GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A government ferry carrying 133 passengers and crew capsized in Guyana with 67 people rescued so far, authorities said Sunday, as a massive search and rescue operation tried to find the dozens of people still missing. The MV Barima was sailing from the capital, Georgetown,
July 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans should add Iran to the Russian sanctions bill. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
FRANKFURT, July 19 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday he may now potentially have an opportunity for changes to his cabinet, a statement coming after the resignation of a top politician over the weekend. “It could be an opportunity,” he said told broadcaster ZDF when asked a
By Yi-Chin Lee and Ann Wang TAIPEI, July 19 (Reuters) – Taiwan must work together to protect its democracy and not become part of China, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, calling on members of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to oppose the “red terror” coming from Beijing. Lai, who won el
BEIJING, July 19 (Reuters) – The Chinese meteorological authority on Sunday issued a heavy rain alert for parts of southern China and a geological disaster warning for areas including parts of Chongqing, where 34 people remain missing more than two days after a rain-triggered landslide. • Cutting so
LONDON (AP) — Andy Burnham will enter 10 Downing Street on Monday with a wave of enthusiasm behind him and a mountain of challenges ahead. His coronation as British prime minister may be short-lived as he faces the same struggles as his predecessor in trying to temper a cost-of-living crisis, improv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Kyiv overnight with ballistic missiles and other weapons, killing one and wounding 16 people, local authorities said, again highlighting Ukraine’s shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems. U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is prepared to grant Ukra
KYOTO, Japan (AP) — There’s a special moment when Katsushi Horikawa feels closer to the gods. It comes as he rides atop one of the towering floats pulled through the streets in a centuries-old procession in Japan. This is the Gion Matsuri festival, born more than 1,000 years ago as a ritual to ward
CHONGQING, China (AP) — Rescue crews used excavators on Sunday to comb through the rubble in search of survivors from a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing that killed at least eight people and left another 34 missing. Massive amounts of rocks and soil roared down a slope and bur
NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) – Social activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife has approached an Indian court seeking permission to transfer him from a government hospital to a private facility, alleging he was being held in “illegal detention,” she said on Sunday. “Despite repeated requests, the hospital has
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers on Saturday evening found five survivors, including a 7-year-old girl, from a passenger boat that sank earlier in the week in eastern Indonesia waters and were searching for 20 other people still missing. The KM Nurul Salsa, which was carrying 78 passengers and crew,
BEIJING, July 19 (Reuters) – The former president of the China Development Bank, Ouyang Weimin, has been put under investigation on suspicion of serious disciplinary and legal violations, China’s anti-graft watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said on Sunday. In 2024, a former
July 18 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck Central Peru on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The depth of the quake was 22 km (13.67 miles), the EMSC said. (Reporting by Sumedha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger) Brought to you by
KYIV, July 19 (Reuters) – Russian missiles hit Kyiv and the surrounding region early on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring nine others as fires broke out across the city, officials said. A Reuters witness heard a series of powerful explosions rock the capital, as Ukraine’s air force wa
By Emily Green MEXICO CITY, July 18 (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a message on X that she would attend the World Cup final in New Jersey on Sunday at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump along with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “I considered it politically i
By Enas Alashray, Hatem Maher and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 19 (Reuters) – The United States launched new strikes against Iran, Central Command said, after it earlier announced that two U.S. military personnel were killed in Jordan and another was missing following an Iranian attack. B
By Maria Alejandra Cardona MIAMI, July 18 (Reuters) – Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrived in the United States on Saturday after completing a five-year prison sentence on the communist-run island. Otero Alcántara, co-founder of Cuba’s opposition San Isidro Movement, was welcom
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s president signed a constitutional amendment into law on Saturday that ends his term in office, bringing to a close a dispute between him and the country’s new government that was seeking to oust him as part of a purge of officials appointed during the reign of Vikt
MANCHESTER, England, July 18 (Reuters) – Incoming British prime minister Andy Burnham will scrap the government’s troubled plans for a digital ID scheme when he enters office on Monday, a spokesperson for the new Labour Party leader said. Resources devoted to the scheme, deemed a “fiasco” by a cross
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Islamic militants and a separatist group ambushed a Malian army convoy in the country’s hard-hit north on Saturday, resulting in the killing or capture of scores of soldiers, the rebels said. The Malian army confirmed the attack, saying in a statement that armed groups ambushed t
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will attend Sunday’s World Cup final after an invitation from her U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, their first meeting since December after months of verbal sparring. Sheinbaum did not attend the World Cup’s opening match in Mexico City,
July 18 (Reuters) – British police said on Saturday they had found no evidence to charge anyone with a terrorism offence linked to a suspected threat against an Islamic event in eastern England last weekend. Thirteen people had been arrested between Sunday and Thursday after police became aware of a
July 18 (Reuters) – A Lebanese soldier was killed and an officer and another soldier were wounded when a suspicious object exploded in an army vehicle in the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri, the Lebanese army said on Saturday. The Israeli military said on Saturday the vehicle had driven over an e
July 18 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is preparing to unveil a series of grants in Europe and beyond to support Maga-aligned initiatives in pursuance of a dramatic overhaul of U.S. foreign aid priorities, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. The proposed grants include $2 million to “cou
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza City on Saturday killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, hospital officials said. A strike on an apartment in the Nasr neighborhood killed at least five people, including the children between the ages of 8 and 18, said Moh
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST, July 18 (Reuters) – Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok has signed a constitutional amendment passed by Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s ruling Tisza party that ends his term as head of state, Sulyok said in a statement on Saturday. The legislation was part of Magyar’s drive t
July 18 (Reuters) – The Israeli military said it struck a Hezbollah cell near Tebnit in southern Lebanon on Saturday after soldiers identified a Hezbollah drone in the area. The air force located fighters that had been operating drones and taking cover near Israeli troops, the military said in a sta
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian prosecutors have released video of what they say is the bombing in Monaco that seriously injured tycoon Vadym Yermolaiev and his family. The June 30 attack deeply shook the discreet and ultra-wealthy principality on the Mediterranean coast. The motive remains unclear.
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice late on Friday rejected a request from lawyers of former President Jair Bolsonaro for him to be visited under house arrest by Argentine President Javier Milei. The encounter was intended to take place in the capital, Brasilia, on July 25. Justice Al
CARACAS (AP) — The death toll from the two powerful earthquakes that shook Venezuela last month rose to 5,069 late on Friday, local authorities said. The interim government of President Delcy Rodriguez added in a statement that the number of injured remains unchanged at 16,740, as in the past 11 day
