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North Korea plans to launch satellite rocket between May 27 and June 4, Japan Coast Guard says May 26, 2024 03:06PM

TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea has notified Japan of its plan to launch a rocket carrying a space satellite towards the Yellow Sea and east of Luzon Island between May 27 and June 4, the Japan Coast Guard said on Monday.

The notice comes ahead of a trilateral summit meeting between Japan, South Korea and China scheduled to take place later on Monday.

Officials from the United States, Japan, and South Korea held phone talks in response to... (continue reading...)


Ten dead, 39 injured in southern Turkey highway collision May 26, 2024 02:53PM

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ten people died and 39 others were injured in southern Turkey on Sunday when an intercity bus collided with three other vehicles on a main highway, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.

The bus, travelling to Istanbul from Diyarbakir, crashed into a transport truck and two other vehicles in the Tarsus district near the Mediterranean city of Mersin, he said on social media platform X.

The government said an... (continue reading...)


Twelve Moldovan parties clinch pro-Europe pact, but not all back president May 26, 2024 02:28PM

By Alexander Tanas

CHISINAU (Reuters) - Twelve parties in Moldova clinched a pact on Sunday committing them to act in favour of European Union membership for the ex-Soviet state as the campaign for an October referendum on European integration heats up.

But not all the parties support pro-European President Maia Sandu, who is running for re-election in a poll taking place alongside the referendum. Some of them intend to put up a joint... (continue reading...)


Golf-PGA Tour player Grayson Murray died by suicide, says family May 26, 2024 02:21PM

(Reuters) - Twice PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray's death on Saturday at the age of 30 was by suicide, his parents said on Sunday.

American Murray's death came a day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.

The PGA Tour considered postponing play but Murray's parents wanted the tournament to continue.

"We would like to thank the PGA Tour and the entire world of golf for the outpouring of... (continue reading...)


Biden has 'limited ability' to step up border security, Democratic senator says May 26, 2024 01:03PM

By Ted Hesson

(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has "limited ability" to step up security at the U.S.-Mexico border via executive action, a top Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday, arguing that the issue should be addressed with legislation in Congress.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, the lead Democrat who negotiated a bipartisan border security bill introduced this year, said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" that U.S. courts would likely... (continue reading...)


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