By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two after suffering a major battlefield reversal in Ukraine, an attempt to turn the military tide in what he has cast as a defi…
Iran insists on U.S. guarantees to revive 2015 nuclear pact
By Parisa Hafezi and Steve Holland UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Iran’s hardline president struck a defiant tone on Wednesday by demanding guarantees the United States not abandon any revived nuclear deal and by decrying “double standards” on human rights …
Trump ally Barrack’s trial on foreign agent charges moves to opening statements
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Opening statements are set to begin on Wednesday in the federal trial of Tom Barrack, the private equity executive and onetime fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, on charges he acted as a foreign agent withou…
Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation, warns West over nuclear blackmail
LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two, warning the West that if it continued what he called its “nuclear blackmail” that Moscow would respond with the might of all its vast arse…
U.S., Canadian warships sail through Taiwan Strait for 2nd time in a year
(Reuters) -A U.S. Navy warship and a Canadian frigate made a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the militaries of both nations said, at a time of heightened military tension between Beijing and Taipei. The transit was the second in a…
Collectors clamor for rare Queen Elizabeth coins and notes
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) – The death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has collectors scrambling to secure rare coins and bills bearing her likeness, even as her portrait is set to remain in circulation for years to come on money throughout the Comm…
China willing to make effort for peaceful ‘reunification’ with Taiwan
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) -China is willing to make the utmost effort to strive for a peaceful “reunification” with Taiwan, a Chinese government spokesperson said on Wednesday, following weeks of military manoeuvres and war games by Beij…
Exclusive-Probe into IDB chief backs allegation of relationship with staffer – sources
By Cassandra Garrison and Andrea Shalal MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An outside firm hired to investigate whistleblower allegations found evidence that Inter-American Development Bank President Mauricio Claver-Carone engaged in an intimate relatio…
Juul sues FDA for documents said to justify e-cigarette ban
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Juul Labs has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over the agency’s refusal to disclose documents supporting its order banning the company, which has been blamed for fueling a teenage vaping crisis, from selling e…
Golden Globes broadcast to return to NBC in 2023
By Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -NBC will resume its live broadcast of the Golden Globe awards for film and television in January 2023, the network said on Tuesday, citing organizers’ steps to address ethics and a lack of d…