Factbox-Who is Chris Christie, Republican 2024 presidential hopeful?
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who backed Donald Trump’s successful 2016 presidential campaign but…
Elections
Edgars Rinkevics elected president of Latvia
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Latvia’s parliament has elected long-serving Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics as the country’s next president, Prime Minister Krisjanis…
Turkey’s Erdogan faces struggle to meet Syrian refugee promise
By Burcu Karakas, Ece Toksabay, Huseyin Hayatsever and Maya Gebeily ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan played up his plans…
DeSantis bashes Trump as 2024 campaign swing begins
By James Oliphant CLIVE, Iowa (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stepped up his attacks on Republican rival Donald Trump on…
Kremlin: Russia backs Kosovo’s Serbs, their rights must be respected
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia supports Kosovo’s Serbian population and believes their legal rights and interests must be protected, Kremlin spokesman…
Opposition Turkish TV probed for ‘insulting’ election coverage
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has launched an inquiry into six opposition TV channels for “insulting the public” with…
Deepfaking it: America’s 2024 election collides with AI boom
(Note: Strong language in paragraph 10) By Alexandra Ulmer and Anna Tong (Reuters) – “I actually like Ron DeSantis a…
Australia’s Indigenous recognition bill passes first hurdle
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Legislation to hold a referendum to recognise Australia’s Indigenous people in the constitution cleared its first parliamentary…
Protests flare as Brazil approves bill limiting recognition of tribal lands
By Anthony Boadle and Leonardo Benassatto BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved on Tuesday night a…
Lula’s call for South American unity faces opposing views on Venezuela
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Divergent views on Venezuela surfaced during a South American leaders’ summit…