A drone view of a broken bridge after Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall in the western state of Gujarat, India, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas |
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- Roofs were blown off houses and trees and electric poles uprooted, leaving thousands without power as a severe cyclone made landfall and rain lashed both the Indian and Pakistani coasts. At least two people died in India's western state of Gujarat after being swept away by flood waters just before the cyclone hit.
- Explosions rocked Kyiv and air raid sirens blared as African leaders began a peace mission, hoping to mediate between Ukraine and Russia.
- A Syrian teenager who survived a shipwreck that killed at least 78 people was emotionally reunited with his elder brother, but there was no news for other relatives gathering in the southern Greek city of Kalamata to search for loved ones.
- Japan is preparing military aid for the Philippines to help secure sea approaches and safeguard Taiwan's western flank, officials say, deepening security ties that could bring Japanese forces back there for the first time since World War Two.
- A federal grand jury has indicted a US Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top-secret military intelligence records online. Jack Douglas Teixeira was indicted on six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information relating to national defense.
- At least 15 people were killed in the Canadian prairie province of Manitoba after a semi-trailer truck hit a small bus that was carrying a group of mainly elderly people.
- The Texas panhandle town of Perryton was struck by one or more tornadoes, causing fatalities, the mayor said, as images from the ground showed much of the town left in rubble by the twister as emergency crews searched for survivors.
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Manchester United players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Carabao Cup at Wembley Stadium, London, February 26, 2023. REUTERS/Tony Obrien |
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- English football club Manchester United is negotiating granting exclusivity to the consortium led by Qatar's Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani in talks to sell itself for more than $6 billion. The development represents a major milestone in the efforts of Sheikh Jassim to take over the iconic sports brand.
- Xi Jinping called Bill Gates "an old friend" in the Chinese president's first meeting with a foreign entrepreneur in years. The mood of the foreign business community towards China has turned cautious as Sino-US tensions intensify.
- European equities and the euro look set to lose out to US markets in the months ahead, as a stellar run in early 2023 has fizzled out in the face of tepid global economic performance and the AI hype that has brought a sparkle to Wall Street. We look at how Europe's brief window of market outperformance has swung shut.
- BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, filed for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund that would allow investors to get exposure to the cryptocurrency, as the asset class comes under intense regulatory scrutiny. Meanwhile, crypto investors are stepping up risk management after last year's meltdowns.
- Wall Street firms are poised to reassess how they vet hedge funds, industry sources and experts say, following a race to cut ties with Odey Asset Management after founder Crispin Odey was accused of sexual misconduct in the press.
- Intel is to invest up to $4.6 billion in a new semiconductor assembly and test facility near Wrocลaw, Poland, as part of a multi-billion-dollar investment drive across Europe to build chip capacity.
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Vitus 'V' Spehar live streams on TikTok in New York, May 13. REUTERS/Magali Druscovich |
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To make sense of the unprecedented events of January 6, 2021, Vitus 'V' Spehar did what no traditional journalist would do - crawl under a desk and begin recording a video for TikTok.
"I didn't want to make people think that I was an expert," said Spehar, "So I thought, where's a safe place to have a conversation?" Two years later, the 'Under the Desk News' TikTok account attracts nearly 3 million followers, who appreciate Spehar's gentler take on the news of the day.
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