By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police have now exhumed the bodies of 47 people thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves to death. Police near the coastal town of Malindi started exhuming bodies on Friday from the Shakahola forest. “In total, 47 …
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NEWCASTLE, England (Reuters) -Newcastle United obliterated Premier League top-four rivals Tottenham Hotspur with a five-goal salvo in the opening 21 minutes on the way to a 6-1 rout at a rocking St James’ Park on Sunday. A game billed as a crucial six-pointer in the race to secure Champions League qualification was effectively all over …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday the House would vote on his spending and debt bill this week, and invited President Joe Biden to discuss the debt ceiling with him. McCarthy floated a plan last week that would pair $4.5 trillion in spending cuts with …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz, Nafisa Eltahir and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The U.S. military evacuated American government personnel from Khartoum, President Joe Biden said on Saturday, adding that Washington is suspending operations at its embassy there as fighting between Sudan’s rival commanders continued. “This tragic violence in Sudan has already cost the lives of hundreds …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Rescuers hauled an Indian mountaineer up 200 metres (656 feet) from the depths of a crevasse three days after he plunged into it on Mount Annapurna in west Nepal, hiking officials said on Thursday, in a rare example of a successful high-altitude rescue operation. The climber, 34-year-old Anurag Maloo, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Meghan, the wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, criticised the British media on Saturday over reports that letters exchanged with King Charles played a part behind her decision not to attend his coronation, her latest confrontation with the press. The Daily Telegraph reported Meghan had written to the now king to express her …
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By Nathan Layne CLIVE, Iowa (Reuters) -Donald Trump and other Republican presidential hopefuls called for restricting abortion at an event for evangelicals in Iowa on Saturday, courting the key conservative voting bloc in the state set to hold the party’s first nominating contest in early 2024. At the first major campaign event for the evangelical …
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By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his foreign secretary met Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Saturday with Manila and Beijing pledging to work together to resolve their maritime differences in the South China Sea. Talks between the countries’ key officials in Manila mark the latest in a series …
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By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked new restrictions set by lower courts on a widely used abortion pill, a decision welcomed by President Joe Biden as his administration defends broad access to the drug in the latest fierce legal battle over reproductive rights in the …
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(Reuters) -Climate change campaigners gathered in New York’s Times Square on Earth Day to urge action on global warming and cuts in plastics use while volunteers worldwide planted trees and cleared trash to mark the 54th annual celebration of the environment. Earth Day this year, officially on Saturday, follows weeks of extreme weather with temperatures …
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