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Biden, Japan's Kishida and Philippines' Marcos to hold April summit at White House
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr for a summit in Washington on April 11 to discuss economic relations and the Indo-Pacific, the White House said on ...
Afghan asylum seeker convicted for New Mexico killing of Pakistani immigrant
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A New Mexico jury on Monday found an Afghan asylum seeker guilty of murdering a Pakistani immigrant in one of three 2022 ambush-style shootings that terrified Muslims in the state's largest city. Muhammad Syed, 53, faces ...
US Senator Joe Manchin vows infrastructure permitting reform will pass
HOUSTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Joe Manchin on Monday told energy executives that legislation reforming infrastructure permitting "will get done." The legislation is his senate energy committee's top issue, he said to a packed audience at the ...
Out of money, Pentagon chief looks to convince allies of commitment to Ukraine
By Idrees Ali RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday will try and convince European allies that President Joe Biden's administration is still committed to supporting Ukraine, even as Washington has ...
UN secretary-general alarmed by reports of Myanmar airstrikes
(Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is alarmed by reports that military airstrikes in Myanmar, including on Monday in Minbya township, have killed and injured many civilians, a U.N. spokesman said. Myanmar has been ...
New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon intends visit to China
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand’s prime minister Christopher Luxon intends to travel to China in the coming months following meetings with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Zealand this week. Luxon on Monday, along with ...
North Korea's Kim oversees firing drills with 'super-large' rocket launchers, state media says
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen firing drills by artillery units in the western region involving "newly-equipped super-large" multiple rocket launchers, state media KCNA said on Tuesday. The drills ...
UK closer to passing Rwanda asylum law after changes overturned
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's contentious bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda moved closer to becoming law on Monday after his government rejected all the proposed changes from the upper house of ...
UK royal Kate shown in first video since surgery, Sun says
LONDON (Reuters) - Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, has been shown looking fit and healthy in the first video taken of her since she underwent surgery two months ago in footage published by the Sun newspaper on its website on Monday. Kate, 42, ...
Trudeau raises concern over Israel's planned Rafah offensive
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday expressed concern around Israel's planned offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah in a call with Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT Israeli ...