By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has banned former Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez from entering the U.S. for his “involvement in significant corruption,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday. “Today, I am announcing the designation of former Panamanian President, Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez as generally ineligible for entry…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner was among several witnesses to testify before a grand jury in recent weeks about the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing sources. Testifying at a federal courthouse in Washington last month, Kushner, a former White…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former Mozambique finance minister pleaded not guilty on Thursday to U.S. criminal charges over his alleged involvement in a fraud involving $2 billion in loans to three state-owned companies. Manuel Chang entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn. Chang had been extradited on Wednesday…
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The foreign minister of the Marshall Islands called on Thursday for more U.S. money to deal with the legacy of massive U.S. nuclear testing to enable the renewal of a strategic agreement governing bilateral relations. Marshall Islanders are still plagued by health and environmental effects of 67 U.S. nuclear bomb…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s support for his nominee for labor secretary, Julie Su, is “unwavering” and the White House hopes Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “reconsider their position” on her nomination, a White House official said on Thursday. Earlier on Thursday, Manchin, a Democrat, said he will oppose Su’s nomination as labor…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday urged the federal judge presiding over the prosecution of Donald Trump for his retention of classified records to deny the former president’s request to postpone his criminal trial. In a court filing, prosecutors from Smith’s office renewed their request for U.S. District…
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government will not allow election observers from the European Union to serve during its 2024 presidential elections, a top ruling party lawmaker said on Thursday. President Nicolas Maduro is expected to run in the contest next year, while the opposition is planning to hold a primary in October to chose a…
CARACAS (Reuters) -The European Court of Human Rights has denied an effort by a former director of Venezuelan military intelligence, wanted on drug trafficking charges by the United States, to avoid extradition from Spain. The United States in 2020 accused Hugo Carvajal – who was late President Hugo Chavez’s eyes and ears within Venezuela’s military…
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In late June, one of cybersecurity expert Steven Adair’s clients got an alert from Microsoft: one of the client’s employees working on human rights issues had their email account compromised. The client wanted to know if Adair could get to the bottom of it. Adair, who used to work…
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is not a shouter. When he addresses union members in Facebook videos, or appears in public, he rarely raises his voice. But what Fain tells UAW members and the language he uses to frame the union’s goals represent the most aggressive challenge in…
