By Mariela Nava MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) – In Maracaibo, the once wealthy Venezuelan oil city, two innovators are trying to […]
‘Wine for victory’: Ukraine’s wineries toil under Russian rockets
By Andrea Shalal SLYVNYNE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Six months after a rocket landed in his vineyard in southern Ukraine in […]
Dream job: the Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing
By Tom Bateman and Rikako Maruyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: […]
Plumes of dust as India demolishes illegal skyscrapers
By Anushree Fadnavis NOIDA, India (Reuters) -Indian authorities demolished two illegally constructed skyscrapers in a wide plume of dust debris […]
Firing of Hungarian weather forecasters sets off storm at home and abroad
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The firing of Hungary’s two top weather forecasters after a big storm predicted by the National Meteorological […]
Meltdown averted but six months on, Russians face economic pain
By Andrey Ostroukh MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s economy has avoided the meltdown many predicted after Moscow sent its forces into […]
Europe’s drought exposes ancient stones, World War Two ships as waters fall
(Reuters) – Weeks of baking drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few […]
‘The paycheck has died’: Argentine workers hold funeral for wages
By Horacio Soria BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Some women wore black funeral attire and sported flower crowns. Other people in […]
Polish PM backs Finland’s leader in fight for right to party
WARSAW (Reuters) – Finland’s prime minister had good reason to go out and celebrate, because her country is joining NATO, […]
‘Spanish Stonehenge’ emerges from drought-hit dam
By Silvio Castellanos and Marco Trujillo CACERES, Spain (Reuters) – A brutal summer has caused havoc for many in rural […]