Nepal’s Sherpa climbers to make rare winter ascent of Everest
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Four veteran Sherpa climbers left on Monday for Mount Everest on a mission to climb the world’s highest mountain in five days from the … Read More
Merkel’s CDU to hold leadership congress in April or May – German broadcaster
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats will hold an extraordinary party congress either in April or May to elect a new leader, broadcaster n-tv reported on Monday, … Read More
China’s local government finances to suffer ‘interim’ impact due to virus
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s local governments will suffer an “interim impact” on fiscal revenue and expenditure from the virus epidemic that the country has so far allocated 99.5 billion yuan … Read More
Iraqi nurse spends her weekends stitching wounds at protest site
By Saba Kareem BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Hannaa Jassem bends over a patient in a makeshift clinic on the edge of Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, one of a handful of women in … Read More
Amazon in Holocaust row about ‘Hunters’ series, anti-Semitic books
By Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) – The Auschwitz Memorial criticized Amazon on Sunday for fictitious depictions of the Holocaust in its Prime series “Hunters” and for selling books of Nazi … Read More
Malaysian PM Mahathir sends resignation letter to king – sources
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has submitted his resignation to the king, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday, amid talks … Read More
India set to dazzle Trump with pomp and circumstance as trade rows fester
By Sanjeev Miglani and Steve Holland NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will be accorded the biggest public reception given to any foreign leader in years during his … Read More
Sanders’ Democratic rivals seek to slow his momentum after his big win in Nevada caucuses
By Jarrett Renshaw and Simon Lewis NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – As Bernie Sanders looked to cement his front-runner status in the U.S. Democratic presidential race after his dominant win … Read More
No. 3 House Democrat Clyburn of South Carolina to back Biden for president – Politico
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jim Clyburn, the No. 3 Democrat in the House of Representatives and an influential black lawmaker from the early voting state … Read More
Trump administration backs off sending coronavirus patients to Alabama -governor
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – The Trump administration has backed off plans to quarantine patients from the Diamond Princess cruise ship stricken with coronavirus at a federal facility in Alabama, … Read More