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Bahamas heads for early election on May 12

By Jasper Ward April 1 (Reuters) - Voters will head to the polls in the Bahamas for an early election on May 12, the prime minister said on Wednesday, as the Caribbean nation battles affordability issues. The announcement came the day the government scrapped a value-added ...
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Tsunami warning issued after earthquake strikes Molucca Sea near Indonesia

April 2 (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Northern Molucca Sea off the coast of Ternate, Indonesia, on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, triggering a tsunami warning for neighouring countries. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), ...
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First foreign troop in new gang suppression force lands in Haiti to replace previous mission

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The first foreign troop tied to a new gang-suppression force backed by the United Nations has arrived in Haiti to help quell ongoing violence, according to a statement issued Wednesday. A team from the central African country of Chad are in ...
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Putin warns Armenia it can’t be both a member of EU and Russia-led economic bloc

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday warned Armenia, which aspires to join the European Union, that it won't be able to be part of both the EU and a Moscow-led economic alliance. Armenia, which signed a U.S.-brokered agreement last year ending decades ...
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King Charles III to address Congress on April 28, leaders say

(LONDON) -- King Charles III will address a joint meeting of Congress on April 28 as part of his upcoming state visit to the U.S., according to a joint statement issued by Congressional leaders on Tuesday.The address, the statement said, "celebrates the 250th anniversary ...
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Chang Ung, North Korean ex-IOC member who brokered Olympic joint marches with South, dies

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Chang Ung, a former North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee who once led sports exchanges with rival South Korea including joint marches of their athletes at the Olympics, has died, the IOC announced Wednesday. He was 87. The ...
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India has begun its long-delayed population census. Here’s why it matters

NEW DELHI (AP) - India has begun the world's largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country. The previous census in 2011 recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It's now estimated to be more than 1.4 billion, making ...
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Want to renew healthy eating habits? Greek monks have a spring playbook

TRIKORFO, Greece (AP) - Can a centuries-old ritual of spiritual renewal rekindle a New Year's resolution to build healthy eating habits before it fades in the spring? For six weeks every year, millions of Orthodox Christians around the world adopt a largely vegan diet, abstaining ...
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Amsterdam celebrates 25 years since the world’s first same-sex weddings

AMSTERDAM (AP) - The Dutch capital marked the 25th anniversary of the world's first gay marriages with three same-sex couples tying the knot at City Hall early Wednesday. The celebration, conducted by Mayor Femke Halsema just after midnight, came a quarter of a century after ...
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Israel says it struck senior Hezbollah commander and senior member in Beirut

April 1 (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Wednesday it carried out two separate strikes in the Beirut area a short while ago targeting a senior Hezbollah commander and another senior member of the group. The military did not provide further details on their identities ...
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US strips citizenship from couple in trade theft case, part of Trump immigration push

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is revoking the U.S. citizenship of a California couple who emigrated from China and pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets. A federal judge in San Diego, California granted the Justice Department's request to revoke ...
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Environmental groups accuse Mexico of lying about origins of oil spill in the Gulf

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Environmentalist groups accused Mexico's government of lying about the origins of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, something authorities promptly denied. The spill of off the coast of the southern Veracruz state has spread more than 373 miles ...
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