By Pesha Magid RIYADH (Reuters) – European foreign ministers will meet at the end of January to discuss the lifting of sanctions on Syria, the EU foreign policy chief said on Sunday in Riyadh ahead of a meeting of top Middle Eastern and Western diplomats and Syria’s new foreign minister. Kaja Kallas, the EU foreign …
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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – The world must return to a policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran to turn it into a more democratic country, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg told an Iranian opposition event in Paris on Saturday. Trump has vowed to return to the policy he pursued in his previous …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary plans to hold talks with regional allies to counter the impact of higher oil prices resulting from a new round of US sanctions on Russia’s oil and gas sector, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Sunday. U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration imposed its broadest package of sanctions so far targeting …
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Venezuela on Saturday condemned new sanctions that the U.S., Britain, and the European Union imposed the previous day, when the country swore in President Nicolas Maduro for a third term after a six-month election dispute. “The Venezuelan Armed Forces categorically and energetically rejects the new sanctions imposed by the infamous imperial …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday denounced new U.S. sanctions against Moscow’s energy sector as an attempt to harm Russia’s economy at the risk of destabilising global markets and said the country would press on with large oil and gas projects. A ministry statement also said that Russia would respond to Washington’s “hostile” …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said on Friday he was ready to speak with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has said he wants control over the Arctic island, and urged respect for the island’s independence aspirations. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, has described U.S. control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, …
By Joe Brock and Chad Terhune ALTADENA, California (Reuters) – As Los Angeles construction worker Ivan De La Torre surveyed a landscape of smoking wreckage in fire-ravaged Altadena, a question nagged at him: how would insurance companies cover the cost of rebuilding an entire neighborhood? As hundreds of Los Angeles residents return to find homes …
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(Reuters) -Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose nearly 12 years in office have been marked by deep economic and social crisis, was sworn in for a third term on Friday, despite a six-month-long election dispute, international calls for him to stand aside, and an increase in the U.S. reward offered for his capture. Maduro, president since …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. government on Friday released short-term guidance on how companies can secure clean fuel tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act, but fell short of finalizing the program’s key details. Biofuels groups are eager for clarity on the tax credits for fuels that combat climate change, which they hope will ultimately provide …
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By AJ Vicens DETROIT (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is calling for tighter cybersecurity standards for federal agencies and contractors in a new executive order due to be published in the coming days, pushing reforms designed to address repeated Chinese-linked cyber operations and cybercriminal operations, according to a draft of the order seen by Reuters. …
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