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TAIPEI (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy has released a video of what it called an “unsafe interaction” in the Taiwan Strait, in which a Chinese warship crossed in front of a U.S. destroyer in the sensitive waterway that separates democratically governed Taiwan from China. The U.S. military said the USS Chung-Hoon, a destroyer; and Canada’s HSMC Montreal, a frigate, were conducting a “routine” transit of the strait on Saturday when […]

By Stefica Nicol Bikes SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian federal court officials on Monday began hearings on a lawsuit filed by a group of Torres Strait Islanders alleging the Australian government had failed to protect them from climate change, which threatens to destroy their homes. The case, the first climate class action brought by Australia’s First Nations people, was filed in 2021 on behalf of the remote islands of Boigu and […]

By Maha El Dahan, Alex Lawler and Ahmad Ghaddar VIENNA (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia will make a deep cut to its output in July on top of a broader OPEC+ deal to limit supply into 2024 as the group seeks to boost flagging oil prices. Saudi’s energy ministry said the country’s output would drop to 9 million barrels per day (bpd) in July from around 10 million bpd in May, the […]

By Dave Graham and Alberto Fajardo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The party of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was set to win a major opposition bastion in a state election on Sunday, preliminary figures showed, giving the country’s leader a boost as he seeks to pave the way for a successor next year. In the State of Mexico gubernatorial race, Lopez Obrador’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) was expected […]

By Dave Graham and Alberto Fajardo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The party of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was set to win a major opposition bastion in a state election on Sunday, preliminary figures showed, giving the country’s leader a boost as he seeks to pave the way for a successor next year. In the State of Mexico gubernatorial race, Lopez Obrador’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) was expected to […]

(Reuters) – Karim Benzema’s decision to leave Real Madrid after 14 trophy-laden years was a surprise, manager Carlo Ancelotti said, but insisted that the Ballon d’Or winner has earned the right to choose. The 35-year-old striker will exit Real as a free agent in the close season, with the Frenchman linked with a big-money move to Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad. “His departure has come as a surprise to everyone, […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A woman imprisoned for 20 years over the deaths of her four children was pardoned by New South Wales state on Monday after a judicial review found there was reasonable doubt about the original convictions. Kathleen Megan Folbigg was convicted in 2003 for the murder of her three children and manslaughter of her fourth. Folbigg maintained her innocence and said the children had died of natural causes. […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) is poised to win the governorship of the State of Mexico, the state’s electoral institute forecast on Sunday. A preliminary estimate showed MORENA’s candidate Delfina Gomez was on track to win 52.1-54.2% support, while opposition contender Alejandra del Moral was expected to garner between 43.0-45.2%, the electoral institute said after Sunday’s vote. (Reporting by Dave Graham; […]

By YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Investigators are probing an electronic track management system that they suspect malfunctioned and caused India’s deadliest train crash in more than two decades, railways officials said on Sunday. At least 275 people were killed on Friday when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train, went off the tracks and hit another passenger train passing in the opposite direction in the eastern state […]