By Richard Cowan, Moira Warburton and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON/HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -A second meeting on Friday between White House and Republican congressional negotiators on raising the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling broke up with no progress cited by either side and no additional meeting set. That came at the end of a day of…
By Djaffar Sabiti GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Four men with machetes were hard on their heels as a group of women raced through the dense forest surrounding east Congo’s city of Goma, desperate to reach a displacement camp they had left to collect firewood. One tripped on a stone and fell. She…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Group of Seven leaders on Saturday agreed to a new initiative to counter economic coercion, and pledged action to ensure that any actors attempting to weaponise economic dependence would fail and face consequences. The initiative, dubbed Coordination Platform on Economic Coercion, will use early warning and rapid information sharing on economic coercion…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An internal investigation was underway over an Australian police officer who tasered a 95-year-old grandmother, leaving her in a critical condition, and it was too early to say whether charges would be laid, New South Wales police chief said on Saturday. Clare Nowland remains in hospital after being tasered by police at…
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden aims to speak this weekend with Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Ukraine and the “sacrosanct” issue of sovereignty and territorial integrity, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Saturday. Lula and Modi are attending a summit of…
By Jeff Mason and Sakura Murakami HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) nations will outline steps to help rein in risks from China while preserving economic ties, the White House said on Saturday, highlighting the difficult balancing act rich democracies face with Beijing. U.S. President Joe Biden and other G7 leaders…
(Corrects headline to add “mln”) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will announce a $375 million military aid package for Ukraine while in Hiroshima, Japan, where he is attending the 2023 G7 Summit of world leaders, a U.S. official said on Friday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the package will include…
By Moira Warburton, Richard Cowan and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A second meeting on Friday between White House and Republican congressional negotiators on raising the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling broke up with no progress cited by either side and no additional meeting set. “We had a very, very candid discussion talking about where…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of an intelligence unit of the Washington, D.C., police department faces criminal charges after allegedly warning the leader of the far-right Proud Boys group about an arrest warrant and leaking other law enforcement information, an indictment released on Friday showed. Metropolitan Police Department Lieutenant Shane Lamond gave Proud Boys leader Enrique…
By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American Airlines Group must end its alliance with JetBlue Airways Corp, a federal judge ruled on Friday, agreeing with the U.S. Justice Department that the arrangement means higher prices for consumers and ordering the companies to part ways within 30 days. The decision represented a victory for…
