Blast heard near mayor’s office in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Jan 22 (Reuters) – A blast was heard near the mayor’s office in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday, according to a witness who added the explosion was then followed by gunfire. “As we were in office we were deafened by a blast, we ran away, gunfire followed,” Farah Abdullahi, a worker in the mayor’s […]
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Heating restored in freezing Kyiv, Mayor Klitschko says
Dec 18 (Reuters) – Heating has been fully restored to Kyiv after the latest Russian bombardment that targeted water and power infrastructure, the capital’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Sunday. “The city is restoring all services after the latest shelling,” Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app. “In particular, the capital’s heat supply system was […]
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Rocket attack near Iraq’s Erbil kills one, wounds 10 – mayor
BAGHDAD, Nov 14 (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 10 others were wounded on Monday after rockets hit the headquarters of the Iranian Kurdish party in the city of Koye, near the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region Erbil, the mayor of Koye Tariq Haidari said. Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; Writing by […]
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Ukraine warns of more attacks on infrastructure, as mayor urges Kyiv to prepare for the worst
Russia could be preparing more attacks on energy sites -Zelenskiy 4.5 mln Ukrainians without power as winter closes in Biden aide held talks with top Russian officials U.S. urges Ukraine to be open to talks with Russia -report KYIV/WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned on Sunday against more potential Russian attacks […]
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Abducted mayor, officials in northern Mexico freed, governor says
MEXICO CITY, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The mayor of a small northern Mexican town and a group of local officials kidnapped by armed men have been freed, the governor of the border state of Coahuila said on Saturday. Mario Cedillo Infante, mayor of Guerrero, Coahuila, was abducted with eight other people on Friday night after […]
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Mexico City mayor eyes history in bid to be first female president
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MEXICO CITY, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, a trained physicist vying to become the country’s first female president, is hoping her environmental credentials and success in curbing crime will help set her apart in the race for the top job in 2024. […]
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Russian forces strike Mykolaiv port infrastructure – mayor
KYIV, July 26 (Reuters) – Russian forces have struck port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv region, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said on Tuesday. “A massive missile strike was launched on the south of Ukraine from the direction of the Black Sea, and with the use of aviation,” he told Ukrainian state television, providing no details on […]
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Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk hit by air strike, casualties reported – mayor
July 7 (Reuters) – Russian forces fired missiles at the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk in an air strike on Thursday, and there were casualties, the city’s mayor said. “Air strike with missiles on central parts of Kramatorsk, there are casualties,” Mayor Oleksandr Goncharenko wrote on Facebook, without providing details of the […]
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Ukraine hits Russian base in occupied Melitopol, exiled mayor says
KYIV, July 3 (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces hit a Russian base with over 30 strikes in the Russian-occupied southern city of Melitopol, the city’s exiled Ukrainian mayor said on Sunday. Russia’s RIA news agency reported Ukraine had hit the area of Melitopol where the city’s airport is located, but did not specify what had been […]
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Powerful explosions heard in Ukraine city of Mykolaiv – mayor
July 2 (Reuters) – Powerful explosions were heard in early hours on Saturday the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said in a social media post. “There are powerful explosions in the city! Stay in shelters!” Senkevich wrote on the Telegram messaging app. It was not immediately known what caused the explosions. Reuters could […]
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