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Philadelphia highway collapse will take months to rebuild, governor says

By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A portion of a vital highway on the East Coast of the U.S. collapsed in Philadelphia after a tanker truck carrying gasoline caught fire underneath an overpass, officials said on Sunday. No deaths or injuries were reported, but officials said the situation remains fluid and that investigators were still …

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Montenegro’s pro-EU Europe Now Movement claims victory in snap vote

By Aleksandar Vasovic and Branko Filipovic PODGORICA (Reuters) -Montenegro’s Europe Now Movement (PES) won 25.6% of votes in a snap election on Sunday, the Center for Monitoring and Research (CEMI) pollster said on the basis of a projection of results from a sample of polling stations. The PES, which has pro-European Union policies and also …

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Fighting rages in Sudan’s capital after 24-hour truce expires

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Mohamed Nureldin KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Heavy clashes and artillery fire erupted across Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Sunday and residents reported air strikes soon after the end of a 24-hour ceasefire that had brought a brief lull to eight weeks of fighting between rival military factions. Witnesses said the fighting between the army …

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Billionaire George Soros hands control of empire to son Alex

(Reuters) -Billionaire financier George Soros is handing control of his massive empire to his son Alexander, a Soros spokesperson said on Sunday. The spokesperson confirmed the details from an interview with Soros published in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday. A hedge fund manager turned philanthropist and major backer of liberal causes, Soros, 92, said …

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EU considering major Tunisia aid package as migration surges

TUNIS (Reuters) -The European Union said on Sunday it may loan Tunisia over 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) to help develop its battered economy, rescue state finances and deal with a migration crisis, with most funds contingent on it agreeing economic reforms. The offer was announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during …

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After arrest in SNP funding probe, Scotland’s Sturgeon says ‘I am innocent’

By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she was innocent after being arrested and held for more than seven hours as part of a police probe into the fate of funds for her pro-independence Scottish National Party. The police investigation is looking at what happened to more than …

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Three British tourists missing after fire on boat in Red Sea

CAIRO (Reuters) – Three British tourists were missing and 12 had been rescued after a motor boat caught fire on Sunday off the Egyptian Red Sea coast, Egyptian officials and security sources said. The survivors were brought to safety in the nearby diving resort of Marsa Shagra, about 21km (13 miles) north of the town …

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Investors rethink recession plays, boosting U.S. stock market laggards

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. stocks rally is showing signs of expanding beyond the cluster of giant growth and tech names that have led gains this year, as investors reposition portfolios primed for a widely expected recession. For months, investors piled into a handful of megacap companies seen as safe bets in …

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How secret were the documents found at Mar-a-Lago?

(This June 9 story has been corrected to fix the spelling to formerly, not formally, in paragraph 8) (Reuters) – The 37-count indictment against Donald Trump unsealed on Friday accused the former president of risking some of the most closely guarded U.S. government secrets by storing classified documents in unsecured areas of his Florida resort. …

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S.Korea sea salt demand grows ahead of Japan’s Fukushima contaminated water release

By Daewoung Kim and Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – Ahead of Japan’s planned release of contaminated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in the summer, some South Korean shoppers are buying salt and seafood in bulk to store at home and retailers are stockpiling in fear of a supply shortage. South Korea’s fisheries authorities …

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