By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Ukraine is investigating the alleged role of Belarus in the forced transfer of children from Russian-occupied territories, the office of the prosecutor general told Reuters on Tuesday. The announcement came in response to a report by the exiled Belarusian opposition alleging that 2,150 Ukrainian…
By James Oliphant and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -If Ron DeSantis hopes to defeat Donald Trump and win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, he will ultimately have to bring every possible anti-Trump voter he can into the fold. But even that likely will not be enough, political analysts say. DeSantis will also have to pull…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new ambassador to the United States Xie Feng arrived in New York on Tuesday to take up his duties, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Xie was most recently vice foreign minister and in this post has been involved in high-profile diplomatic spats with Washington that have driven relations between the two…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China firmly opposed the agreement reached between the U.S. and Taiwan, urging the U.S. to “carefully handle economic and trade relations with Taiwan”, China’s ministry of commerce said on Tuesday. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office announced last week that the U.S. and Taiwan reached agreement on the first part of their “21st…
By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Texas billionaire Harlan Crow has rejected a Senate committee’s request to detail gifts he or his companies have made to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday. “We do not believe the committee has the authority to investigate Mr. Crow’s personal…
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) said it has launched a criminal investigation into Andrei Ruzinsky, a Russian commander Reuters identified last year as helping lead the military occupation of eastern Ukraine. Ruzinsky was commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet’s 11th Army Corps, which crossed into Ukraine in early 2022 and took control of…
ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse senior managers will have their outstanding bonus payments for 2022 either cancelled or reduced following an order issued on Tuesday by the Swiss Finance Ministry. The order affects the top three levels of Credit Suisse management and follows the multi-billion franc state rescue of Switzerland’s second biggest bank. Governments rarely…
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A Florida restaurant that puts on what it calls family-friendly drag performances sued Governor Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida on Monday to halt enforcement of a new law banning minors from attending such shows. Hamburger Mary’s, an Orlando bar and restaurant that presents drag show performances, comedy sketches…
By Federico Maccioni and Alvise Armellini MILAN/ROME (Reuters) – Italy is experiencing a surge in rent prices, the country’s central bank said on Tuesday, against the backdrop of growing student protests over the rising cost of living in big cities. A combination of low salaries, a shortage of housing, the spread of short-term holiday rentals…
By Renee Maltezou and Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s two main opposition parties on Tuesday turned down mandates offered to them to form a coalition government, setting the stage for a second election in June after an inconclusive vote on May 21. Leftist Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras and Socialist PASOK head Nikos Androulakis handed…
