ATHENS, Sept 25 (Reuters) – A fire broke out on the deck of a vehicle ferry off the popular Greek tourist island of Mykonos on Friday, authorities said. At least five coast guard vessels and two firefighting speedboats assisted the operation to rescue the 29 people on…
By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Singapore’s population rose 1.6% in June compared to a year ago, hitting a new high of 6.21 million, government statistics released on Friday showed. Singapore has experienced steady population growth since the end of the pandemic, when…
By Samia Nakhoul, Parisa Hafezi and John Irish Sept 24 (Reuters) – US and Iranian negotiators in New York are exploring a phased path out of war that would involve Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and Washington lifting its economic blockade of Iran, sources…
ATHENS, Sept 25 (Reuters) – A two-storey building partially collapsed in central Athens on Friday after an explosion, the Greek fire brigade said, with local media reporting one person, a passerby, was slightly injured. A gas leak probably caused the explosion at the building in…
By Pesha Magid JERUSALEM, Sept 25 (Reuters) – On the outskirts of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian woman has transformed her home into an art centre where children use drawing to process their experiences of settler violence and Israeli military raids. Artist…
ROME, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Italy’s antitrust authority (AGCM) said on Friday it had closed its investigation into U.S. consumer goods maker Procter & Gamble’s claims for a hair removal device, after the company committed to address the regulator’s concerns. The AGCM’s opened in February…
Sept 25 (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz has had enough of pulling all-nighters at Grand Slams, urging organisers to finish play by 11 p.m. after his US Open title defence came to an end in a gruelling 3:33 a.m. finish earlier this month. Ben Shelton beat…
By Field Level Media Sep 25 (Field Level Media) – Miguel Vargas had two hits and two RBIs, Kyle Teel homered and David Sandlin delivered six strong innings as the visiting Chicago White Sox routed the Kansas City Royals 9-1 on Thursday to clinch an…
MANILA, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) accused China on Friday of obstructing a resupply mission to troops on board a grounded World War Two-era warship in the South China Sea, saying dangerous manoeuvres by Chinese vessels “put Filipino personnel at risk”…
TAIPEI, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government on Friday denounced Chinese President Xi Jinping’s comments on the island’s future to US President Donald Trump as a “distortion of the facts”, saying only the Taiwanese people can decide their future. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as…
