WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will nominate career diplomat Lynne Tracy, currently the U.S. ambassador to Armenia, as ambassador to Russia, the White House said on Tuesday. The post in Russia has been vacant since Sept. 4, when envoy John S…
Migrant flight reportedly headed to near Biden’s Delaware beach house -White House
By Ted Hesson and Trevor Hunnicutt GEORGETOWN, Del. (Reuters) -The White House on Tuesday said it was aware of reports of a flight carrying migrants to an area near President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and would work with st…
Wall Street falls as Fed focus, Ford forecasts, frighten investors
By David French and Devik Jain (Reuters) – Wall Street fell on Tuesday as traders, already positioning for another large interest rate hike this week by the U.S. Federal Reserve, drove markets lower after a Detroit titan provided further evidence of in…
Russia’s Ukraine invasion violates U.N.’s 1945 charter, Biden to say
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will try to rally the world against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, saying Moscow’s war against its neig…
Iran, West at odds, U.S. sees no breakthrough on nuclear deal at U.N.
By Parisa Hafezi, John Irish and Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran and the West remained at loggerheads on Tuesday over U.N. probes of uranium traces at three Iranian sites as the United States said it did not expect a breakthrough …
At least nine dead after warehouse collapse in Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – At least nine people have died after part of a warehouse near the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo collapsed on Tuesday, during a visit by two congressional candidates. Congressional candidates Jones Donizette and Ely Santos were visit…
U.S. Treasury official criticizes China’s ‘unconventional’ debt practices
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top adviser to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned on Tuesday that China’s foot-dragging on debt relief could burden dozens of low- and middle-income countries with years of debt servicing problems, lowe…
Polluters must pay, says UN chief, urges taxes to help climate victims
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged rich countries to tax windfall profits of fossil fuel companies and use that money to help countries harmed by the climate crisis and people who are struggling w…
Biden to push election ‘dark money’ disclosure bill doomed to fail in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will speak on Tuesday about a bill that would require super PACs and certain other groups to disclose donors who contributed $10,000 or more during an election cycle, a measure doomed to fail due to lack o…
Nvidia unveils new gaming chip with AI features, taps TSMC for manufacturing
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp on Tuesday announced new flagship chips for video gamers that use artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance graphics, saying it has tapped Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to make the processors. Nvidia has …