By Sarah Marsh, Supantha Mukherjee and Andreas Rinke BERLIN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The European Union is set to urge Germany to do more to reduce its use of Huawei gear in its 5G network when Brussels publishes a progress report in coming days, ahead of talks between Berlin and Beijing, two sources familiar with the matter…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The mayor of the violent border city Tijuana in northern Mexico, Montserrat Caballero, has moved into military barracks for her safety after she received threats, the president said on Tuesday. Just south of San Diego in California, Tijuana has become one of Mexico’s most dangerous cities as criminal groups fight over…
By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to California next week to raise campaign cash from tech and climate donors as he races to raise over a billion dollars for his re-election fight, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. Biden, who is almost certain…
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Not much progress is expected on the reform of European Union debt rules at EU finance ministers’ talks on Friday, officials said, as Germany and France remain at odds over whether there should be a minimum annual debt reduction obligatory for all. EU finance ministers will meet in Luxembourg…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The United States is set to remove obstacles that prevent smoother trade with India in critical areas such as defence and high technology, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday. Washington sees New Delhi as a vital partner in its efforts to push back against China’s expanding influence worldwide,…
GENEVA (Reuters) – Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa last year, the highest number recorded there since 2017, according to data published on Tuesday by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The United Nations migration agency’s Missing Migrants Project (MMP) recorded 3,789 deaths in 2022…
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Veteran Cameroonian opposition leader John Fru Ndi, who for decades fought to topple long-standing president Paul Biya at the ballot box, has died aged 81, his party said. Fru Ndi, who dominated the opposition in the Central African country for a generation and was arrested and kidnapped for his politics, had been…
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – The first trial in several U.S. climate change cases brought by youths kicked off on Monday in Montana, where sixteen young people are seeking to hold the state accountable for fossil fuel-friendly policies they claim exacerbate global warming and threaten their futures. Roger Sullivan, an attorney for the young plaintiffs,…
By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Here is a look at the charges former President Donald Trump faces and his possible defenses over what prosecutors say was his illegal retention of classified documents at his Florida estate after leaving the White House in 2021. WHAT IS TRUMP ACCUSED OF DOING? Trump was charged in an indictment…
HAVANA (Reuters) – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has found the Cuban government responsible in the deaths of democracy activists Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero in a 2012 car accident, saying it had concluded that state agents were involved in the incident. The commission’s report, released on Monday, also said the government had violated…
