(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Japan's Bonin Islands, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday.The quake was at a depth of 503.2 km (312.7 miles), USGS said.(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters.
By Tim ReidWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump'svice presidential running mate, defended herself on Friday against Democratic attacks over her account of shooting a dog on her family farm.Noem, the governor of South Dakota, describes killing an "untrainable" dog called Cricket which she "hated" in an upcoming memoir, excerpts of which were first published by The Guardian on Friday. She also said she shot to death a goat.Noem said the dog ruined a...
The Biden administration said Friday more time is needed to weigh a potential menthol cigarette ban, dealing a blow to public health advocates with another delay while citing “an immense amount of feedback” generated by the proposal.The news comes ahead of November’s hotly contested presidential election and amid concerns that a long-anticipated menthol ban could harm President Joe Biden’s support among Black voters, with menthol cigarettes disproportionately used by the Black community in the...
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck just off Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Saturday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.The quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake had a depth of 24.9 km (15.5 miles), the weather administration said.Taiwan has been hit by more than 1,000 aftershocks since a 7.2 magnitude quake struck Hualien earlier this month, killing 17 people.(Reporting by Ben Blanchard)Copyright 2024 Thomson...
PARIS (Reuters) - The sails of the landmark red windmill atop the Moulin Rouge, Paris' most famous cabaret club, fell to the ground overnight in the early hours of Thursday, a venue spokesperson said."We don't know what happened, it occurred between 02:00 and 03:00 am, no one was hurt," the spokesperson said, adding the night's last show had finished at 01:15 am.Moulin Rouge is best known by many as the birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance. The club was founded in 1889 and the...
By Yimou Lee and Ben BlanchardTAIPEI (Reuters) -China should have the confidence to talk to Taiwan's legally elected government, President-elect Lai Ching-te said on Thursday as he appointed his new national security and diplomacy team amid what he called unprecedented challenges.China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the island's strong objections, has ramped up military and political pressure against Taipei during the past four years as it seeks to press...
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money election interference case appears poised to rule that the former president repeatedly violated his gag order. But what’s much less clear is how he chooses a punishment that preserves judicial integrity and avoids political theater.It won’t be easy. After an hour-long hearing, which concluded with Judge Juan Merchan warning Trump’s attorney that he is “losing all credibility with this court,” an angry Trump stormed out of the courtroom, refusing to...
Climate change has taken up a permanent presence in our global discourse. The broad issue is complex, riddled with an assortment of challenges.Yet in the mainstream, the idea of climate change is regularly oversimplified, and the conversation around this multifaceted topic invariably circles back to one element: carbon.As the primary contributor to the greenhouse effect and our changing climate, it’s understandable why carbon – and its capture and removal – has become the central character in...
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a three-day official visit, the foreign office said, amid tight security in the Pakistani capital.The visit, which Pakistan's foreign office said would run until Wednesday, comes as the two Muslim neighbours seek to mend ties after unprecedented tit-for-tat military strikes this year."The Iranian president is accompanied by his spouse and a high-level delegation," Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 shook the northern Turkish province of Tokat on Thursday, Turkey's AFAD disaster management authority said.Teams from AFAD and other related agencies were investigating the situation at the scene, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X.(Reporting by Murad Sezer and Burcu Karakas; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Andrew Heavens)Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli settlers killed two Palestinians on Monday in the occupied West Bank province of Nablus, Salah Bani Jaber, the mayor of Aqraba, told Reuters."About 50 settlers, a large number of them armed, attacked the residents of Khirbet al-Tawil village east of Aqraba in the province of Nablus. They opened fire on the youth and this led to the death of two of the youth and the injury of others,” the mayor said.Tensions have been running high across the occupied West Bank since...