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Evo Morales announces candidacy for 2025 Bolivia presidential elections

Sunday, September 24 by SRN News

(Reuters) – Former Bolivia President Evo Morales will stand in the South American country’s elections in 2025, he said on Sunday in a message on social media platform X, adding that he has been “obliged” by attacks against him. The... Read More.

North Korea says cooperation with Russia ‘natural’ for neighbours -KCNA

Sunday, September 24 by SRN News

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Monday slammed South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for criticising its cooperation with Moscow following leader Kim Jong Un’s Russia visit, saying it is “natural” and “normal” for neighbours to keep close relations. Yoon, speaking... Read More.

NASA asteroid sample parachutes safely onto Utah desert

Sunday, September 24 by SRN News

By Steve Gorman and Maria Caspani (Reuters) -A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid streaked through Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday and parachuted into the Utah desert, delivering the celestial specimen to scientists. The gumdrop-shaped capsule,... Read More.

New Zealand National Party prepared to join forces with NZ First to get into power

Sunday, September 24 by SRN News

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s National Party leader said on Monday he is prepared to work with the populist New Zealand First if there are numbers needed to form a majority after the election. New Zealand is due to... Read More.

Russia’s Tula region under drone attack – Russia’s RIA

Sunday, September 24 by SRN News

(Reuters) – Russia’s air defence systems were engaged in repelling a drone attack over the Tula region that borders Moscow’s region to its north, Russia’s RIA news agency reported early Monday. Citing the ministry of regional security, the agency reported that... Read More.

France to pull troops out of Niger following coup

Sunday, September 24 by SRN News

By Sybille de La Hamaide and Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) – France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July coup in the West African country, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, dealing a huge blow to French influence... Read More.

Chile raises alert for Villarrica volcano to amber

Sunday, September 24 by SRN News

(Reuters) – Chile’s National Geology and Mining Service, Sernageomin, on Sunday raised the alert level for the Villarrica volcano from yellow to amber, citing a gradual increase in volcanic activity. One of South America’s most active volcanoes, Villarrica has a... Read More.

Ex-Goldman Sachs trader to lead Greece’s leftist Syriza party

Sunday, September 24 by SRN News

By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) -Former Goldman Sachs associate and political novice Stefanos Kasselakis on Sunday was elected leader of Greece’s leftist Syriza party, the country’s main opposition, which is hoping for a comeback after a heavy defeat in a national election. Syriza was catapulted to... Read More.

Serb gunmen battle police in Kosovo monastery siege; four dead

Sunday, September 24 by SRN News

By Fatos Bytyci and Daria Sito-Sucic NORTH MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) – Ethnic Serb gunmen in armoured vehicles stormed a village in north Kosovo on Sunday, battling police and barricading themselves in a monastery in a resurgence of violence in the restive... Read More.

Two dead in Russian shelling of southern Ukraine -governor

Sunday, September 24 by SRN News

(Reuters) – Russian forces shelled southern Ukraine’s Kherson region on Sunday, killing two people and injuring at least eight, the region’s governor said, as Ukraine’s armed forces said they were keeping in check Russian advances in the east and south. President... Read More.