KYIV (Reuters) - An overnight Russian missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed a 12-year-old boy and two elderly women, regional governor Serhiy Lysak said on Saturday.
"Again, a terrifying enemy attack on Kryvyi Rih. In the middle of the night, when the city slept," Lysak wrote on Telegram.
He said three more people were injured, and were taken to hospital with injuries of medium severity.
The two... (continue reading...)
TOKYO (Reuters) - Record rainfall on Saturday hit central Japan's Noto region, which was devastated by a major earthquake in January, prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands of residents and causing a power outage for more than 5,000 households.
In Wajima city, two people were missing, and calls for rescue were swamping the local fire department, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Hourly rainfall came to a record 121mm (4.8... (continue reading...)
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China could issue ultra-long-term treasury bonds within two years to generate at least 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) worth of stimulus to the economy, a former central bank adviser said on Saturday, according to state media.
China should introduce a basket of measures, focusing on enhancing social protections, buying unsold apartments for affordable housing and speeding up urban construction, Liu Shijin, former vice president... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said early on Saturday that Ahmed Wahbi, a top commander who oversaw the military operations of the Radwan special forces during the Gaza war until early 2024, was killed in an Israel strike on Beirut suburbs on Friday.
(Reporting by Hatem Maher and Adam Makary; Editing by William Mallard)
JAKARTA (Reuters) -New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed more than 19 months after being kidnapped by armed separatists in Indonesia's Papua, authorities said on Saturday.
Mehrtens was freed and picked up by a joint team in the Nduga area, undergoing health check-ups and a psychological examination in Timika regency, the Indonesian police said in a statement.
A spokesman for the Indonesian police, Bayu Suseno, said Mehrtens will... (continue reading...)
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