OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday he would travel to Washington next week for the 2026 soccer World Cup draw, adding that he would see U.S. President Donald Trump at the event. Carney told reporters he had had a short conversation with Trump on Tuesday, but said talks on a trade …
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By David Shepardson, Allison Lampert and Lisa Baertlein -The vast grounding of MD-11 jets after a fiery crash this month involving one of the planes, is unlikely to end before 2026, a source told Reuters on Wednesday, driving industry demand for alternatives as peak delivery season kicks off this week. Testing following the November 4 …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday granted a one-year extension of tariff exclusions for some Chinese industrial and medical imports, including equipment for making solar-energy products, as part of a U.S.-China trade truce agreed earlier this month. President Donald Trump imposed the “Section 301” tariffs in his first term over Beijing’s intellectual property practices. …
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By Manuela Andreoni BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva fought back tears as global diplomats applauded her for several minutes on Saturday in the closing plenary of the COP30 global climate summit. “We’ve made progress, albeit modestly,” she told delegates gathered in the Amazon rainforest city of Belem, before raising a fist over …
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA’s Perseverance rover has obtained evidence that the atmosphere of Mars is electrically active, detecting electrical discharges – what one scientist called “mini-lightning” – often associated with whirlwinds called dust devils that regularly saunter over the planet’s surface. The six-wheeled rover, exploring Mars since 2021 at a locale called Jezero …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is again seeking to end humanitarian protection for Haitians in the U.S., saying their legal status will end on February 3, a government notice published on Wednesday said, a move that comes despite spiraling violence in Haiti that has displaced more than 1 million people. The notice …
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BEIRUT/NICOSIA (Reuters) -Lebanon and Cyprus signed a long-awaited maritime demarcation deal on Wednesday, paving the way for potential exploration of offshore gas fields and energy cooperation in the Mediterranean. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides signed the agreement at Lebanon’s presidential palace, telling reporters it would signal deeper cooperation between Lebanon, European …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -A Turkish court sentenced a prominent independent journalist, Fatih Altayli, to four years and two months in prison on Wednesday over comments he made about President Tayyip Erdogan’s rule, state broadcaster TRT reported. His conviction comes amid a broader crackdown on Turkish opposition figures over the last year, including the March jailing of Erdogan’s …
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(Reuters) -The bodies of two climbers, including one from the U.S., have been recovered after the pair fell to their deaths from New Zealand’s highest mountain during a summit attempt, police said on Wednesday. The men were part of a group of four consisting of two New Zealand-based guides and two clients climbing the 3,724-metre …
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By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) -Latin America’s political map is tilting to the right just as Washington signals deeper support for ideologically aligned governments, a convergence that investors say is starting to reshape how risk is priced across the region’s assets. Conservative leaders already govern Argentina, Ecuador and El Salvador, with Bolivia joining the …
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