Agency Desk

Haiti gangs wage battles in downtown Port-au-Prince

Haitian gangs waged intense gun battles on Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, shuttering main avenues and a municipal market in the downtown area of the capital....

Canada leaders tell pope of horrors of indigenous schools

Canada's leaders on Wednesday pointedly told Pope Francis of the horrors of Church-run residential schools for indigenous and the pontiff lamented that many were...

N.Korea’s Kim says country ready to mobilise nuclear war deterrent

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is ready to ready to mobilise its nuclear war deterrent and for any military clash...

Amid economic turmoil, Argentina’s president sacks economy chief – newspaper

Argentina's president will fire Economy Minister Silvina Batakis after barely one month on the job, Clarin newspaper reported on Wednesday citing official sources, as...

Reuters World News Summary | Science-Environment

Following is a summary of current world news briefs.Italy's conservatives strike deal over candidate for PMThe party with the most votes in Italy's centre-right...

Shanghai reports 11 new local asymptomatic COVID cases, 3 symptomatic for July 27

Shanghai reported 11 new domestically transmitted asymptomatic coronavirus cases for July 27, down from 14 a day earlier, while local symptomatic cases were three,...

Meta posts first-ever revenue drop as inflation throttles ad sales

Meta Platforms Inc issued a gloomy forecast after recording its first ever quarterly drop in revenue on Wednesday, with a global recession looming and...

U.S. says ‘substantial offer’ on the table for Russia to release detainees Griner, Whelan

The United States has made "a substantial offer" to Russia to release U.S. citizens detained there, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on...