By Trevor Hunnicutt, Doina Chiacu, Joseph Ax SCRANTON, Pa./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After a rancorous presidential campaign that exposed the depth of the political divisions in the United States, Americans streamed to the polls on Tuesday to choose either incumbent Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden to lead a pandemic-battered nation for the next four years. Voters lined up […]
Police have carried out a series of raids and made 14 arrests in the hours since a gunman murdered four people in the heart of Vienna. The man blamed for carrying out the attack was a 20-year-old “Islamist terrorist” who was released early from jail in December 2019. Security has been tight in the Austrian […]
The White House has accused leading infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci of playing politics days before the election in an interview about the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Fauci told the Washington Post the US was in for a “whole lot of hurt”. He also offered an assessment of how both President Donald Trump and his Democratic […]
By Imogen Foulkes BBC News, Geneva Geneva is a very wealthy place. Home to a huge private banking sector, the United Nations, and auction houses Sotheby’s and Christie’s, which regularly sell enormous gemstones for eye-watering prices. And this month it is introducing the highest minimum monthly salary in the world, in response to a referendum […]
By Chayut Setboonsarng, Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn said “we love them all the same” of protesters who seek to curb his powers and he called Thailand “the land of compromise” on Sunday in his first direct public comments on months of demonstrations. One protest leader said it sounded like “just words.” The […]
By Allison Lampert, David Shepardson MONTREAL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A global aviation manual now under review by a UN body suggests global guidelines calling for the use of highly reliable tests when screening passengers to detect the novel coronavirus ahead of flights, three sources familiar with the matter said. Carriers and airports are pushing for uniform global testing […]
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian security forces killed the chief of the largest militant group in Kashmir in a gun battle on Sunday, as the disputed region is riven by violence more than a year after New Delhi withdrew its semi-autonomy. The killing takes the number of militants killed in the Muslim-majority […]
By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) – The ruling party in Georgia won parliamentary elections, firming its grip on power, near-complete results showed on Sunday, but the opposition rejected the figures and promised permanent protests. With around 99% of the votes in, data from the Central Election Commission (CEC) gave the ruling Georgian Dream party 48.07% […]
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday his government will give provisional provincial status to part of Kashmir, drawing condemnation from India, which has long objected to any such changes by Islamabad. Khan’s proposal would apply to Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan’s only land link to China, which is the northern part […]
Seven pro-democracy politicians in Hong Kong have been arrested over scuffles with pro-Beijing lawmakers in the city’s Legislative Council in May. Police say they have been charged with contempt and interfering with members of the council. The two opposing camps came to blows, with heckling and shoving on both sides, over the appointment of the […]
