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Paraguay president’s X account likely hacked in Bitcoin scheme

ASUNCION (Reuters) -Paraguay’s government on Monday said that President Santiago Pena’s X account had likely been hacked after the leader appeared to promote trading of cryptocurrency Bitcoin. “The president’s official X account has presented irregular activity which suggests possible unauthorized entry,” the government said in a statement. A post on Pena’s account in English, with …

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Why Brazil’s ‘King of Cattle’ is embracing a plan to save the Amazon

By Manuela Andreoni and Ana Mano XINGUARA, Brazil -Decades of ranching in the Amazon have earned Roque Quagliato, Brazil’s “King of Cattle,” great wealth – and some trouble. His family’s immense farms were accused of submitting workers to slavery-like conditions in the 1990s and deforesting huge tracts of the rainforest in the early 2000’s.   But …

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15 states sue over Trump move to return seized rapid-fire devices for guns

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Fifteen Democratic-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block Republican President Donald Trump’s administration from returning thousands of previously seized devices that can be used to convert semiautomatic rifles into weapons that can shoot as quickly as machine guns. The states filed the lawsuit in federal court in …

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Musk’s father says Trump dispute triggered by intense stress, has to end

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -The dispute between Donald Trump and Elon Musk was triggered by months of intense stress on both sides, and the public battle between the U.S. president and the billionaire donor needs to stop, Musk’s father told Reuters on Monday. Trump and Musk began exchanging insults last week on social media, …

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Trump expected to speak with Israel’s Netanyahu, White House officials say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump planned to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, two White House officials said. The call comes as Trump has been trying to accelerate aid into Gaza and to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear program. Trump has occasionally expressed frustration with Netanyahu. Last week, he …

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Trump to speak with Netanyahu, Axios reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, an Axios reporter said in a post on X, citing a source familiar. (Reporting by Susan Heavey, Katharine Jackson)

Canada to announce new security and defence investment plan, Globe and Mail reports

(Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will unveil a new security and defence investment plan on Monday that would enable Canada to meet NATO’s 2% military spending target this fiscal year, the Globe and Mail reported, citing two senior government sources. The spending increase, worth billions of dollars, will allow Canada to meet NATO’s 2% …

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