By Portia Crowe (Reuters) – Barrick Gold remains “fully engaged and committed to reaching a mutually beneficial resolution” with Mali to end a dispute over its assets there, its chief operating officer for Africa and the Middle East said in a memo seen by Reuters on Saturday. The Canadian miner and Malian government have been…
By Bo Erickson and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Columbia University’s interim president said the school is working to address the “legitimate concerns” of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration after $400 million of federal government grants and contracts to the university were canceled over allegations of antisemitism on campus. In an announcement on Friday, the government…
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis is showing a “good response” to his treatment in hospital for double pneumonia and his overall condition is gradually improving, the Vatican said on Saturday. Francis, 88, has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for more than three weeks with a severe respiratory infection that has required continuously…
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in control of the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled their six-month stopgap government funding bill on Saturday to avoid a potential government shutdown on March 14. The proposal would fund the government through September, the end of the 2025 fiscal year, and mostly maintain levels of spending passed during…
