Taiwan earthquake cracks walls and shatters memories for one family
HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Linda Chen looked wistfully around her apartment in Taiwan's eastern city of Hualien, which her family…
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Sri Lanka sees no need for talks with India on island it ceded decades ago
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka does not see any need to re-open talks on a contentious island ceded to it…
Russia says dialogue with NATO at ‘zero’ but it doesn’t seek open conflict
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia-NATO relations are worsening but Moscow has no intention of entering a conflict with a NATO country,…
Tropical forest loss eased in 2023 but threats remain, analysis shows
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Tropical forest loss declined last year, but other indicators show that the world's woodlands remain under…
Study finds mercury contamination in Brazil’s Yanomami people
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Indigenous people from nine villages in Brazil's Yanomami territory were found to be contaminated by…
Somalia expels Ethiopian envoy amid naval base dispute
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Somalia said on Thursday it was expelling Ethiopia's ambassador, closing two Ethiopian consulates and recalling its own ambassador…
Helicopter rescues Taiwan miners, stranded hotel guests confirmed safe
HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -A helicopter plucked to safety on Thursday six people stranded in a mining area after Taiwan's worst…
Descendants of enslaved, enslavers ‘break silence’ around France’s past
NANTES (Reuters) - Dieudonne Boutrin is a descendant of people enslaved in the Caribbean. Pierre Guillon de Prince's ancestors, from…
Israel targeted aid workers systematically, ‘car by car’, says World Central Kitchen founder
WASHINGTON (Reuters): Celebrity chef Jose Andres told Reuters in an emotional interview on Wednesday that an Israeli attack that killed…