(Reuters) – Both Russian and Ukrainian forces have used cluster munitions that have killed Ukrainian civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday as the U.S. weighs whether to answer the Ukraine government’s call to supply it with the weapons. Human Rights Watch, an international advocacy group, called on both Russia and Ukraine…
By Michael Georgy, Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) -Public fury is growing in the Arab world over one of Israel’s biggest military operations in the occupied West Bank in years, yet Arab states which normalised ties with Israel are unlikely to turn their condemnation of the Israeli assault into action. Thousands of people were evacuated from…
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s export controls on metals used in semiconductors are “just a start”, an influential Chinese trade policy adviser said on Wednesday, as Beijing ramps up a tech fight with Washington days before a visit from U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Shares in some Chinese metals companies rallied for a second session as investors…
(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told CNN he wanted a counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces to have started sooner than it did in June and that he had urged Western allies to quicken the supply of weapons for that mission, according to excerpts via a translator released on Wednesday. “I wanted our counteroffensive to happen…
By Tyler Clifford and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Wednesday appealed a federal judge’s ruling restricting some agencies and officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their content, according to a court filing. The notice of appeal filed on Wednesday signals the government’s plan to ask the U.S….
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Cocaine discovered in the White House on Sunday was found in a cubby hole in a West Wing entry area where visitors place electronics and other belongings before going on tours, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Secret Service is investigating the matter,…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday restricted some agencies and officials of the administration of President Joe Biden from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their content, according to a court filing. The injunction came in response to a lawsuit brought by Republican attorneys general in Louisiana…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Public support for Mexican opposition senator Xochitl Galvez has risen since she declared her intention last week to seek the presidency in 2024, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday. Galvez’s entry into the fray has enlivened media interest in the opposition’s hopes of competing with the leftist ruling National Regeneration Movement…
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Thousands of Los Angeles-area hotel staffers returned to work on Wednesday from a three-day strike without a contract, but union leaders threatened further walkouts to come as they push for improved wages, benefits and working conditions. Chief among their demands are pay hikes that would allow the union’s…
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s main fundraising committee raised more than $35 million during the April-June period, a campaign official said, nearly twice what the group gathered in the prior three months. The acceleration in fundraising could be a sign that Trump’s 2024 campaign coffers are benefiting from the…
