CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met and discussed bilateral relations, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported early on Wednesday. They also discussed “aspects of cooperation in various fields and developments in regional and international situations”, the SPA added. Blinken arrived in Saudi…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The battle to raise the U.S. debt ceiling rekindled debate in Congress over funding for Ukraine, as House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday he had no immediate plans to take up legislation to boost defense spending beyond what was in last week’s deal. McCarthy’s comments could signal…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it was “not certain” who was to blame for a burst dam in Ukraine, but it would not make sense for Ukraine to have done this to its own people and territory, as Kyiv and Moscow blamed each other for the disaster….
By Richard Cowan and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A small group of Republicans in the House of Representatives on Tuesday stopped their leaders’ drive to protect gas-fueled stoves from regulation, raising questions about the party’s ability to advance other legislation this year. The revolt had nothing to do with the kitchen appliances, stemming instead from…
By Max Hunder KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Distraught residents of Ukraine’s Kherson evacuated their homes under artillery fire on Tuesday after they were flooded by the rupture of a vast dam upstream in a disaster that Kyiv and Moscow have blamed on each other. Some residents cried as they packed belongings into cars. A meteorologist…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has testified to a federal grand jury in a special counsel’s investigations of the former president, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing two people briefed on the matter. Special Counsel Jack Smith is overseeing Justice Department investigations of whether Trump,…
By Viktoriia Lakezina KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – A torrent of water burst through a massive dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war zone, forcing villagers to flee and prompting finger-pointing from both sides. Ukraine said Russia had committed a deliberate…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s consumption tax reform advanced on Tuesday as a working group in Congress outlined a proposal to combine various levies into a value-added tax with separate federal and regional rates without increasing the overall tax burden on the economy. The report represents an early step in a reform considered crucial by President…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday partially blocked the state from enforcing its recent ban on people under 18 receiving gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, allowing three transgender children to continue with their treatment while he hears a lawsuit challenging the law. The preliminary order, from…
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The largest LGBTQ advocacy organization in the United States on Tuesday declared its first national state of emergency, citing the proliferation of legislation in statehouses across the country aimed at regulating the lives of queer people. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) said over 70 bills it considers anti-LGBTQ were passed…
