April 21, 2025
King Charles and Queen Camilla greet crowds after Easter service
LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla briefly greeted onlookers after an Easter service at St George's Chapel in Windsor, an important fixture in the calendar of the monarch, who is supreme governor of the Church of…
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis, whose tenure was marked by turbulence and division, dies at 88
VATICAN CITY, April 21 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign in which he sought to overhaul an ancient and divided institution. He was 88, and had…
April 17, 2025
California becomes the first state to sue Trump over tariffs
California is suing President Donald Trump's administration over the tariffs it has imposed on most of the U.S.'s trading partners, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday, the first state to do so since Trump announced…
April 16, 2025
Judge orders Trump officials to testify about efforts to return wrongly deported man
GREENBELT, Maryland, April 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday demanded U.S. officials provide documents and answer questions under oath about what it had done to secure the return of a man wrongly deported to El Salvador, ramping up an inquiry…
April 11, 2025
NYC sightseeing helicopter plunges into river, killing 6, including family of Spanish tourists
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists in the latest U.S. aviation disaster, officials said. Mayor…
April 6, 2025
Anti-Trump protesters gather in Washington, other US cities
April 5 (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. on Saturday, part of some 1,200 demonstrations that were expected to form the largest single day of protest against President Donald Trump and his…
April 6, 2025
Hundreds of protesters turn out in European cities against Trump
FRANKFURT/BERLIN, April 5 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people protested in European cities on Saturday against U.S. President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk, following a bruising week for financial markets after Trump unveiled sweeping global…
March 28, 2025
Hundreds feared dead as quake hits Thailand & Myanmar
Workers are feared trapped following the collapse of a high-rise building under construction in Thailand's capital. A 7.7 magnitude quake struck in neighbouring Myanmar on Friday at a depth of 10km, followed by a strong aftershock, according to the…
March 27, 2025
King Charles cancels engagements after experiencing temporary side effects of cancer treatment
(CNN) - Britain’s King Charles “required a short period of observation in hospital” on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects” from a scheduled cancer treatment in the morning, Buckingham Palace has said. “His Majesty has now returned…
March 22, 2025
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is sworn in as Namibia’s first female leader
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was sworn in as Namibia’s first female president on Friday, reaching the highest office in her land nearly 60 years after she joined the liberation movement fighting for independence from apartheid…