Maui wildfire death toll hits 55, recovery to take years
Search teams on Maui on Friday will comb through the charred ruins of Lahaina looking for more victims of a wildfire that ripped through the Kingdom of Hawaii’s onetime ...
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UK economy’s surprise strength puts more BoE rate hikes on table
Britain’s economy eked out unexpected growth in the second quarter, laying the ground for more interest rate hikes from the Bank of England, but it remained the only big ...
Bulging warehouses mean lean times for longer for US, European companies
Lean times faced by many U.S. and European companies may last longer than expected as they try to sell off their bulging inventories in an economic climate where demand ...
Israel’s El Al in talks to buy Airbus jets in potentially historic shift
El Al Israel Airlines ELAL.TA is in “serious” talks with planemaker Airbus AIR.PA to buy as many as 30 A321neo jets, El Al’s CEO said on Thursday, ...
Sweden hold off Japan fightback to reach Women’s World Cup semis
Sweden held off a late Japan fightback to reach the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup for the fifth time with a 2-1 win at Eden Park on Friday, ...
ChatGPT fever spreads to US workplace, sounding alarm for some
Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and ...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian, wound eight, in West Bank raid
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded at least eight others during an operation in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian officials said.
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West African bloc takes steps towards forming military force for possible Niger intervention
West African nations on Friday forged ahead with plans for a possible military intervention in Niger following the military coup there, although it has not given up the hope of ...
Relentless Man City seek record four titles in a row
Winning four successive top-flight titles has proved beyond any team or manager in the history of English football but if any club can break new ground it is Manchester City.
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Teenager Paralluelo shines as Spain make history
While Spain were expected to lean on the experience of Alexia Putellas and others at the Women’s World Cup, it was teenager Salma Paralluelo who made a spectacular impact ...
Russian missile hits hotel used by UN in Zaporizhzhia
A Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday evening, leaving one dead and 16 injured, Ukrainian officials said.
National police said an Iskander missile hit ...
Russia launches first lunar lander in 47 years to find water on moon
Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday in a bid to be the first nation to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole, a region ...
Maui wildfire death toll hits 53 and may rise; recovery to take years
Maui’s wildfires have killed at least 53 people, a toll expected to rise,and unleashed destruction on the resort town of Lahaina that will take many years and billions of ...
West African bloc activates standby force for possible Niger intervention
The West African bloc ECOWAS on Thursday ordered the activation of a standby force for possible use against the junta that took power in Niger in July, saying it wanted ...
Messi effect set to catapult Major League Soccer to ‘new level’
Lionel Messi could significantly raise the profile of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the game as a whole in the United States, experts told Reuters, with the Argentine forward’s ...
Biden requests $40 bln in extra funding for Ukraine, disasters and fentanyl fight
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress to approve about $40 billion in additional spending, including $24 billion for Ukraine and other international needs, $4 billion related to border security and $12 ...
Ethiopia cracks down on gay sex in hotels, other venues
Security forces in Ethiopia are cracking down on hotels, bars and restaurants in the capital Addis Ababa where gay sexual activity is alleged to take place, the city administration said ...
Kremlin aide rewrites Russian history for a society at war
In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, the Kremlin even writes the history textbooks.
Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky has published four history textbooks for 16- to 18-year-old schoolchildren giving a completely revised ...
Impossible for City to recreate ‘once-in-a-liftime’ treble win, says Guardiola
Manchester City will not be able to scale the dizzying heights of last season’s treble-winning campaign, manager Pep Guardiola said on Thursday ahead of their Premier League opener against ...
European tourists head north to dodge heat, summer extended
Tourists and tour operators are expected to head to northern Europe in the future after a summer of crippling heatwaves hit southern Europe and left travelers wondering if cooler temperatures ...
Turkish inflation to keep soaring, testing patience with Erdogan’s U-turn
Turks will get little reprieve from a soaring cost of living this summer as economists expect prices to jump by as much as 8.5% in August, underlining Ankara’s challenge as ...
Russia’s ‘barbaric’ invasion of Ukraine slammed by Yandex co-founder
The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, on Thursday condemned what he described as Russia’s “barbaric” invasion of Ukraine, days after criticism in Russia over his apparent ...
Hawaii wildfires kill 36 as ‘apocalypse’ hits Maui island resort city
At least 36 people have died after wildfires, fanned by winds from a faraway hurricane, devastated much of the resort city Lahaina on Hawaii’s Maui island, the Maui County said ...
Ukraine’s navy announces Black Sea humanitarian corridor, Russian threat remains
Ukraine announced a “humanitarian corridor” on Thursday to let dozens of cargo ships trapped in its ports since the outbreak of war last year sail into the Black Sea, where ...