VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Russia’s most modern space launch facility on Wednesday. They exchanged opening greetings in front of the media, with Kim speaking via a Russian interpreter. Here is a Reuters translation of their remarks. PUTIN: “Dear Mr. Chairman! I am very …
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s expected economic stimulus package will focus on easing the household squeeze from rising fuel bills, amid an increased focus on inflation that is also set to put the central bank under the political spotlight. Kishida has said dealing with rising living costs would be …
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(Reuters) – Emma Coronel, the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, will be freed in Los Angeles on Wednesday following her arrest in 2021 on drug trafficking charges, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. The U.S.-born 34-year-old was sentenced to three years in prison in 2021 after pleading guilty to …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo expected to meet with the chief executives of major American companies this week, two weeks after a trip to China where she raised concerns about business conditions, sources told Reuters. Raimondo was to address the Business Roundtable, an association of more than 200 CEOs …
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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s Supreme Court heard petitions for over 13 hours on Tuesday challenging measures by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to curb the power of judges, a historic hearing in a crisis that has tormented the country for months. In a packed courtroom which saw all 15 judges sitting together for …
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By Joanna Plucinska, Valerie Insinna and Max Hunder LONDON/KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Antonov is expanding in drone making, a presentation by the country’s umbrella defence group seen by Reuters shows, as it diversifies its core cargo plane business in response to Russia’s invasion. Drones made and adapted in Ukraine play a major part in the …
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By Ali Kucukgocmen MERSIN, Turkey (Reuters) -An American caver who had become trapped more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) underground in southern Turkey after falling ill was rescued early on Tuesday, Turkey’s TUMAF caving federation said, after a days-long international rescue operation. Mark Dickey, 40, was on an international exploration mission in the Morca cave …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. has no large-scale commercial wind farms in operation today, but President Joe Biden’s administration aims to have 30 gigawatt (GW) installed by 2030 to help decarbonize the power sector and revitalize domestic manufacturing. The federal government has already approved several large-scale projects so far, with the first two – Vineyard Wind …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran is optimistic a prisoner swap with Washington will happen “in the near future”, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, adding that Tehran’s frozen $6 billion assets in South Korea will be unblocked in the coming days. However, Nasser Kanaani said the two issues were not linked to one another. Sources told …
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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Anti-government protesters scuffled with police outside the home of Israel’s justice minister on Monday, the eve of a historic Supreme Court hearing over the bid by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition to curb its judicial powers. On Tuesday, the entire 15-judge Supreme Court bench will convene for the first …
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