By Gram Slattery and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A handful of hard-right Republican lawmakers said on Monday they would oppose a deal to raise the United States’ $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, in a sign that the bipartisan agreement could face a rocky path through Congress before the U.S. runs out of money next week. Although…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Brazilian leader Luis Inacio Lula de Silva on Monday assailed U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and Maduro said he hopes a regional South American summit in Brasilia will call for their removal. Lula called the U.S. sanctions “extremely exaggerated” and criticized the United States for denying the legitimacy…
By Raneen Sawafta and Ronen Zvulun JENIN/HOMESH, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed a Palestinian security officer during clashes in the occupied West Bank flashpoint city of Jenin on Monday, the Palestinian Fatah faction said in a statement. The Israeli military said its forces had come under heavy Palestinian fire while seeking the arrest of…
By Adrianna Ebert GDANSK (Reuters) – Polish games developer CD Projekt is not for sale, its CEO reiterated on Monday, following weekend rumours that the maker of “Cyberpunk 2077” could be targeted by Sony. “Nothing has changed on our end. I can repeat what we’ve been saying throughout the years – CD Projekt is not…
By Adrianna Ebert GDANSK (Reuters) – Polish games developer CD Projekt is not for sale, its CEO reiterated on Monday, following weekend rumours that the maker of “Cyberpunk 2077” could be targeted by Sony. “Nothing has changed on our end. I can repeat what we’ve been saying throughout the years – CD Projekt is not…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a tentative deal to suspend the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, ending a months-long stalemate. But the deal still faces a difficult path to pass through Congress before the U.S. runs out of money to pay its debts…
By Laura Matthews, Chibuike Oguh and Herbert Lash (Reuters) -Global investors are gaming out how a tentative deal to raise the United States debt ceiling could ripple through markets, as lawmakers strive to pass the agreement through Congress before a June 5 deadline. A deal to lift the $31.4 trillion debt limit announced by the…
By Laura Matthews, Chibuike Oguh and Herbert Lash (Reuters) -Global investors are gaming out how a tentative deal to raise the United States debt ceiling could ripple through markets, as lawmakers strive to pass the agreement through Congress before a June 5 deadline. A deal to lift the $31.4 trillion debt limit announced by the…
LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo (Reuters) – Around 25 NATO peacekeepers have been injured in clashes with Serbs protesting against Albanian mayors taking office in Serb majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo KFOR said in a statement. “While countering the most active fringes of the crowd, several soldiers of the Italian…
By Felix Onuah and MacDonald Dzirutwe ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu vowed at his swearing-in on Monday to expand the economy by at least 6% a year, lift barriers to investment, create jobs and unify the exchange rate, while also tackling rampant insecurity. Tinubu inherits a struggling economy with record debt, shortages of…
