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USTR proposes 100% tariffs on Nicaraguan goods after finding labor abuses

21 Oct 2025

By David Lawder (Reuters) -The Trump administration may impose tariffs of up to 100% on Nicaraguan goods after finding that Nicaragua’s labor and human rights policies are unreasonable and impeding U.S. commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Monday. Releasing the results of a “Section 301” unfair trade practices probe launched during the final …

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Brazil’s Lula taps Guilherme Boulos as secretary of the presidency

21 Oct 2025

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tapped on Monday federal lawmaker Guilherme Boulos to head the secretariat of the presidency, a position with ministerial status, the Presidential Palace said in a statement. The government-aligned Socialism and Liberty Party member will replace Marcio Macedo, a politician from Lula’s Workers Party who had …

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Foreign UN staff confined to Yemen compound by Houthis since Saturday

20 Oct 2025

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Fifteen international staff with the United Nations have been confined to the U.N. compound in the Yemen’s capital Sanaa since an incursion by the Houthi authorities on Saturday, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday. He said the staff are now free to move around the compound and have …

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Brazil’s Petrobras gets green light to drill near mouth of Amazon river

20 Oct 2025

By Isabel Teles and Marta Nogueira SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil’s environmental agency Ibama greenlit state-run oil company Petrobras to conduct exploratory research by drilling wells in the Foz do Amazonas region, near the mouth of the Amazon river, the firm said in a statement on Monday. The drilling is expected to begin immediately …

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China accuses US of cyber breaches at national time centre

20 Oct 2025

By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -China has accused the U.S. of stealing secrets and infiltrating the country’s national time centre, warning that serious breaches could have disrupted communication networks, financial systems, the power supply and the international standard time. The U.S. National Security Agency has been carrying out a cyberattack operation on the National Time …

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US CBO says orphan drug exemption could add $6 billion more to cost of ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

20 Oct 2025

(Corrects headline to say ‘exemption’, not ‘exmption’) (Reuters) -The U.S. Congressional Budget Office said on Monday that new exemptions to drug price negotiations for several blockbuster cancer medicines under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will cost the government up to $6 billion more over the next decade. The new estimate reflects updated information …

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Alcohol lobby takes on WHO in battle over health impacts

20 Oct 2025

(Corrects September 24 story to remove misinterpreted quote from IARD CEO Braithwaite, adds fresh quote from the same interview in paragraph 7) By Emma Rumney and Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The Belgian beer industry, Mexico’s tequila makers and Heineken all lobbied governments this summer to resist a push by the U.N.’s health agency to introduce …

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After army coup, Madagascar’s Gen Z demand a voice in shaping what comes next

20 Oct 2025

By Tim Cocks ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -When an elite army colonel joined Madagascar’s Gen Z protests earlier this month, forcing the president to flee the country, youth-movement leader Olivia Rafetison was happy to have the protection of men with guns, after weeks of state repression. “He said: ‘we’re for the people, we’ll help you, we are …

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Searching for income and despite environmental fears, Venezuela boosts coal output

20 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -Venezuela, casting around for income amid U.S. sanctions, recently restarted coal production with a Turkish company and is looking to export more than 10 million tons of the fuel this year, company sources say. But the mining is occurring without environmental safeguards, polluting local air and water, according to a company source with knowledge …

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