JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was given a warm welcome at an Arab summit today, winning a hug from Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince at a meeting of leaders who had shunned him for years, in a policy shift opposed by the U.S.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A decision by Brazil’s environmental regulator to block state-owned oil company Petrobras’ Amazon oil project has exposed tensions in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s coalition between green advocates and those prioritizing economic development.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – Fabrizio Fidati, who lost his right hand in an accident 25 years ago, had not experienced the sensation of temperature in his missing digits until trials for a bionic technology unlocked the cool of iced water and heat of a stove burner for him.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co DIS.N will shutter its immersive Star Wars-themed luxury hotel in Orlando this September, less than two years after it opened, as the media giant cuts costs throughout its entertainment and parks businesses.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s Constitutional Court yesterday paved the way for early legislative and presidential elections, rejecting a series of cases brought by opposition politicians to block President Guillermo Lasso’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil is investigating a suspected case of avian influenza A (H5N1) in a person living in the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where this week the first ever confirmed cases in wild birds were detected, the Health Ministry said.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden telephoned his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape yesterday after cancelling a historic meeting in the Pacific islands nation to tell him Secretary of State Antony Blinken would travel in his place, the two leaders said.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden telephoned his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape today after cancelling a historic meeting in the Pacific islands nation to tell him Secretary of State Antony Blinken would travel in his place, the two leaders said.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis will officially enter the 2024 U.S.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank AG DBKGn.DE has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by women who say they were abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, and accused the German bank of facilitating his sex trafficking.
RIYADH, (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a pariah for more than a decade, is expected to steal the spotlight at Friday’s Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia, where he will rub shoulders with regional leaders who once backed his war foes.
TAIPEI, (Reuters) – Former British prime minister Liz Truss said in Taiwan today the West must avoid appeasing China and show unwavering support for the democratically governed island, in a speech that risks further damaging Britain’s ties with Beijing.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said last night a Quad summit would not go ahead in Sydney next week without U.S.
(Reuters) – The European Union should crack down on India reselling Russian oil into Europe as refined fuel, including diesel, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in an interview with the Financial Times published yesterday.
KINSHASA, (Reuters) – The World Bank has suspended funding for humanitarian and development projects in Democratic Republic of Congo worth more than $1 billion after the government dissolved the project fund without warning, the lender said.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said today that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy had agreed to meet a group of African leaders to discuss a potential peace plan for the conflict.
KYIV/LONDON, (Reuters) – Ukraine yesterday hailed its first substantial battlefield advances in six months as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won pledges for new long-range drones in Britain to add to a haul of Western arms for a counteroffensive against Russian invaders.
WILMINGTON, Delaware, (Reuters) – The U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed Tesla Inc TSLA.O
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. officials yesterday said there will be “tougher consequences” for migrants illegally crossing the southern border as U.S.
LAGOS, (Reuters) – Nigeria needs $12 billion to clean up decades-old oil spills in southern Bayelsa state over a 12-year period, a new report said yesterday, and singled out Shell SHEL.L
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