Water, water everywhere in megacity Mumbai but not a drop for rural Indian villages
NAVINWADI, (India): Far from the gleaming high-rises of India’s financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity’s water…
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Greece closes more ancient tourist sites as heatwave persists
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece shut more ancient tourist sites in Athens on Thursday and elderly people took refuge at designated…
Germany proposes new selective military service to boost defence
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's defence minister presented a proposal on Wednesday for a selective military service focused on volunteers to boost…
Explosive cases flow to US Supreme Court from ‘bold’ regional court
(Reuters) - When three conservative judges sitting on a New Orleans-based U.S. appeals court declared the funding mechanism approved by…
Macron seeks alliance against France’s far right; Republicans ditch party chief
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged rival parties to join his electoral alliance against Marine Le…
Fire in Kuwait building kills 49 foreign workers
DUBAI (Reuters) -At least 49 people were killed in Kuwait on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a building…
Rwanda says UN refugee agency lying in British asylum policy case
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda said the U.N. refugee agency had lied when the organisation told a British court this week…
Swiss parliament considers snubbing European court climate ruling
BERN (Reuters) -The lower house of the Swiss parliament votes on Wednesday on a motion rejecting a landmark ruling ordering…
Russia broadens tactical nuclear weapons drills
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday that soldiers and sailors from its northern Leningrad military district bordering NATO members Norway,…