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Over 200 people evacuated from Sudan to Chad, UN agency says

GENEVA (Reuters) – Chad conducted its first evacuation flights from Sudan carrying more than 200 people, including dozens of children, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday. Countries around the globe have rushed to extract foreign diplomats and citizens from the country after a conflict erupted between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary …

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Frontis urges Enel investors to back Covalis’ board recommendations

ROME (Reuters) -Proxy adviser Frontis Governance has urged shareholders in Enel to back a list of candidates for the new board promoted by the hedge fund Covalis and reject names put forward by the Treasury, a report seen by Reuters showed. Investors in Italy’s Enel, one of Europe’s biggest utilities, vote on May 10 to …

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Regulators auction First Republic; deal expected by Sunday

By Chris Prentice, Saeed Azhar, Lananh Nguyen and Paritosh Bansal (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are trying to clinch a sale of First Republic Bank over the weekend, with roughly half a dozen banks bidding, sources said on Saturday, in what is likely to be the third major U.S. bank to fail in two months. Citizens …

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From 1953 beer to royal syrup, British collector charts coronation brands

(Refiles to fix byline) By JEEVAN RAVINDRAN LONDON (Reuters) -Robert Opie has a unique way of documenting coronations: the 76-year-old has been gathering consumer products with a royal theme since the late Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1953, when his school held a scrapbook competition. The six-year-old Opie’s compilation of bread wrappers, milk bottle tops …

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Factbox-Countries rush to evacuate foreign citizens from Sudan

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The conflict between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered a rush to evacuate foreign diplomats and citizens. Several countries have taken nationals out by air, while some have gone via Port Sudan on the Red Sea, about 800 km (500 miles) by road from …

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Four civilians killed in Ukrainian shelling on Russia’s Bryansk – governor

(Reuters) -Four civilians died as a result of Ukrainian shelling on a village just over the border in Russia’s Bryansk region on Saturday evening, a local governor said. “Four civilians have been killed,” Governor Alexander Bogomaz said on the Telegram messaging app. Two other citizens were being treated in hospital, Bogomaz said. Bogomaz earlier said …

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US says Chinese coast guard harassing Philippine vessels

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States urged China on Saturday to stop harassing Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, pledging to stand with the Philippines after another maritime confrontation between the two Asian countries. “We call upon Beijing to desist from its provocative and unsafe conduct,” the U.S. State Department said in a statement. The …

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Ukraine says it controls key supply route into Bakhmut

By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) -Ukraine remains in control of a key supply route into Bakhmut, a military spokesperson said on Saturday, as the head of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group threatened to withdraw some of his troops from the eastern city if Moscow did not send more ammunition. Russian forces have been trying for 10 months …

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Philippines’ Marcos to forge stronger relationship with US during visit

By Karen Lema and David Brunnstrom MANILA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday was essential in advancing his country’s national interest and strengthening the “very important alliance” between Manila and Washington. Before leaving for his four-day official visit to Washington, Marcos said on Sunday he …

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Sudan risks long conflict as entrenched rivals struggle for control

By Aidan Lewis and Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) -Sudan’s warring factions are locked in a conflict that two weeks of fighting shows neither can easily win, raising the spectre of a drawn-out war between an agile paramilitary force and the better-equipped army that could destabilise a fragile region. Even with hundreds of people killed and …

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