AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar7 hours agoLocationverified_publisherReuters - Adnan AbidiSHILLONG, India SHILLONG, India Cornelius Mawa, 28, a porter, carries Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) and Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) as he crosses a suspension bridge to reach a remote polling station, ahead of the first phase of the election, in Shillong in the northeastern state of …
AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar11 hours agoPanama election unlikely to shift outlook for First Quantum's copper mineverified_publisherReuters - Valentine HilaireApril 18 (Reuters) - Prospects are poor for First Quantum Minerals (FM.TO)New Tab, opens new tab to recover its canceled concession for a lucrative copper mine after presidential elections in May, a Reuters review of the campaigns' proposals and interviews with protest leaders show. Protests against …
AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar8 hours agoBrazil's plans to drill for oil in the Amazon hit stiff Indigenous resistanceverified_publisherReuters - Marta NogueiraOIAPOQUE, Brazil, April 18 (Reuters) - State-run energy firm Petrobras has hit growing resistance from Indigenous groups and government agencies to its premier exploration project, which would open the most promising part of Brazil's northern coast to oil drilling. Environmental agency Ibama denied …
AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar5 hours agoMaldives court overturns ex-president Yameen's jail termverified_publisherReuters - Mohamed JunaydMALE, April 18 (Reuters) - A Maldives high court overturned former president Abdulla Yameen's 11-year jail term on Thursday and asked a lower court to restart criminal proceedings against him. Yameen was convicted in December 2022 of corruption and money laundering over kickbacks from a private …
AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar5 hours agoMyanmar's Suu Kyi being used as 'human shield', son fearsverified_publisherReuters - Hannah EllisonLONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained former leader and Aung San Suu Kyi was moved from prison to house arrest possibly to be used by the Southeast Asian nation's ruling junta as a human shield in its conflict with resistance fighters, her son said on Thursday. Suu Kyi has been detained by …
AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar10 hours agoIn a rebel-held Myanmar town, fragile unity pushes junta to the brinkverified_publisherReuters - Panu Wongcha-UmMYAWADDY, Myanmar, April 18 (Reuters) - Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized from the ruling junta last week, offers a glimpse of dynamics playing out across the Southeast Asian country as its vaunted military reels from battlefield losses. At the border town's …
AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar9 hours agoCroatia ruling party races to form coalition after election winverified_publisherReutersZAGREB, April 18 (Reuters) - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday his long-dominant ruling HDZ party will announce the name of a coalition partner "very soon", after it won Wednesday's snap election but fell short of an outright majority. With nearly all votes counted, the …
AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar12 hours agoChevronverified_publisherReuters - Crispian BalmerCAPRI, Italy, April 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine warned foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major powers on Thursday they had to change strategy if they wanted Kyiv to withstand increasingly destructive Russian air assaults. G7 ministers meeting on the island of Capri acknowledged the need to …
AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar15 hours agoBiden - and steelmakers - promise U.S. Steel will stay Americanverified_publisherReuters - Steve HollandPITTSBURGH, April 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Steel (X.N)New Tab, opens new tab and Japanese buyer Nippon Steel (5401.T)New Tab, opens new tab said the Pittsburgh-based firm will remain an "iconic American company" even after a planned $14.9 billion takeover, echoing President Joe Biden's promise to local …
AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar5 hours agoChevronverified_publisherReutersDUBAI, April 18 (Reuters) - Dubai, a city in the desert proud of its modern gloss, faced the towering task on Thursday of clearing its waterclogged roads and drying out flooded homes two days after a record storm saw a year's rain fall in a day. Dubai International Airport, a major travel hub, …
AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar9 hours agoRussia jails hypersonics scientist for seven years in treason caseverified_publisherReutersLONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - A Russian scientist who worked on hypersonic technologies was handed a seven-year jail sentence on Thursday for treason after he was accused of passing state secrets to foreign nationals. A representative for St Petersburg's court system said Alexander Kuranov, 76, would …
AvatarPhilip GAvatarAvatar4 hours agoUS and Britain announce new Iran sanctions after missile and drone strike on Israelverified_publisherReuters - David BrunnstromWASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its unmanned aerial vehicle production after its attack on Israel, and U.S. President Joe Biden said G7 leaders were committed to acting together to increase economic pressure on Tehran. Britain …