Dozens missing after severe flooding causes chaos in Germany
KAMPALA, June 1 (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has defended signing one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, with punishments up to and including the death penalty, saying it was needed to prevent LGBTQ community members he said were “disoriented” from “recruiting” others. His comments were the first since he signed the bill into…
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake was felt widely across California’s greater San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday, rattling homes and shaking windows. The quake hit at 11:42 a.m. with a depth of 4 miles, just south of Mount Hamilton in the hills about 12 miles east of downtown San Jose, according to the U.S. Geological Survey….
ussia will enact a “more powerful” response to strikes on its territory, a Russian government official said Friday. In a post on his Telegram channel, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin wrote in response to Ukraine‘s use of ATACMS missiles provided by the U.S. to attack a Russian munitions depot in Bryansk on Tuesday and Ukraine’s attack in Kursk using Storm…
TOKYO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Canada is in discussions about joining an expanded AUKUS deal between the U.S., Britain, and Australia formed to counter China’s growing military influence in the Asia Pacific region, Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair said. Canada has said it wants to join a second pillar of AUKUS that will collaborate on…
April 15 (UPI) — Several French prisons were attacked Monday night into Tuesday morning, during which cars were set on fire and one facility was struck by gunfire. French Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin posted to X Tuesday alleging that the prisons were being attacked in relation to federal efforts to crack down on drug…
Israel says eight of the remaining 26 hostages due to be released by Hamas during the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal are dead. Government spokesman David Mencer told reporters that Israel had received a list from the Palestinian armed group overnight that provided information on the status of the hostages. “The list from…