Turkey gains new wave of female mayors after opposition’s poll success
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Gulistan Sonuk, 31, sailed to election victory in Turkey's conservative heartland at the weekend, part of a…
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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…
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…