Pope visits Venice prison at start of day trip to lagoon city
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By Yara Nardi VENICE (Reuters) -Pope Francis flew into Venice on Sunday for his first trip of the year, testing his mobility and resilience after a number of health scares in recent months. It was the 87-year-old pope’s first visit to the lagoon city since his 2013 election and also the first time a pontiff…
Russia says it destroyed 17 drones launched by Ukraine
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(Reuters) – Russia’s air defence systems destroyed 17 drones launched by Ukraine over its territory, Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday, with a regional official saying the attack targeted an oil storage facility in the Kaluga region. The defence ministry said on the Telegram messaging app that three of the Ukraine-launched drones were downed over…
Russia drone attack damages hotel in Mykolaiv, Ukraine says
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(Reuters) – A Russian drone attack heavily damaged a hotel in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv, the governor of the broader Mykolaiv region said, with Russia’s RIA news agency reporting the hotel housed English-speaking mercenaries fighting in Ukraine. “The enemy attacked the city with an unmanned aerial vehicle of the ‘Shahed-131/136’ type,” Mykolaiv’s governor, Vitaly…
France’s foreign minister looks to prevent Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalation in Lebanon visit
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By John Irish BEIRUT (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister will push proposals to prevent further escalation and a potential war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah during a visit to Lebanon on Sunday as Paris seeks to refine a roadmap that both sides could accept to ease tensions. France has historical ties with Lebanon and earlier…
Zelenskiy says Russia targeted gas facilities that secure EU supply
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said a Russian attack on his country’s energy sector on Saturday had targeted gas facilities important for supply to the European Union. Russia continues to supply gas to the EU via Ukraine under a transit deal with Russia’s Gazprom that is set to expire in December. Ukraine’s energy…
Russian missiles pound power plants in central and western Ukraine
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By Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Russian missiles pounded power facilities in central and western Ukraine on Saturday, increasing pressure on the ailing energy system as the country faces a shortage of air defences despite a breakthrough in U.S. military aid. The air strike, carried out with long-range missiles, including cruise missiles fired…
Police arrest scores of pro-Palestinian protesters on US university campuses
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on a handful of U.S. university campuses on Saturday, as activists vowed to keep up the movement seeking a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas among other demands. The Indiana University police department in Bloomington said in an emailed statement that 23 protesters were arrested there.…
Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with maximum 15 years in prison
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament passed a law criminalising same-sex relationships with a maximum 15-year prison sentence on Saturday, in a move it said aimed to uphold religious values but was condemned by rights advocates as the latest attack on the LGBT community in Iraq. The law aims to “protect Iraqi society from moral depravity…
Portugal’s government rejects paying reparations for colonial, slavery legacy
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By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s government said on Saturday it refuses to initiate any process to pay reparations for atrocities committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, contrary to earlier comments from President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. From the 15th to the 19th century, 6 million Africans were kidnapped and forcibly transported across…
Soccer-Holders Barca beat Chelsea to reach Champions League final
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By Clare Lovell LONDON (Reuters) -Holders Barcelona battled into the final of the women’s Champions League, overturning a first-leg 1-0 deficit to beat Emma Hayes’s 10-woman Chelsea 2-0 in the second leg at a sold-out Stamford Bridge on Saturday. It was the second season in a row that Barca had beaten Chelsea 2-1 in the…
Some US officials say in internal memo Israel may be violating international law in Gaza
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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some senior U.S. officials have advised Secretary of State Antony Blinken that they do not find “credible or reliable” Israel’s assurances that it is using U.S.-supplied weapons in accordance with international humanitarian law, according to an internal State Department memo reviewed by Reuters. Other officials upheld support for Israel’s…
Russia holds in custody subordinate of arrested deputy minister, Tass says
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court has ordered another suspect to be held in custody following the arrest of an ally of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on suspicion of taking bribes, TASS news agency reported on Saturday. It cited court documents as saying Anton Filatov, a subordinate of Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov, had been…
UK Conservative lawmaker Dan Poulter defects to opposition Labour
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(Reuters) -British member of parliament Dan Poulter has defected from the ruling Conservative Party to the opposition Labour Party, in a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a set of local elections that could put further pressure on his leadership. Sunak’s Conservatives are trailing Labour by around 20 points in opinion polls ahead…
Rocked by spy scandal, Germany’s far-right reprises old themes at campaign launch
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By Thomas Escritt DONAUESCHINGEN, Germany (Reuters) – Buffeted by sliding poll ratings and reeling from allegations that it had harboured a Chinese spy in its ranks, Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany sought to recover lost momentum at the Saturday launch of its campaign for June’s European Parliament elections. Support for the AfD, which at the…
Two Israeli hostages seen in latest video issued by Hamas
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hamas released a new video on Saturday that appeared to show two Israeli hostages who have been held in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel. The video is similarly filmed to previous hostage videos made public by the Islamist group, which Israel has condemned as psychological terrorism.…
BHP considering improved proposal for Anglo American after bid rejected, source says
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(Reuters) -BHP Group is considering making an improved offer for Anglo American after its $39 billion initial proposal was rejected by the London-listed miner, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. BHP is in discussions on a revised bid for Anglo American to be made in coming weeks, the source said. The deliberations are…
Russian think tank warns of stagnating industrial output, investment
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By Darya Korsunskaya LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s industrial production and investments are stagnating, its exports of goods are continuing to deteriorate and profitability in most industries is declining, a think tank close to the government has said in a report. The Centre for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting issued its downbeat assessment on Saturday, also…
Socialist supporters call on Spanish prime minister to stay
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By Elena Rodriguez MADRID (Reuters) -Thousands of Socialist Party supporters travelled from across Spain for a rally in Madrid on Saturday to call on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to stay on, after he stunned the country this week by saying he might quit the premiership. Sanchez said on Wednesday he would step back “for a…
Russia says it struck Ukrainian energy plants in response to Kyiv targeting its own energy sector
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday that its forces had carried out 35 strikes in the last week against Ukrainian energy facilities, defence factories, railway infrastructure, air defences, and ammunition stocks. It said in a statement that the strikes, which spanned April 20-27, were “in response to attempts by the Kyiv…
Macron visit to Germany in May to focus on EU ties
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By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Germany in May and will spend more days than planned with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, government sources said, in a sign of their ambition to bring more unity to EU relations. Macron’s previously announced state visit from May 26-28, might be followed by another…
