World

US officials meet Sikh activists before Biden-Modi talks

Senior U.S. officials met with Sikh advocates on Thursday to discuss threats facing Sikhs in the United States, including a foiled murder plot against a prominent activist last year, several attendees told Reuters.

September 21, 2024 1:00 pm

World

Police operation kills two men in New Caledonia 

September 21, 2024 9:45 am

World

Biden readies $375 million arms aid package for Ukraine

The United States is preparing a $375 million military aid package for Ukraine, breaking a months-long trend towards smaller packages for Kyiv for its military operations against Russia, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday.

September 21, 2024 8:45 am

World

Teen accused of raping jogger released into community

A teen accused of ambushing a female jogger, throwing her to the ground and raping her in a random attack has been released back into the community.

September 20, 2024 4:43 pm

World

Australia backs Gaza occupation end despite abstention

Australia was on the verge of supporting an international call for Israel to withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories but pulled the pin after the push went too far.

September 20, 2024 3:24 pm

World

Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US, UK urge restraint

Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war, heightening the conflict between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah amid calls for restraint.

September 20, 2024 2:46 pm

World

Russia attacks Ukraine geriatric centre and power grid

Russian forces hit a geriatric centre in the Ukrainian city of Sumy and targeted its energy sector in a new wave of airstrikes on Thursday, killing at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said.

September 20, 2024 1:34 pm

Pacific Islands

Youth Shine at Renewable Energy and Climate Finance Workshop

More than 50 youth representatives from across Tonga gathered for a transformative three-day workshop focused on Renewable Energy and Climate Finance, held in Nuku’alofa.

September 20, 2024 1:00 pm

World

Harris and Trump neck-and-neck in national polls

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain deadlocked less than seven weeks before the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, according to new polls released on Thursday that also show a tight race in the key state of Pennsylvania.

September 20, 2024 12:29 pm

World

Biden expects Fed to continue cutting interest rates

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects the Federal Reserve to continue cutting interest rates and vowed that his administration would keep working to lower costs for Americans.

September 20, 2024 11:18 am

World

Ukraine weakens Russian forces in East: Zelenskiy

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had reduced the potential of Russian troops to launch attacks in Donetsk region on the eastern front of the more than 2 1/2-year-old war.

September 20, 2024 10:25 am

World

Firefighters quell most of Portugal's worst wildfires, fight still on

Firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had doused the flames in the Aveiro district, one of the worst-hit, and were focusing on eight large blazes still raging elsewhere.

September 20, 2024 9:39 am