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Hundreds protest against planned US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (477+ words) NAIROBI, June 1 (Reuters) " Hundreds of people took to the streets in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki on Monday to protest moves by the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility at a military base there, residents told…...
Israel's Netanyahu orders attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (764+ words) By Ahmed Kerdi and Rami Ayyub BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, June 1 (Reuters) " Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered attacks on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, signalling further escalation of a war'that has complicated mediation towards resolving the U. S. -Iran conflict....
Exclusive-EU cloud rules to curb Amazon, Google access to strategic tenders, draft document shows
5+ hour, 31+ min ago (291+ words) By Foo Yun Chee and Toby Sterling BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM, June 1 (Reuters) " Europe plans to propose strict criteria for cloud computing services in highly critical state tenders "that could exclude Amazon, Microsoft and Google from "such projects, according to documents seen…...
Kalamazoo County board taking action on levels of Austin, Long, West lakes
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (273+ words) KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) " Kalamazoo County has been technically in violation in how it oversees some local lake levels but they plan to remedy that. The county board is set to approve lake levels on Austin, Long and West…...
France's Macron says French Navy boarded Russia-linked oil tanker
11+ hour, 51+ min ago (123+ words) WKZO France's Macron says French Navy boarded Russia-linked oil tanker PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) " The French Navy on Sunday "boarded an oil tanker subject to international sanctions and sailing from Russia, the Tagor, "French President "Emmanuel Macron wrote "on X. "This operation…...
Witnesses tell of devastation from Myanmar village explosion that killed dozens
11+ hour, 31+ min ago (509+ words) June 1 (Reuters) " The unexplained detonation of explosives stored by one of Myanmar's rebel armies has left at least 55 dead as the search for survivors continued amid widespread devastation at the site, witnesses said on Monday. The explosion in Kaung Tat…...
Fed's Powell warns that politicizing the Fed would cost public trust
16+ hour, 58+ min ago (337+ words) WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) " U. S. Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell on Sunday warned about the impact of a politicized Fed and made a broader call for the defense of democratic institutions in his first "public remarks since the end of his eight-year…...
How Trump's Ukraine aid cuts undermine justice for Russian war crimes
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1720+ words) IZIUM, Ukraine, May 31 (Reuters) " Roksolana Makar braved icy roads and the threat of drone strikes to interview a woman in the Ukrainian town of Izium who said Russian forces tortured her. Surrounded by woods and farmland, Izium still bears scars…...
China criticizes Czech Senate President's trip to Taiwan
21+ hour, 34+ min ago (257+ words) PRAGUE, May 31 (Reuters) " China condemned Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil's visit to Taiwan this week, saying on Sunday the trip disregarded "the central European nation's government position and "interfered in Beijing's internal affairs. Vystrcil, from the opposition centre-right ODS party,…...
Visits to restart at New Jersey migrant detention center as police expand restricted area
21+ hour, 58+ min ago (540+ words) WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) " After two nights with arrests of activists outside a New Jersey immigrant detention center, law enforcement officials have expanded the area off-limits to protesters even as the facility started allowing detainee visits to resume. Families escorted by…...