By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics are underway at the World Health Organization (WHO), with a target date of May 2024 for a legally binding agreement to be adopted by the U.N. health agency’s 194 member countries. A new pact is a priority for WHO chief Tedros…
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s foreign minister began a tour of African countries this week, stepping up wartime Kyiv’s diplomatic push to challenge Russian influence in the “Global South” and cement the vision laid out by Ukraine as the only path to peace. Top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba said his main priority was to…
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Strategists at some of Wall Street’s biggest banks are sounding increasingly worried about potential market fallout from the standoff over raising the U.S. debt ceiling, even as stocks continue grinding higher. The S&P 500 is up more than 9% this year and stands around its highest point since…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea (PNG) will not be used as a base for “war to be launched”, and a defence agreement with the United States prohibited “offensive military operations”, its prime minister said on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday a defence cooperation deal signed with…
By Daniel Trotta and Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Seven U.S. states that depend on the overused Colorado River on Monday reached agreement to cut consumption and help save a river that provides drinking water for 40 million people and irrigation for some of the country’s most bountiful farmland. Arizona, California and Nevada will reduce intake by…
(Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Group of Seven nuclear “rhetoric” has the sole aim of exerting psychological, military and political pressure on Moscow and Beijing. In the first ever communiqué on nuclear disarmament issued at the G7 summit last week, the group called on Russia and China to show greater transparency…
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -China’s ban on the use of U.S.-based Micron Technology’s chips in certain sectors, announced on Sunday, is a stark reminder of risks facing the global chip industry as it braces for escalating Sino-U.S. trade tensions. China’s move against Micron, the biggest U.S. memory chipmaker, was widely seen as retaliation for…
By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Writer E. Jean Carroll sought on Monday to amend the first of her two defamation lawsuits against Donald Trump to demand at least $10 million in additional damages, citing comments he made on CNN after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing her. A…
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department reiterated Monday it expects to be able to pay the U.S. government’s bills only through June 1 without a debt limit increase, leaving just 10 days for White House negotiators and congressional Republicans to reach a deal. In her third letter to…
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – A federal judge has ordered 3M Co CEO Michael Roman to attend mediation aimed at resolving nearly 260,000 lawsuits alleging that 3M military earplugs caused hearing loss, saying the negotiations have reached a “critical juncture.” U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers, in whose Florida court the lawsuits have been consolidated, on…
