19+ hour, 18+ min ago   (238+ words) PARIS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – France’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva has said it “regrets” criticising the United States over human rights in a social ​media post that triggered a diplomatic dispute which ‌has delayed the arrival of a new…...

14+ hour, 9+ min ago   (305+ words) TOKYO, Sept 14 (Reuters) – A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government won Okinawa’s gubernatorial election on Sunday, ousting an opponent of Tokyo’s military build-up ​across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan and ‌China. Genta Koja, 42, defeated two-term…...

20+ hour, 33+ min ago   (486+ words) By Bo Erickson, Chuck Mikolajczak and Padraic Halpin NEW YORK/DOONBEG, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States can afford his promise to send $5,000 to every U.S. adult should his Republican Party keep control of…...

19+ hour, 8+ min ago   (281+ words) KYIV, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy imposed sanctions on a former press secretary on Sunday, accusing her and nine others of spreading Russian ​propaganda and of supporting Russia’s aggressive policy toward ‌Ukraine. Yuliia Mendel — who worked with Zelenskiy from…...

20+ hour, 45+ min ago   (261+ words) PRISTINA, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Kosovo’s parliament re-elected Albin Kurti as prime minister on Sunday after his party came first in June elections, but ​a failure to elect a president could ‌send the country into another snap election. Kurti was elected with…...

20+ hour, 53+ min ago   (374+ words) By Bo Erickson, Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DOONBEG, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) – No country should have lower interest rates than the U.S., President Donald Trump said on Sunday, days before the Federal ​Reserve’s next policy meeting. Speaking to reporters at…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (194+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Three U.S. lawmakers have called on the American government to blacklist a set of Indian IT firms over what they describe as “more than fifteen years ​of targeted espionage against U.S. citizens, businesses, and the lawyers…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (301+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he did not regret going to war against Iran despite the impact the conflict may have on ​the November U.S. midterm elections. “I don’t believe in ‌the word ‘regret.’ You can always…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (115+ words) whbl.com Brazil’s Lula says he supports discussion setting terms for Supreme Court justices BRASILIA, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula ​da Silva said on Thursday he believes it is necessary to discuss ​term limits ⁠for Supreme ⁠Court justices....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (179+ words) SAO PAULO, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ​are statistically tied in a ‌simulated runoff ahead of next month’s election, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Thursday, with the right-wing lawmaker now holding…...