By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it had denied a request by regional airline Republic Airways to reduce the number of hours needed to train a co-pilot. The FAA said it disagreed with the airline’s argument for allowing only 750 hours of flight experience instead of 1,500 …
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By Ali Sawafta and Nidal al-Mughrabi NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian gunmen clashed with Palestinian Authority security forces in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and one man was killed in the confrontations, which broke out after the arrest of two militants, witnesses and medics said. Islamist armed group Hamas, rival of the Western-backed …
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By Daina Beth Solomon, Kylie Madry and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday on the anniversary of two devastating temblors, killing at least two people, damaging buildings, knocking out power and sending residents of Mexico City scrambling outside for safety. Two died in the Pacific port of …
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By Stephanie Kelly and Nia Williams NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. refiners are expected to buy more Canadian oil after the Biden administration ends releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) this fall, traders said, adding this should boost the price of Canadian barrels at a time of tight global supply. The coming end of …
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By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former Brazilian central bank chief Henrique Meirelles, who served under former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said on Monday he had not discussed joining the government if the leftist leader wins a third term in October’s election. “There’s nothing (on the table),” he told Reuters after endorsing Lula …
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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mars, by virtue of its tenuous atmosphere and proximity to our solar system’s asteroid belt, is far more vulnerable than Earth to being struck by space rocks – one of the many differences between the two planetary neighbors. Scientists are now gaining a fuller understanding of this Martian trait, …
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By Idrees Ali (Reuters) -The Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, is trying to recruit over 1,500 convicted felons to take part in Russia’s war in Ukraine, but many are refusing to join, a senior U.S. defense official said on Monday. “Our information indicates that Wagner has been suffering high losses in Ukraine, especially …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry has summoned the Canadian ambassador and issued a protest over attacks on the Russian embassy in Ottawa, the ministry said on Monday. It said an unknown person threw a Molotov cocktail – gasoline bomb – onto the grounds of the Russian embassy in Ottawa. It also said “aggressive” demonstrators had …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry said on Monday that it was ready for talks on a prisoner exchange to free U.S. citizens jailed in Russia, but that the American embassy in Moscow was “not fulfilling its official duties” to maintain dialogue. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said: “We have stated many times that we are …
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TBILISI (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday condemned what she said were “illegal” border attacks by Azerbaijan on Armenia, using a visit to the Russian ally to pledge American support for its sovereignty. Pelosi cast her trip to Armenia, a sliver of land the size of the U.S. state of Maryland …
