NEW DELHI (Reuters) – There are risks to India achieving its real growth forecast of 6.5% for the financial year that started April 1, partly due to a rise in oil prices and troubles in the global financial markets, the government said on Tuesday. Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted the Indian…
By Poppy McPherson and Karen Lema (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr may discuss tensions over Taiwan with U.S counterpart Joe Biden at the White House next week but the focus of talks will be on trade and investment, a top diplomat said on Tuesday. Philippine ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez…
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Space Force said on Monday that Elon Musk’s SpaceX was granted approval to lease a second rocket launch complex at a military base in California, setting the space company up for its fifth launch site in the United States. Under the lease, SpaceX will launch its workhorse Falcon…
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – The ex-cop who lost his job on the Louisville, Kentucky, police department after firing the gunshot that killed Breonna Taylor in her home, helping stoke mass protests against racial injustice in 2020, has returned to the ranks of law enforcement. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, serving a rural area of…
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday said he will press U.S. counterpart Joe Biden to make clear the extent of Washington’s commitment to protect his country under a 1951 security pact, citing growing regional tension. The past two Philippine administrations have urged former colonial power United States to be specific on…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump is already the first former American president to face criminal charges. Jurors are expected to soon decide in an unrelated civil case whether he lied about committing rape. A trial is scheduled to begin on April 25 in one of former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean…
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden met three Tennessee lawmakers at the White House on Monday after they faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse, calling the decision to remove two of them “shocking” and “undemocratic.” “You’re standing up for our kids, you’re standing up for our communities,” Biden…
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country. The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) said the U.S. and Saudi Arabia mediated the truce. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the…
By Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday sent its first deportation flight to Cuba since 2020, months after Cuba agreed for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic to accept flights carrying Cubans caught at the U.S.-Mexico border. “On April 24, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) resumed normal…
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Georgia prosecutors will reveal this summer whether former President Donald Trump will be charged with crimes related to interfering with the 2020 election, the Atlanta district attorney said on Monday, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in letters sent to local law enforcement agencies said…
