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Fast-moving wildfire in northern California forces residents to evacuate
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The fast-moving McKinney Fire in northern California near the Oregon border has forced 2,000 residents to evacuate and has destroyed homes and critical infrastructure sin...
Jul 31, 2022
U.N. intervention brigade in Congo opened fire at border post causing loss of life
DAKAR (Reuters) - The United Nations peacekeeping force in Congo said on Sunday that soldiers belonging to the force's intervention brigade who were returning from leave opened fire at a border post f...
Jul 31, 2022
Part of Beirut Port’s silos collapse, cloud of dust and smoke rises: Reuters witness
(Reuters) - Part of Beirut Port's silos collapsed on Sunday afternoon and a large cloud of dust and smoke was seen in the area, a Reuters witness said. Earlier this month, a fire had been burning slow...
Jul 31, 2022
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes southwestern Pakistan region – EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake struck at a depth of 30 km, EMSC said. (Report...
Jul 31, 2022
Former Maoist commander reinstated as Nepal’s finance minister
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal has reinstated its finance minister, the president's office announced on Sunday, after an internal investigation found no evidence to prove he was involved ...
Jul 31, 2022
South Africa’s ANC retains rule that officials must step down if charged – president
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said the ruling party African National Congress (ANC) had decided to retain its rule that anyone charged with corruption or ...
Jul 31, 2022
Kentucky floods kill at least 26, number to keep rising, governor says
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -At least 26 people, including children, have died in floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky, and more fatalities are predicted with authorities expecting...
Jul 31, 2022
One dead in clashes between Taliban, Iran border forces, Afghan police official says
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL(Reuters) - Clashes between Taliban forces and Iran border guards on Sunday have left at least one dead on the Afghanistan side, an Afghan police official said. "We have o...
Jul 31, 2022
Explainer: What’s driving the power struggle in Iraq?
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iran-backed Shi'ite rivals has escalated with his supporters breaking into parliament and beginning...
Jul 31, 2022
World’s biggest Swiss flag unfurled on Alpine cliff
MOUNT SAENTIS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Teams of workers unfurled the world's biggest Swiss flag on an Alpine cliff on Sunday to mark the country's national day on Aug. 1. The 6,400-square-metre (68,89...
Jul 31, 2022
