By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that China can continue to purchase Iranian oil after Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire, a move that the White House clarified did not indicate a relaxation of U.S. sanctions. “China can now continue to purchase Oil from Iran. Hopefully, they will be …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing failed to provide adequate training, guidance and oversight to prevent a mid-air cabin panel blowout of a new 737 MAX 9 flight in January 2024 that spun the planemaker into a major crisis, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday. The board harshly criticized Boeing’s safety culture and …
By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) -The jury in the trial of an Australian woman accused of a triple murder with a meal she allegedly laced with toxic mushrooms is expected to begin considering its verdict this week, in a case that has gripped the country. Here are the key facts and main arguments in the case. …
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(Reuters) -Ukrainian drone attacks overnight damaged a grain facility, a school, residential houses and a sport complex in Russia’s southern region of Rostov on the Ukrainian border, Russian authorities said on Wednesday. The Russian defence ministry said in a post on the Telegram messaging app that its units destroyed a total of 40 Ukrainian drones …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand on Wednesday released a draft 30-year national infrastructure plan, which highlighted a need for the country to invest more in hospitals and electricity production and to prepare to spend more on responding to national disasters. The plan aims to improve infrastructure preparations and introduce a less politically driven …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday that talks between the United States and Iran were “promising” and that Washington was hopeful for a long-term peace deal. KEY QUOTES “We are already talking to each other, not just directly but also through interlocutors. I think …
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By Jonathan Landay, Gram Slattery, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment has determined that U.S. strikes over the weekend on Iranian nuclear facilities have set back Tehran’s program by only a matter of months, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The initial report was prepared by …
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PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama’s government has extended by five days the suspension of constitutional guarantees in the western province of Bocas del Toro, Presidency Minister Juan Carlos Orillac said on Tuesday. The suspension, which was originally set to end on Wednesday, was extended due to situations that still require the presence of the authorities, Orillac …
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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump told Congress this week that the Iranian sites bombed by the U.S. housed a “nuclear weapons development program,” even though U.S. spy agencies have said no such program existed. Trump’s claim raised questions whether U.S. intelligence backed up his decision to order the strikes on Iran …
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities “effectively fulfilled our narrow objective: to degrade Iran’s capacity to produce a nuclear weapon,” acting U.S. envoy to the U.N. Dorothy Shea told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday. “These strikes – in accordance with the inherent right to collective self-defense, consistent …
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