WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine, was sympathetic to mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s weekend rebellion, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, though it was unclear if he actively supported it. Prigozhin startled the world by leading an armed revolt on Saturday that brought his Wagner Group fighters…
(Reuters) – Ukrainian forces are advancing “slowly but surely” on the front lines in the east and southeast of the country as well as around the longstanding flashpoint of Bakhmut, senior military officials said on Wednesday. Since launching an anticipated counter-offensive this month, nearly 16 months into the war, Ukraine says it has reasserted control…
By Jose Luis Gonzalez and Steve Gorman TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico (Reuters) – A three-man crew from Italy is set on Thursday to board a passenger rocket plane operated by Virgin Galactic, the venture British billionaire Richard Branson founded in 2004, for the company’s first commercial flight to the edge of space. The two…
By Max Hunder DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – As Russia’s invasion enters its 17th month, Ukrainian forces say Moscow is ramping up its use of low-cost suicide drones that are capable of destroying equipment many times their value and not easy to defend against. The Lancet drone, an angular grey tube with two sets of…
By Daina Beth Solomon and Laura Gottesdiener NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (Reuters) – The U.S. government is restarting asylum appointments at a dangerous Mexican border town, according to Customs and Borders Protection (CBP), just days after U.S. officials suspended the scheduling of appointments there because drug cartels were extorting migrants. The reversal comes after more than…
By Akash Sriram and Noel Randewich (Reuters) -Apple’s stock climbed to a record high close on Wednesday and was on the cusp of a $3 trillion market capitalization. The iPhone maker’s stock rose 0.6% to end the day at $189.25, putting Apple’s market value at $2.98 trillion, according to Refinitiv data. It was the second…
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States expects a greater partnership with India in the South China Sea, where China has been at the center of numerous territorial disputes with regional countries, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said on Wednesday. The United States and India declared themselves “among the…
By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The former U.S. Marine sergeant accused of fatally strangling Jordan Neely, a homeless man, in a chokehold in a New York subway car last month pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in court on Wednesday. Daniel Penny, 24, was captured in…
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Nasdaq Composite Index closed higher and the dollar rebounded on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested two more interest rate hikes are probably in the cards. Of the three major U.S. stock indexes, only the Nasdaq advanced, lifted by megacap momentum stocks led by Tesla…
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday launched a $7 billion competitive grant program that aims to give low-income communities access to residential solar panels, the latest effort by the Biden administration to expand renewable energy across the country. The agency will make up to 60 awards to community groups…
