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An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021.

Lebanon moves towards accepting ICC jurisdiction for war crimes on its soil

Reuters |Updated 5 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Lebanon has moved towards accepting the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction to prosecute violations on Lebanese territory since October, in what Human Rights Watch said on Saturday was a "landmark step" towards justice for war ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz listens during his visit of Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office Bundeskriminalamt or BKA in Wiesbaden, Germany, April 25, 2024. Boris Roessler/Pool via

German chancellor shows support for debt brake reform in the future

Reuters |Updated 14 minutes ago |2 min read

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said for the first time on Saturday that he supports a reform of the country's constitutionally-enshrined debt brake, but does not currently see any possibility of doing it right now. Altering the ...

People gather outside Spain's Socialist Party (PSOE) headquarters to show support for the Secretary General of PSOE and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in Madrid, Spain April 27, 2024.

Socialist supporters call on Spanish prime minister to stay

Elena Rodriguez |Updated 4 minutes ago |2 min read

By Elena Rodriguez MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of Socialist Party supporters travelled from across Spain for a rally at the party's Madrid headquarters on Saturday to call on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to stay on, after he stunned the country ...

Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP) leader and Finance Minister Christian Lindner attends the party congress in Berlin, Germany April 27, 2024.

Germany needs an economic turnaround, says finance minister Lindner

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany needs an economic turnaround in order to secure its geopolitical position, German Finance Minister and head of the Free Democrats FDP Christian Lindner said on Saturday. The German economy was the weakest among its ...

Solar panels stand on Dave Duttlinger's farmland that he leased to Dunns Bridge Solar LLC in Wheatfield, Indiana, U.S., April 5, 2024.

As solar capacity grows, some of America's most productive farmland is at risk

P.J. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper |Updated 2 hours ago |7 min read

By P.J. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA (Reuters) - Dave Duttlinger's first thought when he saw a dense band of yellowish-brown dust smearing the sky above his Indiana farm was: I warned them this would happen. About ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan criminal court in New York, U.S., on Friday, April 26, 2024. CURTIS MEANS/Pool via

Trump trial tests his campaign strategy of embracing bad publicity

Nathan Layne |Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read

By Nathan Layne NEW YORK (Reuters) - Meetings with foreign dignitaries at Trump Tower. A staged visit to a convenience store in the New York City Democratic stronghold of Harlem. Daily remarks broadcast on national cable television from outside ...

Frank Guridy, a Columbia University history professor who teaches a course called "Columbia 1968" speaks to students in an educational session hosted at the protest encampment on campus, maintained by student protesters in support of Palestinians at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2024.

For some Columbia students, protest encampment is living history lesson

Jonathan Allen |Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Before students set up a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on a Columbia University lawn last week, some of them took an optional course called "Columbia 1968" about protests against the Vietnam War, a ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, April 26, 2024. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS

Kremlin, commenting on Blinken lobbying China on Russia, says Moscow and Beijing ties to continue

Reuters |Updated 3 hours ago |1 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin shrugged off a trip to China by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during which he raised concerns about Chinese support for Russia's military, saying Moscow and Beijing would continue to develop their own ties.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures, as he attends a swearing-in ceremony for the newly formed cabinet, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 31, 2024.

Abbas, international leaders to hold Gaza talks in Riyadh this week

Reuters |Updated 3 hours ago |1 min read

RIYADH (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and several international officials will be in Riyadh this week for talks aimed at pushing for a peace agreement in Gaza to be held on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum meeting, the ...

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Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 strikes Japan's Bonin Islands, USGS says

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

(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; ...

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