CAIRO (Reuters) – The Bahraini king’s media adviser, Nabeel al-Hamer, said on Thursday that Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has invited leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to attend a Gulf-U.S. summit in Riyadh. The invitation comes as U.S. President Donald Trump is set to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States had reached a breakthrough trade deal with Britain. “It’s a very big deal right now,” Trump told reporters at the White House, adding there would be adjustments made to the pact going forward. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason)
(Reuters) -Merck Animal Health, a unit of Merck, said on Thursday it would invest $895 million to expand its manufacturing facility in De Soto, Kansas. The capital expansion includes an investment of $860 million in the site’s existing manufacturing facility and a further $35 million in its research and development laboratories, Merck Animal Health said. …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israel launched dozens of airstrikes in south Lebanon on Thursday, in one of its heaviest bombardments of the region since a ceasefire ended last year’s war with the Iran-backed Hezbollah. The Israeli military said it had hit a Hezbollah infrastructure site in the south. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah, which has …
By Wladimir Pantaleone and Giselda Vagnoni PORTICELLO, Italy (Reuters) -The recovery of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht from the waters off the coast of northern Sicily is expected to begin within the next two weeks to help shed light on how a supposedly unsinkable vessel disappeared into the sea last August. The 56-metre-long (184-foot) …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that an agreement with Britain would be a full and comprehensive one, amid expectations the two countries would soon sign a trade deal. “The agreement with the United Kingdom is a full and comprehensive one that will cement the relationship between the United States and the United …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has said he would raise the case of jailed Hong Kong activist and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai as “part of the negotiation” with China over trade and tariffs, a move that could further stoke tensions with Beijing. “I think talking about Jimmy Lai is a very …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -The Brazilian presidency of COP30, this year’s climate summit, called for new global climate governance mechanisms to help nations implement their commitments to curb global warming, according to a letter it released on Thursday. The summit, to be hosted in the Amazonian city of Belem in November, marks the 10th …
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By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea’s military said on Thursday, possibly to test the performance and stability of various projectiles intended for export. The missiles were launched from Wonsan, North Korea’s eastern coastal city, around 8:10 a.m. (2310 GMT …
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(Reuters) -Venezuela’s interior minister on Wednesday said the exit of Venezuelan opposition members from Argentina’s diplomatic residence in Caracas was negotiated, after the opposition said the operation took the government by surprise. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello did not provide details, but said the individuals had left the Argentine ambassador’s residence via a “negotiation.” “In the …
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