Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Plane crashes in Swiss mountains, causing casualties – RTN
BERLIN (Reuters) - A plane crashed on Saturday morning in Switzerland's Ponts-de-Martel area close to the French border, causing a number of casualties, Swiss broadcaster RTN reported. The accident oc...
May 20, 2023
Russia’s Wagner claims Bakhmut; Kyiv says situation critical
(Reuters) - Russia's Wagner private army claimed on Saturday to have finally captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after the longest and bloodiest battle of the war, while Kyiv denied the cit...
May 20, 2023
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Italy’s Unipol join forces to help Italians hit by flooding
MILAN (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX and Unipol Gruppo agreed to join forces to help people hit by flooding in northern Italy connect to the Internet, facilitating rescue operations, the Italian insur...
May 20, 2023
China complains to G7 host Japan over joint statement
BEIJING (Reuters) - China firmly opposes the G7 joint statement out of Hiroshima and has complained to summit organiser Japan, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said that the...
May 20, 2023
Washington quiet as debt ceiling deadline inches closer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House and Republican congressional negotiators on raising the federal $31.4 trillion debt ceiling were quiet on Saturday after meetings on Friday failed and President Joe ...
May 20, 2023
Ukraine denies Russia’s Wagner has captured Bakhmut
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's military denied on Saturday that Russia's Wagner private military unit had taken full control of the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut and said its troops were continuing to fi...
May 20, 2023
McQueen documentary juxtaposes Amsterdam’s Nazi-occupied past with the present
By Hanna Rantala CANNES (Reuters) - Filmmaker Steve McQueen's new documentary "Occupied City," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this week, juxtaposes modern-day shots of Amsterdam against n...
May 20, 2023
Russia’s Prigozhin claims capture of Bakhmut, Ukraine says fighting goes on
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday his Wagner fighters had completed the capture of Bakhmut, but Ukraine rejected the claim and said fighting was ...
May 20, 2023
Congo security forces fire tear gas, clash with anti-govt protesters
By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo security forces fired tear gas and fought running battles in the streets of the capital Kinshasa with anti-government protesters demon...
May 20, 2023
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy meets world leaders on sidelines of G7 summit
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN (Reuters) -Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy received a warm welcome in Japan on Saturday after arriving to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima for back-to-back b...
May 20, 2023
