One dead, two missing as torrential rains slam Japan, risk alerts broadened
World
August 14, 2021
One dead, two missing as torrential rains slam Japan, risk alerts broadened
TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) – One woman was dead and two people were missing on Saturday after torrential rains touched…
Fear and hope on Libya’s reopened highway
Middle East
August 13, 2021
Fear and hope on Libya’s reopened highway
SIRTE, Libya, Aug 12 (Reuters) – The green bus rumbling from Benghazi to Tripoli this week was the first to…
Dubai Expo in focus as UAE racks up $700 mln of trade with Israel since normalization
Middle East
August 13, 2021
Dubai Expo in focus as UAE racks up $700 mln of trade with Israel since normalization
DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Israel and the United Arab Emirates, which normalized relations a year ago, are looking to…
Japan issues highest risk alerts in Hiroshima due to torrential rains
World
August 13, 2021
Japan issues highest risk alerts in Hiroshima due to torrential rains
TOKYO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Japan on Friday issued the most serious level 5 risk alerts in the western prefecture…
Taliban capture Afghanistan’s Kandahar, Herat; embassies getting staff out
Middle East
August 13, 2021
Taliban capture Afghanistan’s Kandahar, Herat; embassies getting staff out
KABUL, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on Afghanistan on Friday, wresting control of its second and…
Six people killed in mass shooting in Plymouth, England
World
August 13, 2021
Six people killed in mass shooting in Plymouth, England
Aug 13 (Reuters) – Six people, including a child, were killed in a mass shooting in the city of Plymouth…
Messi joins crypto craze as gets part of PSG fee in fan tokens
World
August 12, 2021
Messi joins crypto craze as gets part of PSG fee in fan tokens
MIAMI, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Soccer star Lionel Messi’s signing on fee at Paris St Germain includes some of the…
Syrian properties in Ankara attacked after youth killed
Middle East
August 12, 2021
Syrian properties in Ankara attacked after youth killed
ANKARA, Aug 12 (Reuters) – A crowd of Turks attacked shops and homes belonging to Syrians in the Turkish capital…
Crypto fashion: why people pay real money for virtual clothes
World
August 12, 2021
Crypto fashion: why people pay real money for virtual clothes
LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) – People care what their avatars are wearing. When the virtual world Decentraland said in June…
Israel to OK new homes for West Bank settlers, Palestinians -security official
Middle East
August 12, 2021
Israel to OK new homes for West Bank settlers, Palestinians -security official
TEL AVIV, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Israel is set to approve construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in the…