Reuters US Top Archives - Page 481 of 1022

US top diplomat Rubio speaks to Angola about conflict in eastern Congo

19 Feb 2025 19 Feb 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Angolan Foreign Minister Tete Antonio on Wednesday about finding “a peaceful end to the conflict” in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the State Department said. KEY QUOTE “Secretary Rubio and Foreign Minister Antonio discussed the Luanda Process and Angola’s leadership …

US top diplomat Rubio speaks to Angola about conflict in eastern Congo Read More »

Democratic lawmakers urge Rubio to renew New START nuclear pact with Russia

19 Feb 2025 19 Feb 2025

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dozens of U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to work with Congress to renew a U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons pact that expires next year, saying that even during tense times the agreement has reduced the risk of nuclear war. The lawmakers, including U.S. Senators Edward …

Democratic lawmakers urge Rubio to renew New START nuclear pact with Russia Read More »

Cubans turn to cooking with charcoal as energy crisis worsens

19 Feb 2025 19 Feb 2025

SAN NICOLAS DE BARI (Reuters) -For Maria Elena Veiga, a 60-year-old Cuban housewife living on the outskirts of Havana, charcoal has become the go-to fuel for cooking due to frequent blackouts from the island’s failing power grid. “We have opted to cook with charcoal, which is what we can do, because otherwise we are going …

Cubans turn to cooking with charcoal as energy crisis worsens Read More »

Charged with coup plot, Bolsonaro seeks lifeline from Brazil lawmakers

19 Feb 2025 19 Feb 2025

By Manuela Andreoni, Luciana Magalhaes and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) -After Brazil’s top prosecutor charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with plotting a 2022 coup, the ex-president’s political future may hinge on a legislative blitz to change how politicians are blocked from running for office. A conviction by the Supreme Court, which is overseeing the case, …

Charged with coup plot, Bolsonaro seeks lifeline from Brazil lawmakers Read More »

Polish space agency checking whether unidentified object is SpaceX rocket debris

19 Feb 2025 19 Feb 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s space agency POLSA is looking into whether an unidentified object found near the western Polish city of Poznan on Wednesday is debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, a spokesperson said. The object, resembling a container, appeared on Wednesday morning on the premises of a company in Komorniki, near Poznan, according …

Polish space agency checking whether unidentified object is SpaceX rocket debris Read More »

Explainer-How did a jet flip upside down on a Toronto runway and everyone survive?

19 Feb 2025 19 Feb 2025

By Allison Lampert and Lisa Barrington (Reuters) – Investigators are probing the causes of an unusual plane crash at Canada’s largest airport on Monday, when a regional jet flipped upside down upon landing during windy weather, sending 21 of the 80 people on board to hospital. Video shows the Delta Air Lines plane belly up …

Explainer-How did a jet flip upside down on a Toronto runway and everyone survive? Read More »

Dismay and defiance in Kyiv, as Trump takes ‘our enemy’s side’

19 Feb 2025 19 Feb 2025

By Anna Voitenko and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainians rejected an extraordinary broadside by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying they had no choice but to fight on against Russia as their key backer engages in talks with their enemy without Kyiv’s participation. Trump on Tuesday made a verbal attack on Volodymyr Zelenskiy, …

Dismay and defiance in Kyiv, as Trump takes ‘our enemy’s side’ Read More »

U.S. drone flights over Mexican territory are part of a collaboration, Mexican president says

19 Feb 2025 19 Feb 2025

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that U.S. drone flights over Mexican territory were part of a collaboration with the U.S. government, adding that there was nothing illegal about it. “There’s a cooperation,” Sheinbaum said at her regular morning press conference. “These flights are part of a coordinated operation between …

U.S. drone flights over Mexican territory are part of a collaboration, Mexican president says Read More »

Canada is focused on making sure US doesn’t impose tariffs, says Trudeau

19 Feb 2025 19 Feb 2025

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is totally focused on making sure the United States does not go ahead with a threat to impose tariffs on Canadian imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday. “If ever there are tariffs brought in Canada, our response will be immediate and strong, but we don’t want that. We are …

Canada is focused on making sure US doesn’t impose tariffs, says Trudeau Read More »

Congolese church leaders push for peace talks between government, rebels

19 Feb 2025 19 Feb 2025

By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) – Congolese religious leaders are aiming to organise peace talks that would bring President Felix Tshisekedi’s government, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and exiled opposition figures around the same table, two officials said Wednesday. The effort would require getting Tshisekedi to abandon his position of refusing to sit down with the rebels, …

Congolese church leaders push for peace talks between government, rebels Read More »