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Belgium scrambles to address airport closures caused by drones
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Belgium called an emergency meeting of key government ministers and security chiefs for Thursday after drone sightings forced closures of airports and a military air base on Tuesday […]
From Pokrovsk defenders: drones alone can’t hold embattled Ukrainian city
KYIV/EASTERN UKRAINE, Ukraine (Reuters) -As buildings change hands in chaotic fighting in Ukraine’s eastern stronghold of Pokrovsk, defending forces said this week that drones alone could not hold off Russian […]
Bolivia Supreme Court orders release of ex-President Anez
LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivia’s Supreme Court ordered the release of former president Jeanine Anez on Wednesday, following several years of preventive detention linked to legal proceedings stemming from her interim […]
Brazil’s deadliest police raid puts Lula in a political bind
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s most lethal police operation ever has left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stunned and struggling to handle the political fallout, as he attempts to reconcile […]
Former Iraq PM Maliki could heavily influence election despite troubled past
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki remains a potent force in Iraqi politics despite long-standing accusations that he fuelled sectarian strife and failed to stop Islamic State from seizing […]
Two people in intensive care after driver rams into pedestrians in Western France
PARIS (Reuters) -Two people were in intensive care on Wednesday after a driver rammed into pedestrians and cyclists on the touristic French island of Ile d’Oleron, off the Atlantic coast, […]
Russia says Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk and Kupiansk should surrender to save themselves
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday that Ukrainian troops in the battered cities of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk were encircled and should surrender, as they had no chance of survival otherwise. […]
Australian mushroom murderer launches appeal bid against her conviction
SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian woman sentenced to life in prison for killing three relatives with a meal laced with toxic mushrooms has filed an appeal to overturn her conviction, according […]
Betting on misery: The dark side of Italy’s gambling passion
PISA, Italy (Reuters) -When Luciano walked into an anti-addiction clinic in the central Italian city of Pisa, the only thing he had not lost to years of gambling were the […]
Japan sends troops to combat deadly wave of bear attacks
KAZUNO, Japan (Reuters) -Japan’s military deployed troops to the country’s mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a […]