WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. aviation regulator said on Wednesday it was proposing comprehensive training and pilot certification rules for flying taxis, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), which have been touted as the future of urban air mobility. Low-altitude urban aircraft have drawn intense global interest, with numerous eVTOL companies going public. New rules…
By Jeff Mason and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has urged both sides in the West Coast ports labor dispute to continue collective bargaining, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Wednesday, adding acting Labor Secretary Julie Su was actively engaging with the parties. The largest terminal at Southern California’s…
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged the State Department to bar Hong Kong’s chief executive, who faces U.S. sanctions, from visiting San Francisco during November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The United States is set to host this year’s gathering of leaders of APEC, of which Hong Kong…
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron appointed on Wednesday his former foreign minister as personal envoy to Lebanon just a year after he stepped down and having previously not been able to make any inroads in the political deadlock in the country. Macron led international efforts after a massive explosion that killed more than…
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum entered the 2024 Republican presidential race on Wednesday touting the small town values he would bring to Washington and expanding a crowded field of candidates led by a big city mogul, Donald Trump. Burgum, 66, a former software company executive, is largely unknown beyond his state,…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed shock at what he said was the failure of the United Nations and the Red Cross to help after the destruction of the massive Kakhovka dam as his prime minister called for aid from international agencies. Although the catastrophe happened many hours ago, “they aren’t here”, Zelenskiy…
By Tatiana Gomozova and Alexander Paramoshin BELGOROD, Russia (Reuters) – A week after fleeing her home in southern Russia to escape cross-border shelling from Ukraine, Irina Shevtsova is adjusting to life as a refugee inside her own country. Shevtsova is one of thousands of Russians who have abandoned their homes and taken shelter in Belgorod,…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican prosecutors are investigating what the country’s president on Wednesday called an “execution” after soldiers were filmed beating and then shooting five men they pulled from a crashed pick-up truck. The investigation, confirmed by the defense ministry, follows the publication by media outlets on Tuesday of a video dated May 18…
By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistani police on Wednesday formally named former Prime Minister Imran Khan in connection with the murder by unknown gunmen of a lawyer seeking sedition proceedings against him. Police registered an “abetment to murder” case against former cricket hero Khan, 70, who faces dozens of charges since his ouster in…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -More top officials could soon follow the foreign minister in quitting to compete for the presidency, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, as the race to succeed him begins to thin out the government. Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, one of the favorites to be Mexico’s next leader, said on Tuesday…
