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MOSCOW, June 2 (Reuters) – The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that its massive overnight strike on Ukraine was a response to what it called “terrorist acts” against targets inside Russia and said it had struck a range of Ukrainian military targets. Ukrainian authorities said that Russian drones and missiles had pounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities early on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and wounding […]

NAIROBI, June 2 (Reuters) – Two people were killed in central Kenya on Monday during a protest against moves by the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility at a military base there, protest organiser Patrick Wahome and a security source told Reuters.  The circumstances of their deaths were not immediately clear. Kenya’s national police spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment.  (Writing by Aaron Ross Editing by […]

NAIROBI, June 2 (Reuters) – Kenyan President William Ruto defended a planned U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility at a military air base in central Kenya, saying it was part of a wider national preparedness plan and a long-running health partnership with Washington. Last week, Kenya approved a U.S. request to establish a facility at a military air base in central Kenya for Americans who may have been exposed to Ebola.  Residents […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — On his son Nolan’s birthday, Jacob deGrom got the whole family a gift he’ll never forget. The two-time Cy Young Award winner tossed five scoreless innings to earn his 100th career win as the Texas Rangers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on Monday night. “It’s really cool,” deGrom said. “As a kid, your goal is to just play major league baseball and for it to […]

BIRAO, Central African Republic (AP) — The agony began for Maude Ahmad Fadala shortly after sunset. Her baby was coming. She was in a refugee camp, weakened by typhoid. There were no camp facilities for what was about to happen, and she had no money to travel. She struggled to her feet and started walking. She stopped every few minutes, gripped by pain from contractions, then could go no farther. […]

ISTANBUL (AP) — Far from tango’s birthplace in working-class districts and port areas of Buenos Aires and Montevideo in Argentina and Uruguay, dance enthusiasts in Istanbul have built a close-knit and passionate community. Every night, they gather at milongas — sessions of Argentine ballroom dancing — on both sides of this vast city that bridges Europe and Asia, drawn together by music, movement and the embrace of tango. Turkish locals, […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Ukraine with a barrage of missiles and drones overnight Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, injuring dozens and trapping others, authorities said. At least four people were killed in Kyiv and 58 people were injured, including three children, Ukraine’s state emergency service said in a statement on Telegram. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were damaged in eight of Kyiv’s districts. Attacks were also […]

ŌAMARU, New Zealand (AP) — The small, rural town of Ōamaru, New Zealand, has become an unlikely world capital for the retro futuristic genre of steampunk. Over a span of four days each year, a steampunk festival draws thousands of airship captains, Victorian inventors and make-believe aristocrats as they show off costumes and personas they have spent months or even years creating. The event takes place on a preserved Victorian […]

ŌAMARU, New Zealand (AP) — The woman in the pink frock coat announced herself as steam curled from a strange brass contraption on her back. “I am Lady Sarsaparilla Ovabyte, of the Coventry Ovabytes,” she said. “We are purveyors of fine cordials.” Her companion peered through glasses made from fused-together forks. “Captain Bob McSpoon, inventrepreneur,” he said. On a Victorian-era street in rural Ōamaru, New Zealand, Ovabyte and McSpoon, who […]