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Olympics-White House offered reassurances on visas for LA28, USOPC says

18 Apr 2025

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) -The USOPC has received “significant reassurances” from the White House on visas for the Los Angeles 2028 Games, Chair Gene Sykes said on Thursday, weeks after an internal memo showed the Trump administration was weighing sweeping travel restrictions. The memo last month listed 41 countries that could be subject …

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France says Ukraine talks in Paris with U.S. officials shows Europe at the table

18 Apr 2025

PARIS (Reuters) – Talks in Paris between U.S. officials Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, Ukraine and Europe’s top three powers were excellent and started a process where Europeans are involved in talks over Ukraine’s future, a senior French official said. “The ‘E3’ are around the table and we’re doing it with a European ambition,” a …

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BlackRock can keep big US utility stakes, regulator rules

18 Apr 2025

By Ross Kerber (Reuters) -U.S. energy regulators gave BlackRock renewed permission to own major stakes in public utility companies on Thursday, a win for the world’s top asset manager over politically-charged concerns that it wields too much influence. The decision by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission included a concurring opinion by Mark Christie, its …

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Ex-Harvard morgue manager charged with selling stolen body parts to plead guilty

17 Apr 2025

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A former Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing and selling organs and other parts of cadavers donated to the school for medical research and education has agreed to plead guilty. Cedric Lodge, who managed Harvard’s morgue for more than two decades before his 2023 arrest, has agreed to …

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IMF chief hails new playbook to help countries navigate sovereign debt processes

17 Apr 2025

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday announced plans for a new playbook for countries considering debt restructuring, and redoubled her calls for heavily indebted countries to take proactive steps to restore sustainability. Georgieva said the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable, which includes creditors, borrowers, the International Monetary Fund, the World …

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Italy’s Meloni says Trump will visit Rome and consider meeting EU

17 Apr 2025

By Angelo Amante WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to an official visit to Rome and will consider also meeting representatives of the European Union while there, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday in the Oval Office. Meloni’s U.S. trip came amid a tariff row between Washington and Brussels and …

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Trump says Powell termination can’t come fast enough

17 Apr 2025

(Reuters) -U.S President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s termination “cannot come fast enough”, while calling for the U.S. central bank to cut interest rates. Trump, in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, reiterated his stance on rate cuts, saying that Powell “should have lowered interest rates, …

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US withdrawing hundreds of troops from Syria, NYT reports

17 Apr 2025

(Reuters) – The United States has started drawing down hundreds of troops from northeastern Syria, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The military is shuttering three of its eight small operating bases, reducing troop levels to about 1,400 from 2,000, the Times reported, citing two senior U.S. officials. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa)

US expects Congo minerals deal to involve private sector partners, State Dept says

17 Apr 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States expects a minerals deal being negotiated with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will involve a range of private sector partners, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Thursday. Washington is in the process of determining the next steps on the deal with Congo and will have more …

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