Hurricane Milton spawns tornadoes, leaves millions without power in Florida
Reuters Hurricane Milton marched across Florida on Thursday, whipping up deadly tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power to more than 3 million customers, but the Tampa Bay metropolitan area…
Passport of Valencia FC fans impounded in Singapore after staging protests against billionaire owner
Reuters Singapore police said on Thursday they were investigating a Spanish couple for protesting billionaire Peter Lim’s ownership of Spanish soccer club Valencia and had impounded their passports. Lim, 71,…
Algeria bars France from wheat import tender as relations sour, sources say
Reuters Algeria excluded French companies from a wheat import tender this week and required that participating firms did not offer French-origin wheat, in apparent fallout from renewed diplomatic tensions between…
Leather workers protesting for better conditions attacked in Italy
Reuters FLORENCE, Italy – Leather goods workers in the Italian city of Prato, who were holding a protest to demand better working conditions, have been attacked while manning a picket…
13 repentant Boko Haram terrorists flee with rifles, motorcycles given to them by Borno government to join the military in fighting terrorism in the Nigeria’s northeastern State
Olayomi Koiki No fewer than thirteen ex-fighters of Boko Haram terrorist group have escaped with rifles and motorcycles given to them by Nigeria’s Borno State government, which co-opted them to…
Hezbollah, Israeli forces clash ahead of expected Biden-Netanyahu talks
AFP Hezbollah militants and Israeli forces exchanged fire along the Lebanon-Israel border on Wednesday, ahead of expected talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden. Hezbollah…
EU Commission chief: Hungary’s Russia, China policies pose security risk
Reuters BRUSSELS – Hungary is putting European security at risk, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday in an unusually blunt speech blasting Budapest’s relationship with Russia…
Nobel chemistry prize 2024 goes to protein pioneers Baker, Hassabis and Jumper
Reuters STOCKHOLM – U.S. Scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hassabis won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for work on decoding the structure of…
Many soldiers feared dead in Nigeria’s southeastern Imo State as gunmen attack army camp
Ayomidele Oluwasusi Gunmen in Nigeria’s southeastern Imo State have reportedly attacked an army camp in Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area, leaving many soldiers dead, local news outlets reported on Wednesday. In…