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Brazil’s Lula launches reelection bid, aims to win back workers to his Workers Party
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (831+ words) By Lisandra Paraguassu and Victoria Pacheco SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launches his final reelection campaign on Sunday from a storied stadium where he stood on a table to address some…...
Explainer-Trump wants more economic pressure on Iran. What are his options?
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (790+ words) WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to hit Iran hard economically, a day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Washington would impose measures on Tehran that have “never been seen” as soon as next week....
Belgium’s biggest wildfire on record heads towards Germany
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (293+ words) By Bart Biesemans and Kate Abnett HAUTES FAGNES/BRUSSELS, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Firefighters worked through the night to battle Belgium’s biggest wildfire on record, which by Sunday morning had burned 3,000 hectares of land and was heading towards the German border, local…...
Four Antonello da Messina works stolen in Renaissance painter’s hometown
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (307+ words) MILAN, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Four artworks by 15th century painter Antonello da Messina have been stolen overnight from the Museo Regionale di Messina, Italian media reported citing a statement from the museum’s directorship. The theft deprives Messina of parts of the only…...
India opens tax amnesty scheme for small taxpayers with undisclosed foreign assets
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (126+ words) NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (Reuters) – India’s tax amnesty scheme for small taxpayers to declare certain undeclared foreign assets of up to 50 million rupees ($523,889) opens on Sunday and will be available until December 31, the government said. Here are more details of the…...
Ukrainian drones strike Moscow region, killing one
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (192+ words) MOSCOW, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck Moscow region overnight on Sunday in what the provincial governor said was one of the largest attacks to have targeted the region, and which he said had left at least one person dead. In…...
Indonesia’s deadliest earthquakes of past decade
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (236+ words) JAKARTA, Aug 16 (Reuters) – A magnitude-7.7 earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia on Saturday has killed at least 51 people, with rescue operations ongoing. Here are the deadliest earthquakes of the past decade, as recorded by Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency BNPB: PALU, SIGI…...
Iran says Qatar delaying probe into fate of Iranian pilots, Tasnim news agency
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (123+ words) DUBAI, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Iranian military official said on Sunday that Qatar should let an Iranian team in to investigate the fate of Iranian pilots who Tehran says are being held there, Iranian media said on Sunday. Qatar denies holding any…...
Two women killed in floods in Spain
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (133+ words) MADRID, Aug 16 (Reuters) – A flood and landslide caused by torrential rain killed two elderly women and injured two babies in rural northwestern Spain, authorities said, as seven regions were placed on yellow alert for storms and heavy rain on Sunday....
German companies cut US investment to three-year low, data show
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (329+ words) BERLIN, Aug 16 (Reuters) – German companies slashed investments in the United States to a three-year low in the first half of 2026, as Trump administration policies fed uncertainty between the transatlantic trading partners. First-half direct investments plunged by nearly two-thirds year-on-year to…...