Nearly 80 bodies pulled from landslide at Myanmar jade mine
YANGON (Reuters) – Nearly 80 bodies have been pulled from a landslide near a jade mine in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State and an estimated 100 people are still missing, a rescue official said on Sunday.
State of emergency declared in Crimea after electricity pylons ‘blown up’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A state of emergency has been declared in Crimea after pylons carrying electricity from Ukraine were blown up cutting off power to almost two million people, media and the Russian government said on Sunday.
Exclusive: In Paris attack, nurse discovers the man he tried to save was bomber
PARIS (Reuters) – In the chaos of the explosion at the Comptoir Voltaire cafe, one of several targets hit in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, nurse David instinctively sought to help the wounded.
Exclusive: In Paris attack, nurse discovers the man he tried to save was bomber
PARIS (Reuters) – In the chaos of the explosion at the Comptoir Voltaire cafe, one of several targets hit in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, nurse David instinctively sought to help the wounded.
French police release seven people picked up during raid last week
PARIS (Reuters) – French police have released seven of the eight people rounded up when they raided a flat last Wednesday where the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks was hiding, a judicial source said.
Magnitude 5.5 quake hits Chilean coast: USGS
(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the central Chilean coast on Saturday, south of the town of Coquimbo, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Western leaders agreed to extend Russia sanctions by six months: diplomat
(Reuters) – Western leaders who met on the margins of last week’s Group of 20 summit in Turkey agreed to extend sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine by six months until July of next year, a senior European diplomat told Reuters.
Honduras detains Syrian, Pakistanis traveling illegally: police
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran police arrested a Syrian woman and two Pakistani men on Saturday after determining they were traveling illegally and presumably en route to the United States, authorities said.
Hong Kong votes year after protests in test of appetite for democracy
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong votes in district level elections on Sunday that will mark the first real test of public sentiment since pro-democracy protests crippled parts of the Chinese-controlled city last year.
School dropout rate rising as drought boosts hunger in Zimbabwe
LUPANE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Thabiso Dube isn’t helping his mother at home, the scrawny 8-year-old is working alongside her, doing odd jobs in exchange for food.
