By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of nearly $3 billion worth of bombs, demolition kits and other weaponry to Israel, the Pentagon said in statements on Friday. The prospective weapons sales were notified to Congress on Friday afternoon on an emergency basis. That process sidesteps a …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Alleged drug cartel boss Rafael Caro Quintero, who spent decades in prison in Mexico for the murder of a U.S. drug enforcement agent, pleaded not guilty in a U.S. court on Friday to drug trafficking charges that could result in his execution. Caro Quintero spent 28 years in prison …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Russia need to continue to strengthen coordination in international and regional affairs, President Xi Jinping told Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, in Beijing on Friday, Chinese state media reported. China and Russia should maintain close communications at various levels, Xi said, adding that both countries will usher …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Switzerland has invited 196 states who are parties to the Geneva Conventions to participate in a conference next week on the situation of civilians living in the Israeli occupied territories, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday. While a ceasefire is holding in Gaza after a 15-month conflict between Israel and Gaza …
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By Marcela Ayres, Lisandra Paraguassu, Bernardo Caram and Paula Arend Laier BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s latest cabinet shuffle has left Finance Minister Fernando Haddad with no strong supporters in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inner circle for his moderate fiscal approach, fueling fears of a populist pivot to revive the aging leftist leader’s popularity. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy did not sign a minerals deal on Friday, a White House official told Reuters. Trump has not ruled out an agreement, but not until Ukraine is ready to have a constructive conversation, a senior U.S. official said. It was up to the Ukrainians …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rafael Caro Quintero, an alleged cartel boss who spent decades in prison in Mexico for the murder of a U.S. drug enforcement agent, pleaded not guilty in a U.S. court on Friday to drug trafficking charges that could result in his execution. Mexican authorities handed over Caro Quintero and 28 other …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it cleared the SpaceX Starship vehicle to return to flight operations while an investigation into the January 16 Starship Flight 7 mishap remains open. The FAA said it issued a license authorizing the SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch for the combined Starship/Super Heavy …
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By Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) – For the mother of U.S. veteran Ethan Hertweck, travelling to Kyiv to collect the body of her son who was killed in Russia’s war in Ukraine in 2023 has rammed home the realities of the conflict. It has also made her question U.S. President Donald Trump’s handling of the …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Foreign aid organizations asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to require President Donald Trump’s administration to promptly pay them for work they already performed for the government, as a federal judge had ordered. The groups – contractors and recipients of grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development …
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