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Two dead, five missing after boat collision on Danube in Hungary

Two people were killed and five others were missing after a small motor boat collided with a cruise ship on the Danube River north of Budapest late on Saturday, Hungarian police said.

May 20, 2024 11:16 am
 

World

Russian strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv region kill at least 11

Russia struck a busy lakeside resort on the edge of Ukraine’s second largest city and also attacked villages in the surrounding region, killing at least 11 people and wounding scores.

May 20, 2024 10:26 am
 

Pacific Islands

France mobilises police to regain control of New Caledonia airport road

French police trying to restore order in the island territory of New Caledonia after days of deadly unrest have cleared dozens of barricades that had been blocking the main road linking the airport to the capital, Noumea, a senior official said.

May 20, 2024 9:10 am
 

World

Forty-seven dead in heavy rain, floods in northern Afghanistan

At least 47 people have died after continued heavy rain and flooding in northern Afghanistan, an official said, a day after a similar number were killed in a central province.

May 20, 2024 8:52 am
 

World

Reactions to the crash of the Iranian president's helicopter

Following are reactions from foreign governments and officials to the news that a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed as it flew over mountainous terrain in this fog.

May 20, 2024 7:41 am
 

World

Helicopter carrying Iran's President Raisi crashes, search under way

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident.

May 20, 2024 6:44 am
 

World

Eruption of Indonesia's Mt Ibu forces seven villages to evacuate

A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people from seven nearby villages have been evacuated, authorities said on Sunday.

May 19, 2024 4:28 pm
 

World

Britain's Conservatives trail Labour by 18 points

The opposition Labour Party’s lead over British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservative Party has increased to 18 points, according to an opinion poll published on Saturday.

May 19, 2024 3:27 pm
 

World

Japan military needs more women, harassment issue

As Japan embarks on a major military build-up, it’s struggling to fill its ranks with the women that its forces need and its policymakers have pledged to recruit.

May 19, 2024 1:30 pm
 

World

Australians in New Caledonia face food shortages

Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of the Pacific island territory, amid unrest that has killed six people, a traveller from Sydney said on Saturday.

May 19, 2024 8:33 am
 

World

Brazil's flood aid costs budget $2.6 Billion

Brazil estimates aid measures taken by authorities after deadly floods in its southernmost state will cost at least 13.4 billion reais ($2.6 billion) from its budget, according to finance ministry data compiled by Reuters.

May 18, 2024 4:34 pm
 

World

Aid begins to arrive in Gaza via US-built pier

Aid deliveries began arriving at a U.S.-built pier off the Gaza Strip on Friday as Israel comes under growing global pressure to allow more supplies into the besieged coastal enclave, where it is at war with Palestinian militants Hamas and a famine looms.

May 18, 2024 2:25 pm

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