WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said on Tuesday he expected the federal immigration crackdown by President Donald Trump’s administration in his state may end within days, after conversations with Trump administration officials. Trump’s crackdown has faced criticism from local officials and human rights groups over what they say is a violation…
NAIROBI, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Médecins Sans Frontières said its hospital in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, where it serves more than 200,000 people, was hit by an airstrike on Tuesday night, destroying the hospital’s main warehouse and most of its critical medical supplies. The charity said in a statement that South Sudanese government forces were…
MADRID (AP) — Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a move designed to shield young people from the harms of online content. The progressive Spanish leader spoke at a summit in the United Arab Emirates, where he chided the world’s biggest tech…
KYIV, Feb 1 (Reuters) – U.S.-backed trilateral talks involving Ukraine and Russia will take place next week in Abu Dhabi, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, as Ukrainians faced uncertainty over the fate of an energy ceasefire with Russia amid plunging temperatures. Kyiv is under U.S. pressure to secure peace in the nearly four-year war…
MANILA, Jan 28 (Reuters) – The Philippines’ maritime council called for “restraint” on Wednesday amid heated public exchanges between its officials and the Chinese embassy in Manila, adding it “does not seek provocation or escalation”. Echoing the Philippine foreign ministry’s position, the National Maritime Council said official engagements with other states should be conducted through…
MOSCOW, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Two enterprises caught fire and one person was injured in the city of Slavyansk-on-Kuban in Russia’s Krasnodar region after drone fragments fell on them, the regional emergencies centre said on Monday. The centre did not specify what enterprises were affected. The city hosts a private refinery with a capacity of…
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 would step down following criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump. Albanese said senior civil servant Greg Moriarty, currently secretary of the Department of Defence, would…
LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Britain’s populist Reform UK party won another defector from the country’s once dominant Conservative Party on Sunday, attracting lawmaker Andrew Rosindell, part of the Conservatives’ foreign policy team, who said it was time “to put country before party”. With Reform UK well ahead in the opinion polls before a national…
Jan 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its next rulings on January 20 as several major cases remain pending including the legality of President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. The court indicated on its website on Friday that it may release decisions in argued cases next Tuesday when the justices…
PARIS, Jan 13 (Reuters) – France recorded more deaths than births in 2025 for the first time since the end of World War Two, a development that erodes its long-held demographic advantage over other European Union nations, official figures showed on Tuesday. The national statistics institue INSEE reported 651,000 deaths last year and 645,000 births,…