By Ksenia Orlova and Vladimir Soldatkin (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday he expected no new steps from the OPEC+ group of oil producers at its meeting in Vienna on June 4, Russian media reported, after the group announced a significant output cut earlier this year. Saudi Arabia and other…
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Increased political resistance to new EU laws to protect the environment has left the European Commission fighting to keep intact its vision for Europe’s green transition. Ahead of elections in the European Parliament in June next year, the European Union is racing to finish legislation that includes two landmark…
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Western Australia state has agreed to compensate an Aboriginal group for historic acts including issuing mining leases on their traditional lands, setting a precedent that is set to allow Indigenous groups a greater say in future developments. The state has been strengthening its laws to protect Indigenous cultural heritage…
By Evan Garcia and Steve Gorman UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -From a White House candlelight event to a butterfly release in Texas Hill Country, Americans paused on Wednesday to reflect on the 21 victims shot dead at an elementary school one year ago and the seemingly endless scourge of U.S. gun violence. President Joe Biden used…
By Ebru Tuncay, Orhan Coskun and Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) -Days before Turkey’s runoff presidential election, there is disagreement and uncertainty within Tayyip Erdogan’s government over whether to stick with what some call an unsustainable economic programme or to abandon it, insiders say. According to interviews with nine sources, either government officials or others with…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean media criticised on Thursday plans by South Korea, the United States and Japan to share real-time data on Pyongyang’s missile launches, describing the trio as discussing “sinister measures” for tightening military cooperation. The information sharing pact is a result of American efforts to incite confrontation and boost its military edge…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of South Korean artillery rounds are on their way to Ukraine via the United States, after Seoul’s initial resistance toward arming Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The Journal, citing unnamed sources, said Seoul had reached a “confidential arrangement” with Washington to transfer the…
By Michael Martina and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department’s top China policy official Rick Waters is set to step down at a time of fraught relations between Washington and Beijing. Waters, deputy assistant secretary of State for China and Taiwan who leads the department’s recently created China House policy division, will leave…
By David Morgan, Andrea Shalal and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Negotiators for Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy held what both sides called productive talks on Wednesday to try to reach a deal to raise the United States’ $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default. After a four-hour White…
By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis entered the battle for the 2024 presidential election during a chaotic, glitch-filled online forum on Twitter hosted by its billionaire owner, Elon Musk. Here are three takeaways from the DeSantis announcement: TWITTER CAN BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR CAMPAIGN’S HEALTH DeSantis’ decision to announce his White House…
