Smoke rises after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, May 18, 2023 |
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- Ukraine shot down 29 of 30 missiles launched by Russia in overnight air strikes, the Ukrainian military said. Black smoke filled the sky over Kyiv during the ninth attack on the capital this month.
- Valentyna Haras says she isn't a traitor. Nonetheless, her garden walls in Ukraine's Kherson are covered with graffiti marking her out as a Russian collaborator. We report on how fear stalks the city following the end of the Russian occupation.
- Three Russian academics who have worked on hypersonic missile technology face "very serious accusations", the Kremlin said, in a treason investigation that has spread alarm through Russia's scientific community. Today's Reuters World News podcast unpacks the mystery with our Russia specialist Mark Trevelyan.
- NATO will step back to the future at its Vilnius summit in July, with leaders set to approve thousands of pages of secret military plans that will detail for the first time since the Cold War how the alliance would respond to a Russian attack.
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- Nine people died and thousands were evacuated from their homes as torrential rain battered Italy's northern Emilia-Romagna region, triggering floods and landslides.
- Britain's Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and her mother were involved in a "near catastrophic" car chase with press photographers after attending an awards ceremony in New York, Harry's spokesperson said.
- Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed legislation to ban Chinese-owned TikTok from operating in the state to protect residents from alleged intelligence gathering by China, making it the first US state to ban the popular short video app.
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will officially enter the 2024 US presidential race next week, according to two sources familiar with the decision, immediately becoming Donald Trump's biggest rival for the Republican nomination and shaking up a contest that has largely been one-sided.
- Tens of thousands of Israeli nationalists are expected to march through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem's Old City today, in an annual event that has raised fears of violence with Palestinian factions.
- Four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia were found alive in the south of the country more than two weeks after the plane they were traveling in crashed in thick jungle.
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- If investors agree on one thing this year, it's that the dollar is going to fall. That's made the greenback's 2% bounce over the last month particularly confusing. We explain why the dollar is so strong again.
- The US government could fall behind on its bills next month - and even default on its debt - if Congress doesn't raise a $31.4 trillion cap on government borrowing, a failure that could trigger economic calamity and panic on global financial markets. We explain the debt ceiling standoff.
- As Japan's stock market roars to multi-decade highs, large investors with long memories say they are staying out, wary of sagging momentum and the prospect the central bank will unwind its massive monetary stimulus. "Big money never buys cheap, it buys momentum," said one fund manager.
- Bankers are beefing up risk management, monitoring and emergency procedures around the use of social media after an internet-fueled run toppled Silicon Valley Bank two months ago and sparked turmoil in the industry.
- BT Group, Britain's biggest broadband and mobile provider, will cut up to 55,000 jobs including contractors by 2030 - potentially over 40% of its workforce - as it completes its fiber roll-out and adapts to new technologies such as AI.
- Aston Martin's stock popped nearly 22% after the luxury carmaker announced a $295 million investment by China's Geely that will see the automotive firm become its third-largest shareholder. Sign up for our Auto File newsletter for all the latest news, trends and innovations driving the industry.
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First it jumped from bats to pigs. Then pigs gave it to people. Now the brain-damaging Nipah virus has found a way to leap from bats to humans without an intermediary host. |
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The exoplanet LP 791-18 d is seen in an undated artist's rendering |
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An Earth-sized planet orbiting a dim star in our galactic neighborhood is offering some of the best evidence to date of volcanism beyond our solar system, with observations suggesting a rugged and rocky world tormented by constant eruptions. | |
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