Rubio says US will evaluate Russian conditions on Black Sea ceasefire
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday the agreement struck with Ukraine and Russia a day before was in principle and that Washington was going to evaluate the ...
Boeing-Lockheed’s Vulcan cleared to launch US national security satellites
The US Space Force said on Wednesday it has cleared Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s Vulcan rocket to launch national security satellites for the United States.
SpaceX was the first ...
Trump’s immigration policies find support as he expands crackdown
US President Donald Trump gets better marks for his hardline approach to immigration than he does on his handling of the economy, foreign policy or other issues, Reuters/Ipsos polling ...
Vehicle of US soldiers missing in Lithuania found submerged in water, US Army says
A vehicle used by four US Army soldiers that went missing on Tuesday afternoon in Lithuania has been found submerged in water and the search for the missing soldiers is ...
EU tells the public to hold 72 hours of emergency supplies
Europe should enhance stockpiling of critical equipment and encourage the public to maintain sufficient supplies for at least 72 hours in case of emergencies, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
The ...
Greek PM to meet Israel’s Netanyahu in Jerusalem
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet in Jerusalem on Sunday, two Greek sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
The agenda of the talks was ...
Brazil Supreme Court to put Bolsonaro on trial for alleged coup attempt
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government after he lost a 2022 election, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, moving swiftly in a ...
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Ukraine and Russia’s truce agreements run into trouble within hours
Ukraine and Russia accused one another on Wednesday of flouting a truce on energy strikes brokered by the United States, and conditions set by Russia cast doubt over a planned ...
Actor Depardieu says hand on the buttocks is not sexual assault
Actor Gerard Depardieu, on the third day of a sexual assault trial, told a Paris court on Wednesday that he did not consider placing a hand on a person’s ...
Pentagon’s Hegseth texted start time of planned killing of Yemeni militant
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth texted the start time for the planned killing of a Houthi militant in Yemen on March 15 along with details of further U.S. airstrikes ...
UK Chancellor trims spending plans in face of slowing economy
British Chancellor Rachel Reeves cut the government’s plans for spending increases on Wednesday to get back on track towards her fiscal targets, but risks in the world economy could ...
Turkey’s opposition elects interim Istanbul mayor after Imamoglu’s jailing
Istanbul’s opposition-run municipal council on Wednesday elected an interim mayor to run the city, broadcaster NTV said, after mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed pending trial over graft charges that ...
Ukraine says ties with White House are ‘back on track’
Relations between Kyiv and Washington are “back on track”, the chief of staff to Ukraine’s president told Reuters, after a fraught Oval Office encounter last month between the U....
Democrats urge probe of war plans discussion on group chat
Democratic U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and top Senate Democrats on Wednesday wrote a letter to Republican President Donald Trump and his top officials urging a Justice Department ...
UK inflation cools more than expected in February but fresh climb expected
British inflation slowed more than expected in February, bringing some relief to consumers ahead of a likely new pick-up in price growth and to finance minister Rachel Reeves before her ...
Turkey’s Erdogan says government will not get riled over ‘provocations’ by opposition
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that his government would not get worked up over what he described as “provocations” by the main opposition, after the arrest of Istanbul Mayor ...
Chevron interested in gas exploration off Crete
Chevron (CVX.N) has expressed an interest in hydrocarbon exploration off the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea, the second such expression for Greek energy by the US oil ...
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Denmark welcomes US change of Greenland visit
Denmark’s foreign minister on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. decision to alter a planned visit to Greenland that had sparked a diplomatic standoff between Copenhagen and the White House ...
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Hundreds stage Gaza protest against Hamas after conflict resumes
Hundreds of Palestinians have protested in northern Gaza to demand an end to war, chanting “Hamas out,” social media posts showed, in a rare public show of opposition to the ...
‘Embarrassing’: Top US officials face backlash over Signal security breach
The Trump administration sought to contain the fallout after a magazine journalist disclosed he had been inadvertently included in a secret group discussion of highly sensitive war plans, while Democrats ...
Britain’s FCA to reevaluate risk approach to boost economic growth
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority will reassess its attitude towards financial firms’ risk-taking in order to spur growth, the watchdog said on Tuesday, as it set out its next five-year ...
Strong winds fan South Korea wildfires as death toll climbs to 18
At least 18 people have died as multiple wildfires rage across South Korea’s southeastern region, with thousands of firefighters aided by the military deployed in a bid to contain one ...
Russia’s central bank warns of potential oil price collapse
Russia’s central bank has warned the Kremlin’s policy makers the United States and OPEC have the capacity to flood the oil market and cause a repeat of the ...
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Russia, Ukraine agree to sea, energy truce; Washington seeks easing of sanctions
The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russia to pause their attacks at sea and against energy targets, with Washington agreeing to push to lift some ...