By Ilan Rozenberg and Sinan Abu Mayzer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Ramadan prayers and Jewish Passover visits at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound passed without incident on Sunday, after days of tension at the flashpoint Jerusalem site which led to cross-border exchanges of fire. Small groups of Jewish visitors under heavy police guard walked through the mosque compound, …
After days of violence, Jerusalem prayers end peacefully Read More »
By Rami Amichay TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to tighten controls on the Supreme Court, despite heightened security worries after two deadly attacks a day earlier. The latest in a series of protests against the plans, which were paused last month in …
Thousands join Israeli judicial protests in shadow of attacks Read More »
By Anna Dabrowska UKRAINE/BELARUS BORDER (Reuters) – More than 30 children were reunited with their families in Ukraine this weekend after a long operation to bring them back home from Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea, where they had been taken from areas occupied by Russian forces during the war. Mothers hugged sons and daughters as they …
‘It was heartbreaking’ – Ukraine children back home after alleged deportation Read More »
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet Joe Biden in Northern Ireland next week when the U.S. president flies in to take part in events to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace accord. Having helped broker the 1998 deal, the United States remains an influential voice in Northern Ireland’s …
UK PM Sunak to meet U.S. President in Northern Ireland Read More »
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis led the world’s Roman Catholics into Easter at a Saturday night vigil Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, decrying the “icy winds of war” and other injustices. The 86-year-old Francis skipped an outdoor event on Friday night because of unseasonably cold temperatures in Rome. His doctors ordered …
At Easter vigil, Pope Francis encourages hope amid ‘icy winds of war’ Read More »
(Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ramped up his fight against Walt Disney Co, seeking to void an agreement that Disney passed to limit the power of a board appointed by DeSantis to oversee its Florida theme park property. On Thursday in remarks made at Hillsdale College in Michigan, DeSantis said the legislature would void …
Ron DeSantis takes aim at Disney, vows to void Florida theme park development agreement Read More »
By Will Dunham (Reuters) – Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials in Germany that brought Nazi war criminals to justice after World War Two and a longtime apostle of international criminal law, died on Friday at age 103, NBC News reported, citing his son. Ferencz, a Harvard-educated lawyer, secured convictions of …
Ben Ferencz, last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, dies at 103 Read More »
By Joey Roulette and Kevin Krolicki (Reuters) – As the fortunes of Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit were crashing to Earth last month, a little-known investor called Matthew Brown appeared offering a $200 million rescue. Â Â Â Â Within two days of being contacted by Brown, Virgin Orbit Chief Executive Dan Hart had secured board backing for a preliminary …
Virgin Orbit’s would-be white knight and a $200 million rescue that fell flat Read More »
By Steve Keating AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Sandy Lyle may be one of the Masters most beloved champions but he received precious little of it at Augusta National on Saturday, cutting a forlorn figure as he hit the last putt of his career in the early morning rain on a near deserted 18th green. The …
Golf-No audience for Lyle as he takes final bow on golf’s greatest stage Read More »
(Reuters) -Frank Lampard got off to a losing start on his return as interim Chelsea manager on Saturday with the Blues beaten 1-0 at Wolverhampton Wanderers and still toothless in the Premier League. Matheus Nunes scored a 31st minute screamer at Molineux, the Portugal midfielder hitting the ball on the volley from the edge of …
Soccer-Lampard makes a losing return as Wolves beat Chelsea 1-0 Read More »
