By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Taylor Budowich, a former spokesman for Donald Trump, said on Wednesday he had appeared before a grand jury in Miami to answer questions about the former president’s handling of classified documents after he left the White House. Budowich, who now leads a Trump-allied Super PAC, MAGA Inc, said on…
By Tim Hepher, Joanna Plucinska and Aditi Shah ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Global airlines called on Tuesday for broad co-operation to reach “very tough” emission targets and pledged to release interim climate targets next year as the industry aims for a goal of net-zero by 2050. Aviation, which produces around 2% of the world’s emissions, is…
By Duncan Miriri (Reuters) -Kenya’s national assembly on Wednesday approved President William Ruto’s pick of economist and senior civil servant, Kamau Thugge, as the next central bank governor. Thugge, who served as the principal secretary, No. 2 official, in the finance ministry until mid-2018, was nominated to the post by Ruto last month after serving…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian and Chinese long-range strategic bombers carried out joint patrols over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the western Pacific Ocean but were at times accompanied by jet fighters from unidentified states, Russia said on Wednesday. Russia’s defence ministry said an air group of Tupolev Tu-95 and Chinese Xian…
By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence formally announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday, setting him up for a battle with the man he once loyally stood by – former President Donald Trump. Here are some facts about Pence’s life and career: A SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE AND…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 1,100 metres near the eastern city of Bakhmut in the past 24 hours, Kyiv said on Wednesday, the first gains it has reported since Russia said Ukraine had started a counter-offensive. Moscow said this week Kyiv had launched a series of assaults in its partially occupied…
NOVA KAKHOVKA, Russian-controlled Ukraine (Reuters) – Villagers on the Russian side of the front line in Ukraine surveyed the damage to their flooded homes from a massive dam breach and waited for help from the authorities on Wednesday, while people clamoured for information in chat rooms. Russian-installed officials ordered residents of three districts to leave…
By Aditi Shah, Joanna Plucinska and Tim Hepher ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The diversion of a U.S.-built Air India jetliner to Russia with engine problems has thrust industry tensions surrounding Russian airspace into the spotlight – just a day after the head of a major American carrier predicted an almost identical scenario. A global industry meeting…
By Sergiy Karazy KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has not yet launched a planned counteroffensive to win back territory occupied by Russia, and its start will be obvious to everyone when it happens, a senior security official said on Wednesday. Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, dismissed statements by Russian officials who…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China completed a second phase of joint air patrols with Russia over the Western Pacific on Wednesday, following flights on the previous day over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea, prompting concerns in Japan over national security. Both South Korea and Japan scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday, when the Chinese and…
