By Catarina Demony (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday the European Union should stop adopting a protectionist stance if it wants to reach a long-delayed trade deal with the Mercosur bloc. The EU and the Mercosur bloc of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay completed negotiations in 2019 but the…
TAIPEI (Reuters) -A U.S. Coast Guard ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday in a transit that China described as “public hype”, after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken having wrapped up a high-profile, widely watched visit to Beijing a day earlier. The national security cutter Stratton made a “routine” Taiwan Strait transit on…
By Nandita Bose, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to deepen defense and technology cooperation between their countries during Modi’s official visit to the White House, despite lingering concerns about human rights in India. Two days of carefully orchestrated official events had…
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver remarks and take questions from journalists on Thursday during the Indian leader’s state visit, an event a senior White House official called a “big deal” It is unusual for Modi to take questions from the media, beyond…
By Joe Cash (Reuters) – China’s Premier Li Qiang and dozens of world leaders will meet in Paris on Thursday and Friday to discuss ways to help low-income countries manage their debt burdens and free up funding for climate financing. As the world’s largest bilateral creditor, China is central to talks on making tangible progress…
By Gustavo Palencia and Fredy Rodriguez TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) -The death toll from a riot at a women’s prison in Honduras rose to 46, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, as anxious relatives demanded information about the fate of incarcerated family members. President Xiomara Castro’s office said Honduras’ military police would take control of most…
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras will return control of most of the country’s penal system to the military police for the next year, the Central American country’s presidential office said late on Wednesday, a day after a prison riot claimed nearly 50 lives. The measure is part of a fresh crackdown on crime which includes expanding…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Brexit has been an “economic disaster” for trade and investment ties between the United Kingdom and Germany, leading to a fall in German direct investment and seeing the UK decline in importance as a trading partner, German economists said. Britain voted on June 23, 2016, to exit the European Union and it…
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will make it easier for Indians to live and work in the United States, using this week’s state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help some skilled workers enter or remain in the country, according to three people familiar with the matter….
By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a White House decorated with peacocks and lotus blooms on Thursday, hosting a vegetarian dinner but no specialties from Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Modi, a strict Hindu who follows…
