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BRUSSELS, May 25 (Reuters) – People living near a burning textile warehouse in a town west of Brussels were evacuated from their homes on Monday due to the “significant” risk of canisters stored nearby exploding, the local mayor said in a radio interview. Other residents in the town of Turbize were told to stay home with their windows and doors closed, the council said on its website, due to the […]

By Gradel Muyisa , Fiston Mahamba and Aaron Ross BUNIA, May 25 (Reuters) – Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling with shortages of basic supplies, are now also having to deal with attacks on their facilities and fleeing patients as the virus spreads rapidly. At least three such incidents have occurred in the northeastern province of Ituri where the first Ebola […]

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriot YouTuber and TikToker Fidias Panayiotou, who translated his online popularity into a meteoric political career at home and in Europe, said Monday that he’ll hold onto his European Parliament seat, despite winning one in Cyprus’ House of Representatives. “I’ll stay in the European Parliament because it would be good for the Direct Democracy party to have a European Parliament member,” Fidias, who goes by his […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Rescuers are racing against time to reach seven people who have been trapped in a cave in central Laos since last week. A group of villagers in Xaisomboun province went into the cave to look for gold on May 19, but heavy rain triggered flash flooding that blocked the exit, according to Laos and Thai rescue teams involved in the operation. Bounkham Luanglath, who leads the Laos’ […]

DALLAS (AP) — After three terms in the U.S. House and two unsuccessful campaigns for the U.S. Senate, Colin Allred said he’s heard plenty about voters’ suspicions that politicians are just trying to make a buck in Washington. “’What about the stock trading in Congress? What about people getting rich in Congress?’” Allred said they ask him regularly. “And I have to say to them, you’re absolutely right about that, […]

WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday it should be mandatory for countries including Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey to join the Abraham Accords en masse as part of an effort to reach a deal with Iran. Trump said he spoke on Saturday to leaders of those countries, as well as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, which already have signed the accords, a set of […]

By Aditya Soni and Chandini Monnappa BENGALURU, May 25 (Reuters) – India will need a coordinated push across government, companies and academia on skilling and policy if it wants to become an AI powerhouse, an IBM executive said, as the technology threatens the country’s position as a global services hub. IBM India head Sandip Patel told Reuters on Monday that the South Asian nation’s large young workforce could give it […]

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, May 25 (Reuters) – Mount Everest expedition operators must focus on the experience and knowledge of climbers to lower risks and minimise deaths on the mountain, a British climber and guide who has made the most ascents to the peak by a non-Sherpa said on Monday. Five people have died on Everest this year and some faced problems at high altitudes, needing to be rescued from […]

By Saleem Ahmed ISLAMABAD, May 25 (Reuters) – More than 30 people died in a suicide bombing of a train in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said on Monday, in the latest attack claimed by separatist Balochistan militants. Two provincial officials, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to disclose the information, said on Monday the death toll had risen to more than 30. At least 24 […]