GENEVA (Reuters) – There is more than a 50% chance of La Niña developing in the next three months, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, but if it does it will be relatively weak and short-lived. The La Niña pattern involves the cooling of ocean surface temperatures and could break a spell of …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Sudan – for the second year in a row – topped a 2025 watchlist of global humanitarian crises released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) aid organization on Wednesday, followed by Gaza and the West Bank, Myanmar, Syria and South Sudan. The New York-based IRC began the watchlist more than 15 …
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By Julio-Cesar Chavez and Rich McKay ALTOONA, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with murder in the shooting of a top UnitedHealth executive, briefly struggled with officers and angrily shouted while being escorted into a Pennsylvania courthouse on Tuesday, as a clearer picture of his motives began to emerge a day after his …
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By Maya Gebeily and Timour Azhari DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria’s new interim leader announced on Tuesday he was taking charge of the country as caretaker prime minister with the backing of the former rebels who toppled President Bashar al-Assad three days ago. In a brief address on state television, Mohammed al-Bashir, a figure little known across …
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(Reuters) – Russia transported Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted as Syria’s president by a lightning rebel offensive, very securely to Russia, the country’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, told NBC News in an interview aired on Tuesday. The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant asylum in Russia …
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By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) – U.S. power consumption will rise to record highs in 2024 and 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its Short Term Energy Outlook on Tuesday. EIA projected power demand will rise to 4,086 billion kilowatt-hours in 2024 and 4,165 billion kWh in 2025. That compares with 4,012 billion kWh …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Slovakia will kick off talks in January for the purchase of three C-390 Millennium aircraft, Brazilian planemaker Embraer said on Tuesday, making it the latest NATO member nation to eye the military cargo model. Slovakia is targeting the C-390 due to the potential benefits in training, logistics and cooperation in developing military …
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By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian and Italian authorities said they launched two joint operations on Tuesday aimed at dismantling a transnational plot to transport cocaine from South America to Europe using cargo ships or airplanes. The authorities issued 18 arrest warrants in Brazil and one in Spain against suspected members of criminal groups linked …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -A drone hit and severely damaged an official vehicle of the International Atomic Energy Agency on the road to Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Tuesday, the agency’s head said. There were no casualties and the teams are safe, Rafael Grossi, director general of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, said in a video …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday said it transferred the $20 billion U.S. portion of a $50 billion G7 loan for Ukraine to a World Bank intermediary fund for economic and financial aid to the war-torn country. The Treasury Department said the disbursement makes good on its October commitment …
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