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KYIV (Reuters) – A Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s central city of Dnipro injured eight people, including two children, and damaged civilian infrastructure early on Tuesday, Ukrainian authorities said. Ukraine’s air force said it had shot down two Iskander-K cruise missiles over the region. According to Serhiy Lysak, the regional governor, the rocket debris damaged […]

The news JOHANNESBURG – The leaders of South Africa’s ruling party are embroiled in tough questions over who to work with in a coalition government after losing the parliamentary majority they held for 30 years. Several senior figures in the African National Congress told Semafor Africa that the talks were intense and there were no

POLAND-BELARUS BORDER, Poland (AP) — A Somali woman pushes her bandaged hand between two vertical beams of a thick metal barrier separating Belarus from Poland as she and four other women stare at the European Union. They nod gratefully as a Polish humanitarian aid worker calls to them across a stretch of land as wide

By Faith Hung, Max A. Cherney and Ben Blanchard HSINCHU/TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) – Taiwanese contract chipmaker TSMC, whose main customers include Nvidia and Apple, said on Tuesday it has held talks with some customers about moving its chip factories off the island as tensions with China increase, but such a step would be impossible. Tensions

Energy consumption in Germany fell significantly in the first quarter compared to the same period last year, the Energy Balance Working Group (AGEB) reported on Tuesday. According to preliminary calculations, primary energy consumption in Germany fell by 4.6% in the first quarter. Energy statisticians attribute the decline to the weak economy, mild weather, high energy

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have found evidence of an Islamic extremist motive in the past week knife attack in the southwestern city of Mannheim, fatally wounding a police officer. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann wrote late Monday on the social media platform The federal prosecutor’s office confirmed on Tuesday that it had taken

Several areas in southern Germany have experienced precipitation levels in recent days that typically only occur once every 50 to 100 years, according to preliminary data from the German Meteorological Service (DWD). Heavy rain and severe flooding in Germany’s two southernmost states have been causing massive disruptions for days, with tens of thousands of emergency

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sees no danger in his latest change of direction in Ukrainian policy to allow Kiev to use German-supplied weapons to hit Russian territory. “We are sure that it will not contribute to an escalation, because – as the American president has also described – it is only about being able to

The majority of the German population is against Israel’s military actions in the Gaza Strip, according to a Forsa survey published on Monday in the magazine Stern. The survey showed that 61% of the population is against Israel’s military action in the closed Palestinian territory. The survey shows that public support in Germany for Israel’s

June 4 (UPI) — China’s space agency said its Chang-e 6 mission lifted off from the far side of the moon on Tuesday as it begins its journey to transport samples and moon rocks back to Earth. The probe’s riser lifted off from the moon’s surface at 7:38 a.m. Beijing time, according to China’s National