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Costa Rica's new president clashes with judiciary over tackling drug violence
47+ min ago (547+ words) SAN JOSE, July 9 (Reuters) " A fierce standoff between Costa Rica's recently elected President Laura Fernandez and the country's judiciary is stalling a coordinated state response to violent drug-related crime in the once-peaceful Central American nation. The turmoil reflects a broader…...
City of Peoria weighs guidelines for porch pantries
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (226+ words) PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) " The City of Peoria is considering guidelines that would regulate and manage home-based free distribution centers, more commonly known as porch pantries. The proposed standards would regulate items that can be given out, including the specifics of those…...
Russia is ready to help Mozambique fight "terrorist threat, TASS cites Lavrov
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (119+ words) MOSCOW, July 9 (Reuters) " Russia is ready to help Mozambique eliminate "the "terrorist threat" it "faces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday, the state TASS news "agency "reported. Government forces "have been battling "Islamist insurgents in the north of…...
Replica of mosque on bonfire in Northern Ireland condemned as "sickening
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (374+ words) MOYGASHEL, Northern Ireland, July 9 (Reuters) " Northern Irish police arrested a man on Thursday over the placing of a replica of a mosque at the top of a bonfire due to be "lit in a pro-British town, an action condemned by…...
Syria regains its voting rights at chemical weapons watchdog
6+ hour, 47+ min ago (292+ words) AMSTERDAM, July 9 (Reuters) " Member states handed back Syria's voting rights at the global chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday, following what they described as "a significant "change in circumstances" since the fall of the "Assad regime. Syria was stripped of its…...
Ukraine's top prosecutor says no signs of Kyiv being behind Nord Stream blasts
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (291+ words) July 9 (Reuters) " Ukraine's Prosecutor General denied on Thursday Kyiv's involvement in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022, and proposed forming a "joint investigation team with Germany, which suspects that Ukrainian "state entities were behind the explosions. The explosions,…...
Death toll from Venezuela quakes rises to 3, 811
17+ hour, 26+ min ago (80+ words) 1470 & 100. 3 WMBD Death toll from Venezuela quakes rises to 3, 811 CARACAS, July 8 (Reuters) " The "death toll from Venezuela's twin quakes has "risen "to 3, 811, "according to figures released by "lawmaker Jorge "Rodriguez "on Wednesday. The "latest tally "puts the number of injured at…...
City of Delavan swears in new interim Police Chief
8+ hour, 37+ min ago (138+ words) 1470 & 100. 3 WMBD City of Delavan swears in new interim Police Chief DELAVAN, Ill. (25 News) " The City of Delavan has a new interim police chief. Officer Carl Dodd was sworn in on Tuesday during Delavan's city council meeting, after Police Chief Michael Evans…...
Opinion polls see France's Le Pen winning 2027 election despite guilty verdict
9+ hour, 42+ min ago (457+ words) PARIS, July 9 (Reuters) " Far-right leader Marine Le Pen could well win France's presidential election next year despite an appeal court this week upholding a guilty verdict for embezzlement of EU funds, two opinion polls suggest. Much can happen until the…...
Asia seeks strategic flexibility amid US-China rivalry
9+ hour, 59+ min ago (538+ words) SINGAPORE, July 9 (Reuters) " Asian policymakers, investors and business leaders are increasingly portraying themselves as active participants in navigating a more fragmented global order, seeking to build resilience rather than passively balancing between the United States and China. That message emerged…...