36+ min ago   (320+ words) WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Anti-hunger advocate Liz Wills-O’Gilvie, 63, said she has not eaten for 15 days in a bid to push Governor Maura Healey to raise funding for Massachusetts’ ​shrinking food stamp program. By consuming only water, electrolytes and glucose ‌pills, Wills-O’Gilvie,…...

8+ hour, 7+ min ago   (353+ words) (Corrects spelling in paragraph 6 to Subandi, not Sabandi) By Arnold Welianto and Stanley Widianto SIKKA, Indonesia, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area ​in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 51, blocking roads and ‌causing…...

12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (172+ words) Veteran defender Jamal Adams was carted off the field in his first game with the ​Minnesota Vikings on Saturday. Adams, 30, ‌appeared to sustain the injury during a touchdown play in the second quarter, when Jaxson Dart connected with Malachi ‌Fields…...

4+ hour, 38+ 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…...

5+ hour, 13+ 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…...

6+ hour ago   (1823+ words) Joshua Baez became the first player in major league history to hit three home runs in his debut, helping lead the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon. Baez hit homers to right,…...

6+ hour, 38+ min ago   (687+ words) By Simon Jessop, Rebecca Delaney and Valentina Za LONDON/MILAN, Aug 16 (Reuters) – For more than a century, cafes in the Italian city of Padua have welcomed customers for an early evening drink, or aperitivo, encouraging them to sit outside and…...

8+ hour, 39+ min ago   (725+ words) Amar’e Stoudemire headlined the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026 as the group was formally enshrined Saturday night at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Mass. Stoudemire, a six-time All-Star during a 14-year NBA career with the Phoenix Suns, New York…...

10+ hour, 12+ min ago   (300+ words) SYDNEY, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Australia’s New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, part of the national ​response to a shooting spree that killed 15 ‌at a Jewish festival in Sydney, the…...

10+ hour, 7+ min ago   (269+ words) BUENOS AIRES, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Palantir chair and co-founder Peter Thiel has bought a 1% stake in Argentina’s Vista, one of the largest oil ​companies operating in the country’s Vaca Muerta ‌shale formation, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…...