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Cuba accuses US of half-hearted investigation into 2023 embassy attack

17 Oct 2024

By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba accused the United States late on Wednesday of a half-hearted investigation into a 2023 attack on the Communist-run nation’s embassy in Washington, D.C., further souring already-bitter relations between the neighboring countries. A man in dark clothing hurled two Molotov cocktails at the Cuban embassy in Washington in September …

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UNIFIL has vital role, mission must be strengthened, Italy says

17 Oct 2024

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) -The U.N. peacekeeping mission to Lebanon is vital to ending war in the region and needs to be strengthened, not withdrawn from combat zones as Israel has demanded, Italy’s defence minister said on Thursday. The U.N. mission known as UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the …

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US stealth bombers strike underground Houthi weapons sites in Yemen

17 Oct 2024

(Reuters) -The United States said it carried out strikes on Wednesday against five underground weapons storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, in a strike that used B-2 stealth bombers against the Iran-aligned group for the first time. In wording that could also be interpreted as a signal to Iran, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin …

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Mexican Senate votes to give constitutional preference to state power company

17 Oct 2024

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate voted to amend the country’s constitution late on Wednesday to give dispatch preferences to state electricity company CFE, cementing the national power generator’s preferential status above foreign or private competitors. The initiative passed the upper chamber of Congress with 86 votes to 39, meeting the requirement of two-thirds support …

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Boeing hones $15 billion financing plan to weather crises, sources say

17 Oct 2024

By Shankar Ramakrishnan, Echo Wang and Tim Hepher (Reuters) -Boeing is closing in on a plan to raise around $15 billion with common shares and a mandatory convertible bond as the jetmaker bolsters finances worsened by a crippling strike, but the timing remains unclear, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The company said …

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Canada’s Trudeau faces setback as party loses crucial Montreal election

17 Sep 2024

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s ruling Liberal party lost a once-safe seat in a Montreal parliamentary constituency, preliminary results showed on Tuesday, a result likely to put more pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to quit. Elections Canada said that with 100% of the votes counted in LaSalle-Emard-Verdun, Liberal candidate Laura Palestini had been …

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Candidate for Sao Paulo mayor clobbered with chair in chaotic debate

16 Sep 2024

(Reuters) -A televised debate among election rivals for mayor of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city, descended into chaos when one struggling candidate whacked another with a chair and was expelled. During Sunday’s debate among six hopefuls, candidate Jose Luiz Datena, a TV presenter, exploded when opponent Pablo Marcal, a far-right influencer, said Datena was not …

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US says initial probe into US citizen’s killing does not exonerate Israel

16 Sep 2024

By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel’s initial findings on the killing of U.S. citizen Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi do not exonerate Israeli security forces, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday, warning that Washington would consider other measures if it is not satisfied with the results of a full Israeli probe. …

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