The Liberian-flagged Brave Commander departed from the Ukrainian port of Yuzhne, east of Odessa, according to regional governor Maksym Marchenko. It plans to sail to Djibouti, where the grain will be unloaded and transported to Ethiopia as part of the World Food Programme’s initiative. Ukraine and Russia reached an agreement with Turkey on July 22 to resume Black Sea grain deliveries, addressing a major export disruption since Russia invaded Ukraine in February....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest U.S. Protestant denomination, said Friday that several of its entities are being investigated by the Justice Department, following a report that found the church had mishandled allegations of sexual abuse and mistreated victims. The Assembly did not provide details about the investigation, and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment....

ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured this view of the starburst galaxy NGC 4303, with clouds of ionized oxygen, hydrogen and sulfur gas shown in blue, green and red, respectively. (Image credit: ESO/PHANGS) A stunning new photo captures bright, golden swirling clouds of gas that are creating an extremely high rate of star formation. This stellar nursery, a spiral galaxy known as NGC 4303 or Messier 61, is located 50 million light-years from Earth at constellation Virgo....

Voters will decide the fates of two top Republicans on Tuesday as primaries are held in Alaska and Wyoming, two of the nation’s reddest states. In Wyoming, the vice chairwoman of the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6, Liz Cheney, is facing an attempt by Donald Trump to punish her for infidelity in the form of Harriet Hageman, her former staffer and now her top opponent. Mrs. Cheney is deeply down in the polls and could lose tomorrow by more than 20 points according to most indications....

The struggling Blue Jays (61-52) host a three-game homestand against the Baltimore Orioles (59-55) at the Rogers Centre, a week after a pair were retired in Baltimore. The Blue Jays still hold the top wild card spot in the American League, but are just 2.5 games ahead of the surprising Orioles, who are in fourth place. The top three get spots in the playoffs. With Yusei Kikuchi starting the series opener for Toronto, it’s a nervous time for Blue Jays fans....

The union representing 33,000 provincial government workers will be in a legal position to strike from 2:46 p.m. Monday. The BC Union of General Employees has not released details of the industrial action it will take. Members are advised that they will be contacted over the weekend if their site is selected for work. A general message about the industrial action will be issued on Monday morning by the union....

Imagination runs wild in the absence of facts. The most tantalizing detail is that 11 sets of documents were classified. It sheds light on the classification system by which the government withholds information from its own people in the name of national security for all. More than a million people have top secret clearance It’s actually a very large universe of people with access to top secret data. The Director of National Intelligence publishes what is described as an annual report, “Security Clearance Determinations,” although the most recent I could find was from 2017....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BEIRUT, Aug 14 (Reuters) – The father of a man accused of attempting to assassinate novelist Salman Rushdie has locked himself in his home in southern Lebanon and is refusing to speak to anyone, the city’s mayor, Ali Tehfe, said on Sunday. The suspect in Friday’s attack in New York state has been identified by police as 24-year-old Hadi Mattar of New Jersey....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register NEW DELHI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The United States expressed concern to India that it was used earlier this year to export fuel from Russian crude to New York via high seas transport, a top Indian central banker said on Saturday. U.S. sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine in February ban imports into the United States of energy products of Russian origin, including crude oil, refined fuels, distillates, coal and natural gas....

At 2:34 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 13, Toronto police tweeted that there were reports around 2:15 p.m. ET about a man driving on the 401 Freeway at Allen Road and firing a gun into the air. The man then allegedly pulled into the Yorkdale Mall parking lot in a dark blue Acura. This incident led to the mall being placed on lockdown. \u201cPERSON WITH A GUN:\n14:15\n- Reports a man driving on HWY 401 at Allen Rd shooting a gun in the air\n- Now in Yorkdale parking lot in a dark blue Acura\n- Yorkdale Mall enters on lockdown\n- No injuries reported at this time\n- Police are on scene\n#GO1559109\n^lb\u201d — Toronto Police Operations (@Toronto Police Operations) 1660415648 “No injuries reported at this time – police are on scene,” the police service said in a tweet....

Harvard University et Stanford University : les deux universités privées américaines ont une nouvelle fois remporté les premières places du classement de Shanghai, axé sur les activités de recherche dures des institutions, publié lundi 15 août. Créée en 2003 par l’université chinoise Jiao Tong, la liste est établie depuis 2009 par le cabinet de conseil Shanghai Ranking. L’anglais Cambridge attribue sa 3e place au Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) et se classe au 4e rang, suivi des américains Berkeley et Princeton....

Cheney, one of the few House Republicans who voted last year to impeach Trump, appears headed for defeat on Tuesday when she faces her Trump-backed opponent, attorney Harriet Hageman, in one of the most hotly anticipated primaries matches of the year. On the surface, Cheney’s position is not entirely unique. Most of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump either lost re-election this year or chose not to run for re-election....

Ms. Bobb blasted Attorney General Merrick Garland for his press conference on the FBI raid on Mr. Trump’s Florida residence and subsequent reports that federal agents were searching for nuclear documents there, calling it a terrorist attack. The former president’s lawyer was asked by Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham if he knew that documents related to nuclear matters were not in Trump’s possession. “Do you understand that there were no documents about our nuclear capabilities or nuclear issues that have national security implications in the president’s possession when the agents showed up at Mar-a-Lago?...

The third-term congresswoman and her allies were downbeat Tuesday about her prospects, knowing that Trump’s endorsement gave Harriet Hagman a significant boost in the state she won by the largest margin during the 2020 campaign. Cheney was already looking ahead to a political future beyond Capitol Hill, which could include a 2024 presidential run, potentially setting her on another collision course with Trump. On Wednesday, calling Trump “a very serious threat and danger to our democracy,” she told NBC that she believes defeating him will require “a broad and united front of Republicans, Democrats and independents — and that’s what I intend to be a part of....

Gathering evidence to prosecute Russian forces has become one of the biggest tasks of Ukrainian police since the invasion began on February 24, but international support is helping the effort. “Every day we record the death of many civilians,” Ukraine’s interior minister told Sky News. “These are the crimes they committed and committed [Russia] in the occupied territories”. Russian troops ‘block access to medicine’ – live updates Referring to war crimes uncovered when Russian forces retreated from the towns of Bucha and Hostomel near Kyiv, Denys Monastyrskiy said he was bracing for more horrors as the war continued....

Un jeune homme de 19 ans qui participait à un rodéo urbain sur une moto de grosse cylindrée est décédé mardi après-midi à Marseille. Comme révélé Provenceinformation que RMC peut confirmer, l’accident s’est produit vers 21h30, avenue de la Millière, dans le 11e arrondissement. La victime, portant un casque, faisait du rodéo à moto 650cc devant un ami. Le pilote a soudainement perdu le contrôle de l’engin et s’est écrasé violemment contre un poteau, selon les premières données de l’enquête....

The 71-year-old had tested negative on Monday during a routine test session, but developed cold-like symptoms that evening. She tested negative on a rapid antigen test before the PCR test came back positive. Spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said that, like her husband Joe Biden, the first lady had two vaccinations and two booster shots against the disease. She has mild symptoms and has been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid. Mr. and Mrs....

Moved to No. 1 in the FedExCup as the TOUR heads into the second edition of the FedExCup Playoffs at the BMW Championship, where the top 70 will compete. RELATED: Final leaderboard | Who made it to the top 70? | Winner bag The heartache of two previous playoff losses this year — one by a wide margin — turned into relief for Zalatoris after a wild finish at TPC Southwind....

• A lire aussi : Guy Lafleur toujours dans les pensées et dans le coeur de tous • À lire aussi : Canadiens de Montréal : “Les séries éliminatoires, on oublie ça l’an prochain” • À lire aussi : Absent d’Équipe Canada junior, Mavrik Bourque est prêt à faire tous les sacrifices Après une saison décevante aux yeux de nombreux membres de l’organisation, Scheifele a déclaré qu’il devait “réfléchir [sa] carrière et ce qui est le mieux pour [lui]”....

9 Wahrheiten über das 9-Euro-Ticket Es ist beliebt, aber es wird enden. Und was kommt danach? Seit dem Verkaufsstart Ende Mai wurde das Ticket in Deutschland rund 38 Millionen Mal verkauft. Verkehrsminister Volker Wissing (52, FDP) zu BILD am SONNTAG: „Besonders begeistert waren viele von der Einfachheit und der bundesweiten Gültigkeit des Tickets. 2. Das 9-Euro-Ticket kostet uns Milliarden! Für die Verkehrsunternehmen in Deutschland bedeutet das 9-Euro-Ticket einen Einnahmeverlust und der Bund musste 2,5 Milliarden Euro an Steuergeldern subventionieren....