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West Bank Palestinians fear Gaza-style clearance as Israel squeezes Jenin camp

25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025

By Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli bulldozers have demolished large areas of the now virtually empty Jenin refugee camp and appear to be carving wide roadways through its once-crowded warren of alleyways, echoing tactics already employed in Gaza as troops prepare for a long-term stay. At least 40,000 Palestinians have left their homes …

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Countries tell Ukraine ‘you are not alone’ after UN adopts neutral stance on war

25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Dozens of countries rallied behind Ukraine at a meeting at the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday, a day after the U.N. Security Council adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution that takes a neutral stance on the conflict. The event, held to commemorate “resistance to the Russian aggression”, follows the resolution …

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Eastern and Southern African blocs weigh deployment to eastern Congo

25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025

(Reuters) – Eastern and Southern African countries are looking into the possibility of deploying troops to secure areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo now under M23 rebel control, according to a document seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The EAC and SADC regional blocs have previously called for a ceasefire in the war in the mineral-rich region, …

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Brazilian president’s approval rating plunges as inflation bites

25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Support for Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has dipped sharply and now trail his disapproval rating, a CNT/MDA poll showed on Tuesday, the latest in a series of surveys pointing to views of the leftist leader turning negative. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The poll comes as Latin America’s largest country …

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Google’s AI previews erode the internet, US edtech company says in lawsuit

25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025

By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google internet search engine is eroding demand for original content and undermining publishers’ ability to compete with its artificial intelligence-generated overviews, a U.S. educational technology company said in a lawsuit filed on Monday. Chegg, an online education company that offers textbook rentals, homework help, and tutoring, said in the lawsuit …

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Mexico says talks with U.S. ongoing ahead of tariff pause deadline

25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico is holding talks with the U.S. government on trade policy before a deadline expires in a week for a pause on tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday, in a push to reach a new deal. Sheinbaum said she expected to reach an agreement …

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Mexico says U.S. has not responded to request to return accused drug lord

25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz said Tuesday that the U.S. government has not yet responded to Mexico’s request to extradite accused senior drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada back to Mexico, after he was flown to the U.S. and arrested there last year. Gertz noted that late last year the U.S. government …

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NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope to explore what happened right after the Big Bang

25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA is preparing to launch a megaphone-shaped observatory on a mission to better understand what happened immediately after the Big Bang that initiated the universe and to search the Milky Way for reservoirs of water, a crucial ingredient for life. The U.S. space agency’s SPHEREx space telescope is tentatively …

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South Korean minister heads to Washington seeking exemption from Trump tariffs

25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun will travel to Washington D.C. from Wednesday through to Friday to press again for an exemption from U.S. steel tariffs and discuss ways to boost cooperation in energy and shipbuilding, his ministry said. The trip comes less than a week after Deputy Trade Minister Park Jong-won …

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Candidates to replace Canada’s Trudeau focus on Trump

25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – The leading candidates vying to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent considerable time during a televised debate on Monday discussing the need to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump. The next election must be held by October 20 this year and until recently the official opposition Conservatives …

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