By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India said it is testing samples of cough syrups produced by local manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals for export after the World Health Organization said its products were linked to the deaths of dozens of childr…
Palau says committed to supporting Taiwan despite ‘mounting aggressions’
TAIPEI (Reuters) – The president of Palau said on Thursday that his small Pacific island nation is committed to supporting Taiwan despite “mounting aggressions”, offering his strong backing at a time Beijing is ramping up pressure against Taipei in the…
Europe’s new 44-nation club underlines Russia’s isolation
By Jan Lopatka, Michel Rose and Sabine Siebold PRAGUE (Reuters) -Leaders of the European Union and neighbours from Britain to Turkey met on Thursday to discuss security and energy emergencies plaguing them all since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a symb…
Brazil election: Lula has 51% of voter support versus 43% for Bolsonaro, poll finds
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Peter Frontini SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s leftist presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a clear lead over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, a poll showed on Wednesday, as the candidates scrambled to…
U.S. Supreme Court leans toward Alabama in voting rights fight
By Andrew Chung and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled sympathy toward Alabama in the state’s defense of a Republican-drawn electoral map in a case that could further erode a landmark voting …
N.Korea fires ballistic missile – Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the east coast, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday, citing South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Reporting by Joori Roh; Editing by Mark Porter)
U.S. steps away from flagship lithium project with Buffett’s Berkshire
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) -In a February meeting with mining executives, President Joe Biden laid out an aggressive goal for the United States to produce more of its own minerals for the electric vehicle revolution in ways that respected the environ…
Biden, Florida’s DeSantis stress unity in Hurricane Ian recovery
By Steve Holland FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden met with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday to tour the devastation from Hurricane Ian, and stressed the need for a united federal and state effort for the lengthy recovery a…
OPEC+ agrees deep oil production cuts, Biden calls it shortsighted
By Ahmad Ghaddar, Alex Lawler and Rowena Edwards VIENNA/LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC+ agreed steep oil production cuts on Wednesday, curbing supply in an already tight market, causing one of its biggest clashes with the West as the U.S. administration calle…
FBI says U.S. murders rose in 2021, but data is incomplete
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of murders reported in the United States rose last year, the FBI said on Wednesday, but it warned that a change in its data collection methods meant that its tally excluded the nation’s two largest cit…