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Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 66, over 100 still missing
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains that have inundated Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 66, local authorities said on Sunday. The number of people still missing rose to 101 and more than 80,000 ...
Ukrainians in embattled east mark third Easter under fire
By Dan Peleschuk KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainians in the embattled east flocked to church on Sunday to mark their third wartime Easter as Russian troops inched closer to threatening some of the region's key cities. Fighting on the ...
South Africa inquiry blames authorities for neglect leading to deadly fire
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An inquiry into a fire that killed 77 people in Johannesburg last year blamed neglect by authorities for allowing a building to become a den for guns, murder, drugs and combustible trash, and failing to ...
Hamas claims responsibility for attack on Israel-Gaza border crossing, casualties reported
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza that local media reports said resulted in Israeli casuatlies. The Israel military ...
Netanyahu says ending Gaza war now would keep Hamas in power
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hardened his rejection of Hamas demands for an end to the Gaza war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, saying on Sunday that would keep the Palestinian Islamist group in power and pose ...
Poland wants best ties with US no matter who's in power, minister says
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland wants "the best possible relations with America, regardless of who is in power," Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said during a visit to Washington, according to a report by Poland's PAP newswire on Sunday."We will not ...
Four Lebanese civilians killed in Israeli strike on border village
AMMAN (Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike killed four members of a family in a house in a border village in southern Lebanon on Sunday, civil defence and security sources said. The four were killed in Meiss al Jabal, which has suffered extensive damage ...
Israeli cabinet moves to close Al Jazeera's local operations
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet voted unanimously on Sunday to close Qatari television network Al Jazeera's operations in Israel, according to a government statement, which did not stipulate when the decision ...
Death toll from Kenya floods rises to 228
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The number of people killed by flooding and other impacts of the heavy rains battering Kenya has risen to 228, the interior ministry said on Sunday. The torrential rains that have caused widespread flooding and landslides ...
Ex-US Capitol cop, Jan. 6 rioter's runs for Congress illustrate a divided America
By Richard Cowan ELLICOTT CITY, Maryland (Reuters) - A former U.S. Capitol police officer who defended lawmakers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and a man who served time in prison for joining the mob, could both be headed to Congress next year ...