SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday he had discussed the war between Russia and Ukraine and an upcoming BRICS summit with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa as they met in Paris. Ramaphosa recently led a delegation of African leaders to Russia and Kyiv seeking to share…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday adjourned Sudan talks because the format was not succeeding in the way they wanted, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee said on Thursday. Saudi Arabia and the U.S. have brokered ceasefires between Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan first lady Sandra Torres leads her competitors in the Central American country’s presidential race, according to a poll published Thursday by newspaper Prensa Libre, the last before Sunday’s election. Torres, a third-time presidential contender whose late husband President Alvaro Colom governed from 2008 to 2012, drew 21.3% of voter…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s top electoral court on Thursday decided to adjourn a trial that could leave former President Jair Bolsonaro in the political wilderness for nearly a decade, with the session set to be resumed on Tuesday of next week. Bolsonaro, a far-right nationalist who in October narrowly lost Brazil’s most fraught election in…
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Half of Americans believe U.S. President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, received preferential treatment from prosecutors who reached a deal that would allow the younger Biden to plead guilty to tax charges but avoid a gun-related conviction, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The two-day poll that closed on Wednesday showed…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s ambassador to Washington has protested remarks President Joe Biden made about Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday, and its embassy said the United States should act immediately to undo the negative impact or bear all the consequences. China was enraged after Biden referred to Xi Jinping as a “dictator” at a…
By Karol Badohal and Supantha Mukherjee WROCLAW, Poland/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Poland’s third-largest city Wroclaw beat rivals last week to be home to the next multi-billion dollar Intel chip factory in Europe, with a two-year campaign promising subsidies, infrastructure, talent and a slice of American life. In the face of an unprecedented semiconductor shortage, Europe is…
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Representative Will Hurd, a moderate who was once the sole Black Republican in Congress, on Thursday joined the crowded race to beat Donald Trump for the party’s 2024 presidential nomination. Hurd, 45, announced his candidacy in a video and a Twitter post that stressed unity, the economy and…
By Borja Suarez ARGUINEGUIN, Spain (Reuters) – A total of 227 migrants were rescued on Thursday near Spain’s Canary Islands, emergency services said, one day after migrant charities said they feared more than 30 migrants had died after their inflatable dinghy sank on the same route. The Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa…
PARIS (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund has reached its target of making $100 billion in special drawing rights available for vulnerable countries, Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told a summit held in Paris on Thursday. Rich countries agreed in 2021 to rechannel some of their unused IMF special drawing rights, an international reserve currency, to…
