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A view from a helicopter shows a flooded area in the Kurgan Region, Russia, in this still image taken from video released April 9, 2024. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via

Nearly 1,000 houses, plots flooded in Russia's Kurgan region

Reuters |Updated 7 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Some 990 houses and residential plots have been flooded in Russia's Kurgan region straddling the Tobol River near the border with Kazakhstan, the emergency ministry said on Tuesday, as officials said water levels continued to rise ...

Tasmanian Devils fight in their enclosure before the first shipment of healthy and genetically diverse devils to the island state of Tasmania are sent from the Devil Ark sanctuary in Barrington Tops on Australia's mainland, November 17, 2015.

Australia's Juukan Gorge yields up rare Tasmanian Devil tooth

Reuters |Updated 47 minutes ago |2 min read

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Archaeologists surveying the Juukan Gorge rock shelter in Western Australia that was destroyed by Rio Tinto in 2020 have unearthed major finds including the tooth of a Tasmanian Devil that has not been recorded on the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a press conference following a meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, in Berlin, Germany, April 12, 2024.

China's Xi tells Germany's Scholz to seek 'common ground'

Andreas Rinke |Updated 7 minutes ago |1 min read

By Andreas Rinke BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday two-way ties with Germany would continue to develop steadily as long as both respected each other and sought "common ground" while reserving differences. "We must ...

Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov delivers a speech during his office's collegium meeting in Moscow, Russia, March 26, 2024. Sputnik/Sergei Guneev/Pool via

Russia's prosecutor general arrives in Cuba for bilateral talks

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov arrived in Havana for bilateral talks with his Cuban counterpart and other officials, the prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine in 2022 has triggered the ...

File photo: Apache Stronghold, a Native American group hoping to protect their sacred land from a Cooper mine in Arizona, place signs outside the 9th Circuit Appeal Court in Pasadena, California,U.S., March 21, 2023.

Native American group seeks to overturn US court ruling on Rio's Arizona copper mine

Ernest Scheyder, Mrinmay Dey |Updated 7 minutes ago |2 min read

By Mrinmay Dey and Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - A Native American group has asked all members of a U.S. appeals court on Monday to overturn an earlier ruling that granted land to Rio Tinto for a copper mine in Arizona, saying the land was sacred ...

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South Korea foreign ministry summons Japan diplomat over disputed islands

Reuters |Updated 17 minutes ago |1 min read

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign ministry summoned a Japanese diplomat on Tuesday to protest a claim in Japan's annual diplomatic policy Bluebook over a group of islands between the countries at the centre of a longstanding territorial ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press conference with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (not pictured), following an online meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., May 25, 2023. 

Pentagon chief stresses Middle East stability in calls with counterparts

Idrees Ali, Kanishka Singh |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

By Idrees Ali and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin held calls on Monday with counterparts in the Middle East and Europe, expressing support for Israel after attacks from Iran but also stressing regional ...

A worker labours at a construction site in Beijing, China April 9, 2024.

China's Q1 GDP grows 5.3% y/y, well above forecast

Reuters |Updated 7 minutes ago |4 min read

(Reuters) - China's economy grew 5.3% in the first quarter year-on-year, official data showed on Tuesday, comfortably beating analysts' expectations, a welcome sign for policymakers as they try to shore up demand and confidence in the face of a ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during an interview with KBS at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, February 4, 2024. The Presidential Office/Handout via

South Korea Yoon orders preemptive response to Middle East tensions

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday there should be preemptive response to any risk factors arising from the tensions in the Middle East following Iran's attack on Israel due to the country's energy dependence ...

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Kiribati court rules suspended Australian judge cannot be deported

Kirsty Needham |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) - A Kiribati court has ruled that a High Court judge in the Pacific Island nation who has been suspended by the president cannot be deported to Australia where he was born until parliament considers the findings of a ...

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