(Updates with full citation in paragraph 6, context, details) MOSCOW, July 16 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has said Russia has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster bombs and reserves the right to use them if such munitions, the use of which he considers a crime, were deployed against Russian forces. in Ukraine. Ukraine said on … Read more
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was still undergoing tests in hospital on Sunday after suffering a dizzy spell, but is expected to be released later in the day, his office said. Netanyahu, 73, was rushed to hospital on Saturday after feeling mildly dizzy. His office said Sunday’s test results were … Read more
July 16 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has said Russia has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster bombs and that Moscow reserves the right to use them if such munitions are used against Russian forces in Ukraine. “Of course, if they are used against us, we reserve the right to take reciprocal action,” Putin said in … Read more
Another Powerball draw ended without a winner on Saturday night, pushing the jackpot to around $900 million. No ticket for Saturday’s draw matched the winning combination: white balls 2, 9, 43, 55, 57 and red Powerball 18. The jackpot was estimated at $875 million. Ticket buyers for Monday’s draw have a chance to receive either … Read more
The first phase of Ukraine’s counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied territory began weeks ago without much fanfare. Besides claiming that its troops are advancing, kyiv has not provided many details on how this is happening. Occurring mostly out of sight of impartial observers, the fighting in eastern and southern Ukraine pits troops armed with new Western-supplied … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hot on the heels of a trip to Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is back in India for the third time in nine months, this time to meet with Group of 20 finance ministers on challenges global economies as the threat of rising defaults looms over low-income countries. Yellen will use … Read more
SUCHIATE, Mexico (AP) — Nearly a thousand recent migrants from Guatemala to Mexico formed a group on Saturday to head north together in hopes of reaching the border with the United States. The group, largely made up of Venezuelan migrants, marched along a highway in southern Mexico, led by a Venezuelan flag with the phrase … Read more
SEATTLE (AP) — A large mound of fresh dirt sits on Terry Taylor’s marijuana farm in the high desert of north-central Washington state. Each hole for a new plant is filled with clean soil. Large swaths of recently installed landscape fabric cover the ground, and soon the dirt roads on his property will be covered … Read more
(Bloomberg) – President Xi Jinping has resisted crossing Washington’s red lines regarding arming the Russian war machine in Ukraine. But that hasn’t stopped China from approaching Moscow’s military in another way: direct engagement. Bloomberg’s Most Read China and Vladimir Putin’s armed forces conducted six joint military exercises together last year, with most of the data … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescue workers have pulled six bodies from trapped vehicles in a flooded tunnel as days of heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides and destroyed homes, causing more of 30 dead and forcing thousands to evacuate, officials said Sunday. Nearly 400 rescue workers, including divers, were searching the … Read more