MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Eleven people died and at least 12 were injured in southern Mexico on Monday morning after the bus transporting them flipped over, authorities in the state of Oaxaca said. Authorities were still investigating the cause of the accident, which occurred just outside the small town of Santo Domingo Narro, the state government …
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By John Irish and Daphne Psaledakis MONTREAL/JEDDAH (Reuters) – The U.S. opposes language that could harm its efforts to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday, as Washington wrangled with G7 allies ahead of a meeting this week, further alarming them. The foreign ministers of the …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has not treated Greenlanders with respect since expressing his renewed interest in acquiring the vast, mineral-rich Arctic island, Greenland’s prime minister was quoted on Monday as saying. Trump reiterated his interest in acquiring the island during his address to Congress last Tuesday, painting a picture of prosperity and …
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By Manuela Andreoni and Lisandra Paraguassu (Reuters) – After decades of United Nations climate summits, the model of gathering world leaders to negotiate agreements under complex rules is starting to show its limits, said the president of the next such summit, Brazilian diplomat Andre Correa do Lago. “The Paris Agreement is working, but there is …
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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military is canceling more than 90 studies, including some that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed as climate change “crap.” Military and intelligence officials have over the past decade identified potential security threats from climate change that include natural disasters in densely populated coastal …
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By Raphael Satter (Reuters) -Social media platform X went down intermittently on Monday, with owner Elon Musk blaming an unusually powerful cyberattack. “We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved,” Musk said in a post on X earlier Monday. …
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A Guatemalan judge ordered prominent journalist Jose Zamora back to jail on Monday in a case that stems from money laundering charges he has dismissed as a political persecution. Judge Erick Garcia ordered Zamora, the founder of the now-defunct elPeriodico newspaper, back behind bars in pre-trial detention after a higher court …
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By Ank Kuipers and Sarah Morland PARAMARIBO (Reuters) -The Organization of American States on Monday elected Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin as its new secretary general through 2030, taking over from Uruguayan diplomat Luis Almagro and marking the body’s first Caribbean leader. Ramdin has served as Suriname’s top diplomat since 2020, and was previously the …
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By Aref Mohammed BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – After the U.S. moved to block Iraq’s imports of electricity from Iran, Baghdad is looking to Qatar and Oman as possible options should Washington do the same regarding their trade in gas, the boss of Iraq’s South Gas Company said on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. and China are in early stage discussions about a potential “birthday summit” in June in the U.S. between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)
