By Federico Maccioni DUBAI (Reuters) – The Gulf region is dependent on a strong United States, and the whole region wants security so local economies can flourish, the U.S. president’s son Eric Trump said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday. In Dubai as an executive of the president’s family business, the Trump Organization, which …
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(Reuters) – Canada’s ruling Liberals held on to power in an election on Monday, but fell short of the majority government Prime Minister Mark Carney wanted to help him negotiate over tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump. Here are some reactions from Canada and globally to the results: CANADA’S PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY “Our old relationship …
By Mahmoud Hassano ALEPPO (Reuters) – Moussa Hajj Khalil is among many Syrians rebuilding their homes from the rubble of the historic and economically important city of Aleppo, as Syria’s new leaders struggle to kick-start large-scale reconstruction efforts. Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city and a UNESCO World Heritage site, was deeply scarred by more than …
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(Reuters) – The Los Angeles port is expecting a 35% drop in cargo from Asia next week, Gene Seroka, the port’s executive director, said in a CNBC interview on Tuesday. “It’s a precipitous drop in volume with a number of major American retailers stopping all shipments from China based on the tariffs,” Seroka said. Major …
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By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s main opposition leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat in Monday’s general election, results from Elections Canada showed, as the Conservatives were beaten by the incumbent Liberal Party. Poilievre, 45, failed to retain his seat in the Ontario district of Carleton, losing it to Liberal Bruce Fanjoy. The Liberal …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he is interested in advancing talks for a trade deal between South America’s Mercosur bloc and Canada in order to “diversify and expand our exchange”. Lula in a post on X congratulated Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as he completed a …
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(Reuters) – Russian troops are trying to carve out a buffer zone in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, although so far without substantial success, the regional governor said on Tuesday. The Sumy region borders on Russia’s Kursk region, where Russian forces have lately recaptured territory seized last year in the Ukrainian military’s only major cross-border incursion …
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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has so far withheld at least $436.87 billion of congressionally approved funding, the top Democrats on the U.S. Congress’ appropriation committees said on Tuesday. The frozen allotments span the federal government, according to the first estimate of the potential impoundments in the project led by …
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LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s government said on Tuesday all 6.4 million electricity clients had power supplies normalised after Monday’s country-wide blackout. It said in a statement all airports were operating, if with some recovery still underway in Lisbon, and trains were working. Schools were also reopening and the health service fully stabilised. (Reporting by Andrei …
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By David Ljunggren, Ismail Shakil and Rod Nickel OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals retained power in the country’s election on Monday, but fell short of the majority government he had wanted to help him negotiate tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Liberals were leading or elected in 167 electoral districts, known …
