Germany’s Kramp-Karrenbauer to Step Down as CDU Leader
MOSCOW, Oct 26 (Reuters) – A delegation from Hamas visited Moscow on Thursday for talks on the release of foreign hostages including Russian citizens that the militant group is currently holding in Gaza, Russian news agencies reported, citing the foreign ministry. Senior Hamas member Abu Marzouk was among those attending the talks, TASS reported. “Contacts…
Natural-gas prices rally, buoyed by winter storm forecast Oil futures declined Monday, with U.S. prices posting their largest daily drop since November after Saudi Arabia cut its crude selling prices to all regions, raising concerns about the outlook for demand. A survey, meanwhile, showed higher oil production last month by members of the Organization of…
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address. She will formally step down on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen. “I will leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince Frederik,” she announced. The 83-year-old is the world’s only reigning…
Melissa has made an historic landfall in Jamaica, and continues to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and destructive winds. It will then target eastern Cuba and the southeast Bahamas. Here’s the very latest. Hurricane Melissa is now moving across Jamaica and Cuba with catastrophic amounts of wind and rainfall. The devastating hurricane made landfall earlier this…
JERUSALEM/GAZA/KFER AZA, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Israel hammered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday with the fiercest air strikes in its 75-year conflict with the Palestinians, razing entire districts despite a threat from Hamas militants to execute a captive for each home hit. Across the barrier wall enclosing the coastal enclave, Israeli soldiers collected the last…
A massive 8.8 earthquake rocked the upper Pacific Ocean Tuesday evening, triggering tsunami warnings for the entire state of Hawaii and parts of Alaska as the first waves hit parts of Russia and Japan. In Hawaii, a 5.7-foot tsunami wave amplitude was reported in Kahului, with a 4.9-foot wave in Hilo, a 4-foot wave in…