in northwestern Turkey as authorities fight wildfires
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Firefighters in Turkey are battling wildfires in the centre of the northwestern province of Canakkale, fanned by strong winds, and hundreds of residents have evacuated in precaution, local […]
European leaders to meet virtually on Ukraine before call with Trump
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany is convening a virtual meeting of European leaders on Wednesday to discuss how to pressure Russia to end the war in Ukraine ahead of a European call […]
Indonesia expands military as defence budget soars
Indonesia has created more than 20 regional commands in its biggest armed forces overhaul in decades, coinciding with a sharp increase in defence spending. Read full story Date: 11 August, […]
Fugitive Moldovan tycoon offers $3,000 a month to anti-government protesters
(Reuters) -Fugitive pro-Russian businessman Ilan Shor has offered Moldovans monthly payments of $3,000 to join anti-government protests, in a bid to undermine Moldova’s pro-European government ahead of parliamentary elections next […]