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UN rights chief 'horrified' by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday that he was "horrified" by the destruction of the Nasser and Al Shifa medical facilities in Gaza and reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies there, according to a ...
Biden sets new target to protect vast US water sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday set a new goal to protect vast U.S. water sources, from rivers to wetlands, as part of a series of announcements marking Earth Week. The administration plans to announce a new goal of ...
In Florida, Biden to blame Trump for abortion ban
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden visits Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday to tie opponent Donald Trump to new abortion restrictions, hoping to boost his own chances in a state that has drifted out of Democrats' reach in recent ...
US confident about meeting new deadline for UK, Australia AUKUS exemptions
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - A top U.S. arms control official said on Tuesday the country was likely, although not guaranteed, to meet a new deadline to finalise trade exemptions for the AUKUS defence project with Australia and Britain.
UK's Sunak says nothing will stop Rwanda policy, migrants die in channel
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed that nothing would prevent him from sending asylum seekers to Rwanda after parliament finally approved the divisive policy that is designed to deter migrants from ...
China's military spending concerning given 'failing economy', US admiral says
TOKYO (Reuters) - The increase in China's defence spending is concerning given its economy is "failing", the head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Admiral John Aquilino said China's economy had ...
Russia's Belgorod region says 120 civilians killed by Ukraine strikes since 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Belgorod region which borders Ukraine said that 120 civilians had been killed there in Ukrainian strikes and 651 people injured since the start of the war over two years ago. Belgorod has been repeatedly attacked by ...
At least five migrants die in attempt to cross English Channel, French police says
PARIS (Reuters) -At least five migrants died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from an area near the French town of Wimereux on Tuesday, police said. The French coast guard confirmed a police rescue operation had found several "lifeless ...
Ukraine's farm minister named as suspect in corruption case, Kyiv media reports
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's anti-corruption agency is treating Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky as a suspect in an investigation into the illegal acquisition of state-owned land worth about $7 million, Ukrainian media reported on Tuesday. The ...
Truce crumbles in Sudanese army's last Darfur holdout
By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - Attacks around the Sudanese city of al-Fashir have shattered a truce that protected it from a year-old war, leading to warnings of a new wave of inter-communal violence and ...