By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Moscow said on Monday it had thwarted a major offensive against its forces in eastern Ukraine, although it was unclear whether the attack formed the beginning of Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was enigmatic in his nightly video, hailing “the news we have been waiting for” in…
By Ryan Woo and Michael Martina BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A senior U.S. diplomat held candid and productive talks on Monday with Chinese officials, the State Department said, despite some criticism that his visit to China coincided with the anniversary of Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The visit to Beijing by Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of state…
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – Norfolk Southern Corp has asked a U.S. judge to toss a proposed class action lawsuit it is facing over a February train derailment that led to a toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, arguing the claims are “threadbare” and barred by federal law. The railroad company told a federal…
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Mohamed Nureldin KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Shelling and heavy clashes hit areas of Sudan’s capital on Monday, residents said, with reports of spreading lawlessness in Khartoum and in the western region of Darfur after more than seven weeks of conflict between rival military factions. Fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support…
By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk on Monday hosted Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist and long-shot Democratic presidential hopeful, in his second Twitter Spaces event for a 2024 White House candidate. But unlike Republican Ron DeSantis’s glitch-plagued campaign launch on Twitter in May, the live audio chat with…
By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – On Monday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took aim at the most powerful man in crypto. The SEC accused Binance founder Changpeng Zhao of operating a “web of deception,” charging him and his exchange with 13 offences. These ranged from allegedly manipulating Binance’s trading volumes…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said a drone sighting had briefly disrupted some flights at Pittsburgh International Airport on Monday. The FAA said in a statement it had earlier temporarily suspended some arrivals and departures as local enforcement attempts to locate the drone operator. The FAA had said that…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday she is not vying for NATO’s top job, after an Oval Office sit-down with U.S. President Joe Biden and a separate meeting with CIA Director William Burns. “I’ve have said before that I am not a candidate for any other job than the one…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said Monday it has applied for $8 billion in government grants to modernize bridges, tunnels and other aging infrastructure along the busy Washington to Boston corridor, expanding service and building a new station in Arlington, Virginia. Congress approved $66 billion for rail as part of the…
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has enough weapons to begin its counter-offensive against Russia, and the operation will give the country the victory it needs to join NATO, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Reuters on Monday. Membership of the military alliance would “probably” only be possible for Ukraine after the end of active…
