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Typhoon Nuri in China after sweeping Hong Kong

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Typhoon Nuri struck southern China on Friday, killing three people after barreling through Hong Kong, shutting down most of the financial hub with gale-force winds and disrupting hundreds of flights.

Chinese build new highway to "lost" Kenya

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
NEAR ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) - After a century of broken promises, a paved road linking Kenya to Ethiopia is no longer a mirage for a desert region choked by remoteness.

Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
QUERETARO, Mexico (Reuters) - Affluent Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help find them tied up in a safe house or stuffed in the trunk of a car.

U.S. says Russian pullback in Georgia "far too slow"

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
GORI, Georgia (Reuters) - Russia said it was on course to complete a partial pullback of troops from Georgia by Friday night but that a number of "peacekeeping forces" would stay in the country, something bound to anger the West.

Al Qaeda north African wing claims Algeria bombs

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
LONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's north African wing has claimed responsibility for two car bombs in Algeria which killed 12 people and wounded 42 this week, the Al Jazeera television network said on Thursday.

Rio in "real war" with militia and gangs: governor

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro police are in a "real war" against militias and drug gangs, the state governor in charge of the region said on Thursday, two days after gunmen murdered seven slum residents.

South African lion death man is released

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A white South African farmer who was sentenced to life imprisonment for feeding a black worker to a pack of lions was released on parole on Thursday after serving 3 years in jail, the SAPA news agency reported.

France pays tribute to dead troops

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
PARIS (Reuters) - France paid tribute on Thursday to its 10 soldiers killed in an ambush in Afghanistan, and the government said parliament would debate the army's presence there after the country's worst military loss in 25 years.

New judges assigned to Karadzic trial

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic got his wish for a different judge on Thursday when the U.N. tribunal for former Yugoslavia assigned his war crimes case to a new chamber on procedural grounds.

Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
QUERETARO, Mexico (Reuters) - Wealthy Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help find them tied up in a safe house or stuffed in the trunk of a car.

Colombian drug lord to be extradited to U.S

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will extradite Colombian drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia within a week to face drug and homicide charges in the United States, a senior justice ministry official said on Thursday.

Israel opens checkpoint for Palestinian traffic

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
BIR NABALA, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel, under international pressure to ease restrictions on Palestinians, removed a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Thursday that had curbed movement outside a main Palestinian city.

Violence hits Pakistan as ruling parties squabble

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Suicide blasts and sinking financial markets added pressure on Pakistan's government to tackle the nation's mounting problems on Thursday after President Pervez Musharraf quit but a split threatens to tear the coalition apart.

Afghan civilians said killed in U.S.-led air raid

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
KABUL (Reuters) - More than a dozen civilians have been killed in an air strike by U.S.-led coalition troops in Afghanistan's eastern province of Laghman, two provincial officials said on Thursday.

Georgia refugees make home in ex-Russian army base

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
TBILISI (Reuters) - Leila Inauri laughed grimly at the irony of her situation.

Mideast peace pressure could lead to violence: Livni

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's chief negotiator said on Thursday a Palestinian uprising could reignite if the international community piled too much pressure on the sides to paper over differences and rush into an agreement on statehood.

Suicide bombs kill 59 outside Pakistani arms plant

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the country's main defense industry complex on Thursday, killing at least 59 people as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, officials said.

Chinese troops fired at Tibetan crowd, Dalai Lama says

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
PARIS (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama accused Chinese troops of opening fire on protesters in eastern Tibet on August 18 and said in an interview published on Thursday he had unconfirmed information that 140 people were killed.

Some Hindus to stop paying tax over Kashmir land row

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
JAMMU, India (Reuters) - Hindu leaders locked in a violent land row with Muslims in Indian Kashmir asked people on Thursday to stop paying government taxes, seeking to expand their street protests into a mass civil disobedience movement.

Tsvangirai says Mugabe may have abandoned talks

Tue, 2024-11-26 18:34
NAIROBI (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe may have decided to abandon power-sharing talks aimed at ending Zimbabwe's deep crisis, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday.