SEOUL, May 29 (Reuters) – North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash and excrement across the heavily fortified border to South Korea on Wednesday, calling them “gifts of sincerity”, prompting an angry response from Seoul, which said the act … Read More
Another volcanic eruption has begun in south-west Iceland, forcing the evacuation of the famous geothermal Blue Lagoon spa and the small fishing town of Grindavik. The new fissure opened up near Sundhnuksgigar on the Reykjanes peninsula, the fifth eruption in … Read More
People can be seen pacing back and forth searching for their loved ones in the shadow of the limestone mountainside. A mass of boulders, earth and splintered trees can be seen in new drone footage released Tuesday of the devastation … Read More
A long-awaited expedition into an 18th-century shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea has reportedly begun. The government of Colombia launched the deep-water expedition of the San José shipwreck, which is rumored to contain cargo worth billions of dollars, last week. The galleon sank in 1708 … Read More
PARIS/BERLIN, May 28 (Reuters) – France and Germany’s leaders said on Tuesday Ukraine should be allowed to hit military sites inside Russia from which missiles were being fired at Ukrainian territory, but not other targets. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the … Read More
Chow Hang-tung, a prominent barrister, among those held over social media posts before Tiananmen Square anniversary Hong Kong police have arrested six people, marking the first time that the city’s new national security law, known as Article 23, has been used … Read More
MOSCOW/LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if … Read More
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s first election in five years is shaping up as a battle for the country’s soul, with some saying it poses an existential threat to the governing Conservative Party, which has been in power since … Read More
China has started two days of military exercises around Taiwan, with its military calling them “strong punishment” for the self-ruled island’s “separatist acts”. The drills come three days after the inauguration of President William Lai, who called on China to … Read More
The European Union plan to use as much as $3.25 billion in profits from Russian sovereign assets — frozen by sanctions due to Russia’s war on Ukraine — to fund Ukraine and its military. “Russia must pay for its war … Read More