Debt ceiling dispute delays US congressional Taiwan trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Negotiators’ continuing failure to reach an agreement to lift the U.S. debt ceiling forced the House of…
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U.S. judge sentences Oath Keepers founder to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge sentenced the founder of the far-right militant Oath Keepers Stewart…
Russia’s mercenaries send back bodies of U.S. and Turkish citizens from Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most powerful mercenary on Thursday said he was sending back the bodies of a U.S. citizen…
Brazil to provide financing to industry, lower auto taxes
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s state development bank BNDES will provide 4 billion reais ($799.47 million) in dollar-denominated financing for local…
Senators urge Commerce to prioritize national security in chips funding
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two key U.S. senators said on Thursday they want the Commerce Department to prioritize national…
Exclusive-Slimmed-down U.S. debt ceiling deal takes shape -sources
By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmaker Kevin McCarthy are edging…
Factbox-Volt Typhoon and other Chinese groups accused of hacking the US and others
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese hacking teams have been blamed by Western intelligence agencies and cybersecurity groups for digital intrusion campaigns…
Brazil inflation hits 2-1/2 year low; cenbank pressured to lower rates
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Inflation in Brazil continued to slow down in early May, data from statistics agency IBGE showed…
Ex-Trump advisor Bannon’s trial over border wall scheme set for May 2024
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a one-time advisor to Donald Trump, is set to go on trial…
Key US Republican Hern says debt-ceiling deal ‘likely’ by tomorrow afternoon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Kevin Hern, who leads the largest Republican caucus, said on Thursday that he believed a…