By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the United States sent troops to Ukraine the move would be considered a significant escalation of the war. Here are key facts about Russia’s nuclear arsenal: HOW MANY NUCLEAR WEAPONS DOES …
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By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is confident the U.S. will follow through with the sale of nuclear-powered submarines as part of the AUKUS deal, a minister said on Wednesday, after mooted cuts to the U.S. program sparked concerns the deliveries could be delayed or scrapped. Under the AUKUS partnership signed in 2021, the …
By Gleb Stolyarov (Reuters) – Business at Nikita Minenkov’s logistics company, based near the Amur River that marks the border between Russia and China, was going well. Since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine it’s gone even better – company turnover has doubled for two years running. Minenkov’s Eurasia Logistics Group is one of multiple Russian businesses …
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By Phil Stewart, Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. may urge partners and allies to fund a privately run operation to send aid by sea to Gaza that could begin before a much larger U.S. military effort, said three people familiar with the planning and a U.S. official. If funding is …
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By Timour Azhari BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Talks between the United States and Iraq on ending the U.S.-led military coalition in the country may not be concluded until after the U.S. presidential election in November, a senior Iraqi government official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Washington and Baghdad in January initiated talks to reassess the …
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has issued his resignation as the Caribbean nation’s head of government, the chair of the Caribbean Community said on Monday, leaving an unelected role he has held since the 2021 assassination of the country’s last president. Henry’s resignation comes after regional leaders met earlier on Monday in …
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By Harold Isaac and Daphne Psaledakis PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -Haiti’s unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed, he said on Monday, after leading the Caribbean country since the 2021 assassination of its last president. Armed gangs massively grew their wealth, influence and territory under …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada and the United States have agreed to review a long standing cross-border dispute that involves pollution from coal mines in the Canadian province of British Columbia flowing into U.S. waters, the two countries said on Monday. The deal was announced in a joint statement by U.S. ambassador to …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military is checking whether senior Hamas militant Marwan Issa was killed in an air strike in Gaza this week, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Monday. The Israeli military did not immediately confirm the report, which said a site in central Gaza’s Nusseirat was struck two days ago, based on intelligence …
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(Reuters) – Officials from the U.S. government asked UnitedHealth Group to expedite payments to healthcare providers in an open letter on Sunday, after a hack of the insurer’s Change Healthcare tech unit crippled medical claims and payments. Officials from the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urged UnitedHealth …
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