Strong 7.2 Mexico quake cuts power and damages homes; no deaths reported
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A prolonged 7.2 magnitude quake that rocked Mexico on Friday left nearly a million homes and businesses without power in the capital and four southwest states, the federal electricity commission said, but no deaths were reported…
Nine dead in fire at waste facility in southern China: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – Nine people have died in a fire at a waste processing facility in southern China, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday.
China’s Hui Muslims fearful Chinese New Year education ban a sign of curbs to come
GUANGHE, China (Reuters) – For some in China’s ethnic Hui Muslim minority here, a recent ban on young people engaging in religious education in mosques is an unwelcome interference in how they lead their lives.
Powerful 7.2 quake rocks buildings in Mexico, minor damage reported
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A 7.2 magnitude quake rocked Mexico on Friday, a prolonged rumble that the government said had caused minor damage to buildings in the southern state of Oaxaca, but with no preliminary reports of deaths.
Magnitude 7.5 quake hits Mexico, buildings sway in capital
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A 7.5 magnitude quake shook southern Mexico on Friday, a prolonged rumble that rocked buildings across the capital Mexico City.
Venezuela’s hardline opposition party to boycott ‘fraudulent’ election
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s hardline opposition party Popular Will, whose leader Leopoldo Lopez would be a leading presidential contender if he were not under house arrest, announced on Friday it would boycott April’s presidential vote, calling it …
Turkish army hit village in Syria’s Afrin with suspected gas: Kurdish YPG, Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish forces and a monitoring group said the Turkish military carried out a suspected gas attack that wounded six people in Syria’s Afrin region on Friday.
U.S. charges Russians with 2016 U.S. election tampering to boost Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Russian propaganda arm oversaw a criminal and espionage conspiracy to tamper in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign to support Donald Trump and disparage Hillary Clinton, said an indictment released on Friday that revealed more…
Exclusive: Haiti president says many aid organizations hid misconduct
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s president said on Friday that sexual misconduct by staff of British charity Oxfam was only the tip of an “iceberg” and called for investigations into Doctors Without Borders and other aid organizations which came to t…
Turkey frees German-Turkish journalist, who flies to Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Turkish court freed German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel on Friday pending trial after indicting him for alleged security offences, in a move welcomed by Berlin and which could lead to an easing of tensions between the two NATO al…
