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(Reuters) – Over 200 law enforcement officers in Texas searched on Sunday for a man accused of shooting to death five neighbors after being asked to stop firing a semiautomatic rifle in Cleveland, Texas. Francisco Oropesa, 38, is accused of opening fire on neighbors after being asked to stop shooting an AR-15-style rifle late Friday because it was keeping a baby awake. The victims include an 8-year-old boy. “Right now, […]

By Lucinda Elliott and Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) -Paraguay’s election officials were counting ballots after polls closed on Sunday in what could be the sharpest challenge to the ruling conservative Colorado Party in over a decade and as the country’s long ties with Taiwan were potentially at stake. Voters could no longer cast their ballots after 4 p.m. (2000 GMT), in what is expected to be a tight contest between […]

(Reuters) – Over 200 law enforcement officers in Texas searched on Sunday for a man accused of shooting to death five neighbors after being asked to stop firing a semiautomatic rifle in Cleveland, Texas. Francisco Oropesa, 38, is accused of opening fire on neighbors after being asked to stop shooting an AR-15-style rifle late Friday because it was keeping a baby awake. The victims include an 8-year-old boy. “Right now, […]

(Reuters) – Over 200 law enforcement officers in Texas searched on Sunday for a man accused of shooting to death five neighbors after being asked to stop firing a semiautomatic rifle in Cleveland, Texas. Francisco Oropesa, 38, is accused of opening fire on neighbors after being asked to stop shooting an AR-15-style rifle late Friday because it was keeping a baby awake. The victims include an 8-year-old boy. “Right now, […]

By Nick Starkov LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Sunday its troops were holding onto parts of the eastern city of Bakhmut, focus of a prolonged Russian assault, while the head of a major pro-Moscow force said his men were making progress. Russian forces, which have struggled for months to capture Bakhmut, are slowly taking over more and more of the city. “Fierce fighting continues in the city of […]

By Nick Starkov LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Sunday its troops were holding onto parts of the eastern city of Bakhmut, focus of a prolonged Russian assault, while the head of a major pro-Moscow force said his men were making progress. Russian forces, which have struggled for months to capture Bakhmut, are slowly taking over more and more of the city. “Fierce fighting continues in the city of […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will increase efforts to remove the remainder of wildcat miners from indigenous lands following a shooting attack by invaders that killed a Yanomami indigenous person and left two others seriously injured, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said on Sunday. An inter-ministerial delegation is en route to Roraima state to “further reinforce actions to remove criminals,” the ministry said on Twitter. Since President Luiz Inacio Lula da […]

(Reuters) – Team by team analysis of Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the fourth round of the 23-race Formula One season (Teams listed in championship order): RED BULL – Sergio Perez 1, Max Verstappen 2 Saturday Sprint winner Perez won from third on the grid, taking the lead when Verstappen pitted on lap 11 just before the safety car was deployed. It was his second win of the season, sixth of […]

(Reuters) – The Vatican is involved in a peace mission to try to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Pope Francis said on Sunday, telling reporters during a flight home after a three-day visit to Hungary that he was willing to do everything that has to be done. FIGHTING * Four civilians died as a result of Ukrainian shelling on a village just over the border in Russia’s Bryansk […]