SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shanghai reported nearly 25,000 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Sunday, as residents of China’s most populous city voiced complaints over food and basic supplies and concern spread that more cities may soon be in the sam…
Ukraine conflict hurts Russian science, as West pulls funding
By Gloria Dickie and Dasha Afanasieva LONDON (Reuters) – Dozens of international scientists have arrived each year since 2000 at Russia’s remote Northeast Science Station on the Kolyma River in Siberia to study climate change in the Arctic environment….
Political change in Pakistan as Shehbaz Sharif seeks to become PM
By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Opposition politician Shehbaz Sharif submitted his nomination to be Pakistan’s next prime minister to the legislature on Sunday, his party said, after incumbent Imran Khan lost a no-confidence v…
Explainer-What political upheaval in Pakistan means for rest of the world
By Jonathan Landay and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted from office in a no-confidence vote in parliament in the early hours of Sunday after three years and seven months in power. A …
Imran Khan, cricket star turned Pakistan premier, is ousted
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD – Imran Khan was ousted as Pakistan’s prime minister on Sunday after a no-confidence vote in parliament, bringing to a premature end a tenure marked by a deteriorating economy and signs that he had lost the trust of the powerf…
Pakistan PM Khan ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Sunday voted in favour of removing Prime Minister Imran Khan from office, following a nearly 14-hour standoff between the opposition and Khan’s ruling party that started on Saturday morning….
Pakistan PM Khan ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s lower house of parliament on Sunday voted in favour of removing Prime Minister Imran Khan from office, following a nearly 14-hour standoff between the opposition and Khan’s ruling party that started on Saturday morning….
UK’s Sunak considered resigning over tax criticism – Sunday Times
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak considered whether he should resign this week after a storm of criticism over his wealthy wife’s tax status, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. “He was considering whether he could withstand his…
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia’s aggression was never limited to just Ukraine and the whole of Europe was a target as he urged the West to impose a complete embargo on Russian energy products and to supply Ukraine with more weapo…
In show of support, British PM meets Ukraine’s Zelenskiy in Kyiv
(Reuters) -Britain’s Boris Johnson, one of Ukraine’s staunchest backers, flew to Kyiv on Saturday to pledge tighter sanctions on Russia and offer President Volodymyr Zelenskiy more defensive arms, a move the Ukrainian leader said others should follow. …