By Raneen Sawafta, Fadi Shana and Nidal al-Mughrabi WEST BANK/GAZA/DOHA (Reuters) -Hamas said on Tuesday it had received and was studying a new proposal for a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza, presented by mediators after talks with Israel, in what appeared to be the most serious peace initiative for months. A senior Hamas…
(This Jan. 26 story has been corrected to show that South Carolina last backed a Democrat president in 1976, not 2008, in paragraph 17) By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jarrett Renshaw COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) – Democrats have no chance of winning South Carolina in November, but the state is pivotal to Joe Biden’s reelection anyway….
BEIJING (Reuters) -The U.S. and China launched a joint counter-narcotics working group on Tuesday in the first overt sign of cooperation in tackling the spread of fentanyl since late 2019, before bilateral relations between the superpowers soured. It follows a key summit in San Francisco in November where U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader…
By Michael Erman and Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -Pfizer reported a surprise quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by cost cuts and higher-than-expected demand for its COVID treatment Paxlovid, but sales of some high profile products fell short of Wall Street estimates. Pfizer shares were off around 1% in afternoon trading. Investors fled Pfizer last year as…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Shivansh Tiwary (Reuters) -JetBlue Airways said on Tuesday it was evaluating deeper cost cuts after the company forecast a fall in revenue and higher costs in the first quarter as it grapples with uneven travel demand. The New York-based carrier is looking to plot its path forward after a U.S….
