Middle East conflict disrupts airline operations

Agence France Presse, Reuters 06/24/2025

Global airlines have suspended or reduced flights across the Middle East amid escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, now with the United States entering the fray. The US carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites overnight Saturday…

Cardinals could pick Tagle, ‘Asian Francis’, as next pope

Reuters 05/05/2025

VATICAN CITY — Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the “Asian Francis” because of his infectious smile, easy laugh, and spontaneity with words. Like the late Argentine pope, he hails from a country far from…

Trump moves to tax small parcels; some retailers give up on US

Reuters 05/03/2025

LONDON—As the United States ends a tariff exemption for small parcels on Friday, some retailers have stopped selling to US customers while others are seeking temporary workarounds in the hope the tariff rate may be reduced. The…

Thailand earthquake: Woman gives birth to baby girl amid chaos

Reuters 04/01/2025

BANGKOK — In the chaos of Friday’s earthquake, a Thai woman gave birth to a baby girl on a rolling bed in a hospital as it was being evacuated. The powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake centered in Myanmar…

In China, firm withdraws marry or be fired ultimatum

Reuters 03/02/2025

HONG KONG — A Chinese company in the eastern industrial hub of Shandong withdrew an order in February that required single employees to get married by the end of September, after local authorities said it violated the…

Latin America prays for Francis, the region’s first pope

Reuters 02/23/2025

BUENOS AIRES — People across Latin America prayed for Pope Francis, the first leader of the Catholic Church to come from the region, as the Vatican reported on Saturday the Argentina-born pontiff was in critical condition in…

9 dead, 50 missing in Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years

Reuters 04/03/2024

TAIPEI — Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday, injuring more than 800, while 50 went missing en route to a national park, authorities said, as rescuers used ladders to bring…

Israel says airstrike unintentionally killed aid workers in Gaza

Reuters 04/03/2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday Israel mistakenly killed seven people working for the aid charity World Central Kitchen in a Gaza airstrike, and the U.S. and other allies called for explanations amid widespread condemnation. Israel’s…

‘Adopt a penguin egg’ Easter campaign helps endangered African birds

Reuters 03/30/2024

CAPE TOWN – Bored of buying eggs made of chocolate and wrapped in foil with predictable bunny motifs? This Easter in South Africa you could instead spend your cash an egg that will hatch a live penguin.…

Israel ordered by World Court to halt Gaza famine

Reuters 03/29/2024

THE HAGUE/CAIRO —The World Court on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel, accused by South Africa of genocide in Gaza, to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the enclave’s Palestinian population and halt…

Collapsed Baltimore Bridge: US gives Maryland $60M to rebuild it

Reuters 03/29/2024

The U.S. government awarded the state of Maryland $60 million in federal emergency relief on Thursday in response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, an extraordinarily fast disbursement after such a disaster.…

Spice Girl Mel B shares more in expanded memoir

Reuters 03/28/2024

NEW YORK —   Spice Girl Mel B is releasing an expanded version of her 2018 memoir, sharing more details about her personal life which she hopes will help survivors of domestic abuse. The British singer and…

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