MEXICO CITY, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Thelma Brenes grew worried when her father in Nicaragua did not return her messages. Retired Army Colonel Carlos Brenes, 71, lived with his wife, Salvadora Martinez, 69, on a rural property south of the capital Managua. Brenes’ daughter Thelma, living in…
BAGHDAD, Oct 14 – A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army vehicle killed an Iraqi army brigadier and a soldier near the northern city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, the military said, in the second attack on Iraqi security forces in the area this month. The bomb struck…
By Timour Azhari, Jana Choukeir and Tala Ramadan RIYADH, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis vowed on Wednesday to press on with attacks on airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and said they struck the headquarters of oil giant Saudi Aramco, which was hit…
DUBAI, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Three fishermen were injured after a fishing boat was struck by what local authorities described as an “enemy drone” off Iran’s southern coast, the Hormozgan provincial governor’s office said, according to Mehr news agency on Wednesday. The vessel was struck…
SHANGHAI, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Hesai Group, a leading Chinese autonomous driving technology firm, on Wednesday unveiled a three-dimensional mapping camera, targeting demand for physical spatial data needed to train the AI systems powering humanoid robots. The company introduced “Kosmo,” a device resembling a wine…
By Marta Serafinko Oct 14 (Reuters) – Few animals show the link between size and lifespan as clearly as dogs. Within this one species, large breeds such as Great Danes typically die younger than small ones such as Chihuahuas. A new study indicates the reason…
By Gradel Muyisa Mumbere and Clement Bonnerot BUTEMBO, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct 14 (Reuters) – The fear of Ebola is keeping women and children from seeking healthcare in eastern Congo, health workers and aid agencies say, contributing to soaring maternal deaths and falling childhood…
By Prathik Jayaprakash Oct 14 (Reuters) – Space startups attracted a record $20.8 billion in funding in the third quarter, as investors poured money into launch providers, manufacturing and other infrastructure ventures, according to a report by global investment firm Seraphim. The figure was nearly…
OSLO, Oct 14 (Reuters) – H&M is performing a routine maintenance update on its digital platforms, which is taking longer than expected, affecting the availability of its retail websites, the Swedish company said in a statement to Reuters on Wednesday. The disruption “is not related…
BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (Reuters) – British biopharmaceutical company GSK is planning to cut up to 1,217 jobs from its Belgium locations, Belgian newspaper L’Echo reported on Wednesday. • The company announced the plan to unions earlier on Wednesday • The company and unions did not…
