South Africans voted on Wednesday for a new parliament. REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee |
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- The African National Congress appeared on course to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, partial results from South Africa's national election showed. Correspondent Tannur Anders discusses the latest on today's Reuters World News podcast.
- Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were found guilty and two were acquitted in a landmark subversion trial that critics say could deal another blow to the city's rule of law. Sentencing will come at a later date for those found guilty, with prison terms ranging from three years to life for this offence.
- Israeli forces have taken control of a buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, the country's military said, giving Israel effective authority over the Palestinian territory's entire land border. Here's the latest on the war.
- Papua New Guinea ruled out finding survivors under the rubble of a massive landslide that swept through a remote area of the country last week, with the exact number of dead unknown but ranging from hundreds to thousands. These graphics explain how the devastating landslide unfolded.
- India's capital, Delhi, has recorded its first heat-related death this year, as the country's northwest swelters in record high temperatures. The temperature in Delhi reached a record high of 52.9 degrees Celsius (127.22°F) in the Mungeshpur neighborhood on Wednesday.
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Tourists leave the Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas in Mexico. REUTERS/Paola Chiomante |
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- Cruise operators Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Line are discounting summer itineraries as they look to fill empty cabins, according to travel agencies and company websites. The move is in part because more vessels are headed for already popular Caribbean and Alaskan destinations.
- Boeing's outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun and other senior company officials will detail the planemaker's quality, training and other improvements during meetings with US aviation regulators, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
- BHP investors welcomed the top global miner's decision to walk away from a $49 billion plan to take over Anglo, which rejected three proposed offers from its bigger rival over the past six weeks.
- Saudi Arabia may announce a landmark secondary share offering in oil giant Aramco later today, pending final approval, people with knowledge of the matter said. The share offering is expected to be launched on Sunday, the sources said.
- Starting in the 1980s, European automakers steadily conquered China, racking up millions in sales. Now they'll have to defend their home turf from an onslaught of formidable Chinese electric vehicles. We look at how China's EV makers aim to beat Tesla and legacy automakers in Europe.
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Flood-battered farmers in Brazil wade through lost harvests. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli |
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Record-breaking floods in southern Brazil have only started to recede after displacing half a million people in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and killing more than 160. The full extent of the losses is still coming into focus, especially in rural areas where farmers produce much of the country's rice, wheat and dairy. |
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At 101, D-Day US veteran heads to France for 80th anniversary. REUTERS/Dylan Bouscher |
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US Army veteran Jake Larson is 101 years old and a survivor of D-Day, history's largest amphibious invasion on June 6, 1944, and he is heading to France for the 80th anniversary to honor the brothers-in-arms who did not make it home. |
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