Cut! Folks, let’s take a lunch break while I talk to the director. Okay Lamar, what IS it with you? First you screwed up a lavish production of Animal Fair and we had to pull the plug on it, and now this? How hard is it to make super-hero movie, Lamar? If they can do [...]

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – Powerful tremors from an Icelandic volcano that has been a menace for thousands of travelers worldwide rocked the countryside on Sunday as eruptions hurled a steady stream of ash into the sky.

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KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s state-run environment authority has accused UK petroleum explorer, Tullow Oil, of taking inadequate steps to safeguard the environment around their drilling sites, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Saturday.

YANGON (Reuters) – A series of bombs exploded at a controversial hydropower project site being jointly built by a Chinese company in northern Myanmar on Saturday, just two days after bombs killed eight in the former capital of Yangon.

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – An Icelandic volcano that is spewing ash into the air and wreaking havoc on flights across Europe appeared to be easing up on Saturday but could continue to erupt for days or even months to come, officials said.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban tobacco legend Alejandro Robaina, known in international cigar circles for producing the best of his country’s famous tobacco leaves, died on Saturday at the age of 91, a family friend said.

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LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s air travel chaos deepened on Saturday as a huge cloud of volcanic ash spread further across the continent, halting nearly three in four flights and stranding thousands of passengers worldwide.

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – An Icelandic volcano that is spewing ash into the air and wreaking havoc on flights across Europe appeared to be easing up on Saturday but could continue to erupt for days or even months to come, officials said.