Category: World News

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted on Tuesday morning, sending a 6-km (3.7 mile) column of ash into the air and triggering the closure of the airport in … Read More

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Twelve EU states are calling for the European Commission to speed the process of setting a new 2030 climate target to serve as an … Read More

(Reuters) – The field of candidates seeking the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination dropped to five with Monday’s departure of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota as the race now heads … Read More

By Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as Malaysia’s new prime minister on Sunday after a week of political turmoil triggered by the surprise resignation … Read More

By David Ryder KIRKLAND, Wash. (Reuters) – Six people in the Seattle area have died of illness caused by the new coronavirus, health officials said on Monday, as authorities across … Read More

By Aradhana Aravindan and John Geddie SINGAPORE (Reuters) – When a rare moment of panic buying shook Singapore’s highly ordered society over fears about the spread of coronavirus, it took … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A senior Mexican official in charge of one of the government’s signature social programs resigned on Monday in a sharply-worded letter that marked the latest bust-up … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of ethnic Uighurs were moved to work in conditions suggestive of “forced labor” in factories across China supplying 83 global brands, an Australian think … Read More

(Reuters) – United States President Donald Trump said late Monday that the Democrats who control the House of Representatives should propose a one-year payroll tax cut. “The Democrats in the … Read More

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Apple Inc has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older iPhones as it launched new … Read More