News Biden meets families of Russian-held detainees Griner, Whelan 17 Sep 2022 WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden met on Friday with families of two Americans being held by Russia, and personally reassured them he is working to gain freedom…
News Without the queen at its heart, Commonwealth faces uncertain future 17 Sep 2022 LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - When she was a child growing up in Nigeria, Timie Ogunmola's father used to show her black-and-white pictures of his trip to London in 1953…
News William and Harry prepare to hold vigil by late queen’s coffin 17 Sep 2022 LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - People flocked to central London to join a queue to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth on Saturday, undeterred by a government warning to…
News Israel attacks Damascus airport, five soldiers killed, Syria says 17 Sep 2022 Israeli kids play next to an Israeli flag next to the Israeli Syrian border at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israel July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo DAMASCUS, Sept 17 (Reuters)…
News Japan warns powerful typhoon to hit southern region on Sunday 17 Sep 2022 TOKYO, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special typhoon warning on Saturday for Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's main islands, as the region…
News Stung by criticism over Diana, Britain’s royals show common touch 17 Sep 2022 LONDON/EDINBURGH, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The day after his mother, Britain's longest serving monarch, died, King Charles and his wife Camilla surprised well-wishers gathered outside Buckingham Palace in London by…
News Top Congo presidential adviser resigns after allegedly requesting bribe on tape 17 Sep 2022 KINSHASA, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A top adviser to the Democratic Republic of Congo's president Felix Tshisekedi has resigned after he was allegedly caught on tape negotiating a corrupt mineral…
News Cheetahs return to India after 70-year absence 17 Sep 2022 LONDON/NEW DELHI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Eight radio-collared African cheetahs step out on to the grassland of Kuno National Park in central India, their final destination after a 5,000-mile (8,000…
News Sri Lanka’s crisis pushes war-shattered Tamils to the brink 17 Sep 2022 MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Under a blazing sun, a 44-year-old Tamil labourer tended his rented patch of peanut field in Sri Lanka, striking his spade against the…
News Protests break out at funeral of Iranian woman who died after morals police arrest 17 Sep 2022 DUBAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Protests broke out in western Iran on Saturday at the funeral of a young woman who died after being detained by morality police enforcing strict…