(Reuters) -U.S. Republican Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will lead a congressional delegation to Taiwan in August, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the trip. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. (Reporting by Abu Sultan in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday, saying his goal was to preserve the possibility of a two-state solution. Carney told reporters the planned move was predicated on the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to reforms, including commitments to fundamentally reform its …
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(Reuters) -The United States has agreed a trade deal with South Korea that will subject South Korean imports to a 15% tariff rate, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. South Korea will also invest $350 billion in the United States and purchase $100 billion in U.S. energy products, Trump said on Truth Social. “It is …
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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -On the pink walls of Nasser hospital’s child malnutrition ward, cartoon drawings show children running, smiling, and playing with flowers and balloons. Beneath the pictures, a handful of Gazan mothers watch over their babies who lie still and largely silent, mostly too exhausted by severe hunger to cry. The quiet …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump believes that recognizing Palestinian statehood would be rewarding the militant group Hamas and he does not intend to do that, a White House official said on Wednesday, after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his country’s decision on the issue. Carney told reporters that Canada intends to recognize a …
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By Christian Martinez and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is suspending a “de minimis” exemption that allowed low-value commercial shipments to be shipped to the United States without facing tariffs, the White House said on Wednesday. Under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, packages valued at or under $800 sent to …
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By Raphael Satter (Reuters) -More than 90 state and local governments have been targeted using the recently revealed vulnerability in Microsoft server software, according to a U.S. group devoted to helping local authorities collaborate against hacking threats. The nonprofit Center for Internet Security, which houses an information-sharing group for state, local, tribal, and territorial government …
By Ryan Patrick Jones TORONTO (Reuters) -The Canadian province of Ontario has canceled a C$100 million ($68.12 million) satellite high-speed internet contract with Elon Musk’s company Starlink, following through with a vow by the province’s premier to cut ties in retaliation for U.S. tariffs imposed on Canada. Stephen Lecce, Ontario’s minister of energy and mines, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that talks were moving along with China and he expected the two sides would reach a fair deal on trade. “We’re moving along with China. We’re doing fine with China,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I think it’s going to work out very well. …
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SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Seven Costa Rican government ministers including the vice president and finance minister have presented their resignations, President Rodrigo Chaves said on Wednesday, adding they decided “to seek new horizons to move the country forward.” Vice President Stephen Brunner and Finance Minister Nogui Acosta are among those who chose to step down, Chaves …
