By Humeyra Pamuk and Kemol King GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State warned Venezuela on Thursday that it would be “a very bad day” for the South American country if it were to attack its neighbor Guyana or U.S.-based energy giant ExxonMobil, in comments that threatened unspecified action in such a case. Caracas condemned …
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(Reuters) – Iran has sent a response through Oman to U.S. President Donald Trump’s letter that had urged it to reach a new nuclear deal, the state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, citing the Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. Tehran reiterated its stance on not negotiating directly while under pressure, but is open to indirect …
(Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney did not speak to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, a spokeswoman for Carney said, denying an earlier Reuters story. Reuters, citing sources in Washington, said the two men had held their first call since Carney was elected leader of the ruling Liberal Party on March 9. (Reporting by …
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(This March 26 story has been refiled to correct grammatical errors in paragraphs 1 and 2) KINGSTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said that Jamaica and the U.S. will discuss the Cuban doctors helping the Caribbean island’s health system to better understand the medical program, after Washington threatened to halt …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – French prosecutors on Thursday requested a seven-year jail sentence and a 300,000-euro fine for French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy for allegedly taking millions of euros from late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to help his 2007 election campaign. Sarkozy has been on trial since January on charges of “concealing the embezzlement …
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KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday Russian artillery had damaged Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the front-line city of Kherson, two days after the U.S. announced that each side had agreed to a truce on energy strikes. “Two days ago, there was a night when there were no strikes on the energy sector, …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a 25% tariff on imported cars and light trucks starting next week, widening the global trade war he kicked off upon regaining the White House this year in a move auto industry experts expect will drive up prices and stymie production. Here is some global reaction. EU …
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Louise Rasmussen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danish government ministers condemned what they called President Donald Trump’s escalated rhetoric on Thursday and praised Greenland’s inhabitants for their resilience in the face of U.S. pressure for control over the Arctic island. Reiterating his desire to take over Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous Danish territory, Trump …
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By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars planned by billionaire entrepreneur and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, President Vladimir Putin’s international cooperation envoy said on Thursday. The envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, said Moscow could discuss the offer with Musk by video conference. It was the second …
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By Medha Singh and Sukriti Gupta (Reuters) – Shares of highly shorted Hertz and Avis Budget Group surged on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to slap a 25% tariff on imported vehicles raised prospects of consumers opting for car rentals instead of buying expensive new cars. The new levies could add thousands of …
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