ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey has proposed jointly leading next year’s U.N. climate summit with Australia, though the two sides have not yet reached an agreement and the discussions on the hosting standoff remain unresolved, Turkish diplomatic sources said. Australia and Turkey both submitted bids in 2022 to host COP31 and neither has withdrawn, leading to an …
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Sunday cautiously welcomed President Donald Trump’s rollback of his tariffs on beef, while pressing the U.S. to eliminate all tariffs on Australian goods. Trump on Friday removed tariffs he had imposed on more than 200 food products, including beef, amid consumer concerns about rising U.S. grocery prices. Australia in 2024 became …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Washington’s current approach toward Tehran does not indicate any readiness for “equal and fair negotiations”, Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday, after U.S. President Donald Trump hinted last week at potential discussions. Following Israel’s attack on Iran in June, which was joined by U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, attempts at renewing dialogue …
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By Miguel Lo Bianco and Simon Jessop BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Thousands of climate protesters marched through the Brazilian city of Belem on Saturday in a noisy, diverse and peaceful display to demand more action to protect the fate of the planet and to vent their anger at governments and fossil fuel industries. A short distance …
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By Ed White WINNIPEG, MANITOBA (Reuters) -The Canadian Football League is fighting fan unhappiness over upcoming rule changes that traditionalists say betray the Canadian version’s proud differences from the better-known U.S. game, ahead of the championship game on Sunday. The CFL presented the upcoming rule changes for 2026 and 2027 in September. They reduce the …
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(Corrects to remove analyst’s inaccurate comment in paragraph 10 that BHP had made a new $500 million provision relating to the incident.) LONDON (Reuters) -BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London’s High Court ruled on Friday, in a lawsuit the claimants’ lawyers previously valued at up to 36 …
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By Phil Stewart, Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior Trump administration officials have held three meetings at the White House this week to discuss options for possible military operations in Venezuela, officials said on Friday, amid a growing U.S. military presence in the Caribbean. President Donald Trump has deployed F-35 aircraft, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is considering agreeing to a deal to supply Saudi Arabia with F-35 stealth fighter jets, which are made by Lockheed Martin. “They wanna buy a lot of jets,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “I’m looking at that. They’ve asked me to look …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court moved on Friday to put lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro on trial for allegedly seeking U.S. President Donald Trump’s help to halt criminal proceedings against his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, in a coup plot case. Justices Alexandre de Moraes, Flavio Dino and Cristiano Zanin voted to accept charges …
By Ernest Scheyder LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) -Standard Lithium is getting a boost from Washington as it vies with Exxon Mobil to become the first company to produce lithium in Arkansas, a U.S. state containing one of North America’s largest supplies of the battery metal. The vote of confidence by multiple parts of the U.S. …
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