Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. officials raise 'grave concerns' over Mexico's agricultural biotech policy
By Kanishka Singh and Tom Polansek WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. agriculture and trade officials raised "grave concerns" over Mexico's agricultural biotechnology policies in meetings with their Mexican ...
Jan 23, 2023
Biden nominates North Korea human rights envoy, first since 2017
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday nominated a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, moving to fill a post that has been empty since 2017 amid debate over how rights i...
Jan 23, 2023
Russia declares U.S. Sakharov Foundation 'undesirable'
(Reuters) - In an echo of the Cold War, Russian authorities blacklisted on Monday a U.S.-based foundation named for Andrei Sakharov, the late Soviet-era dissident physicist known for supporting nuclea...
Jan 23, 2023
Two students and adult fatally shot at Iowa school program
By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) - Two students were killed on Monday and an adult was seriously wounded in a "targeted" shooting at a nonprofit educational center for at-risk youth in Des Moines, Iowa, lo...
Jan 23, 2023
Rheinmetall could deliver 139 Leopard tanks to Ukraine - RND
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German defence group Rheinmetall could deliver 139 Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine if required, a spokesperson for the company told media group RND. Germany is coming under inten...
Jan 23, 2023
Ukraine pledges sweeping personnel changes as allies jostle over tanks
By Tom Balmforth and Oleksandr Kozhukhar KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said personnel changes were being carried out at senior and lower levels, a move that follows the most...
Jan 23, 2023
Analysis-Lula confronts Brazil military's pro-Bolsonaro lean with carrot and stick
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has taken a carrot-and-stick approach to asserting authority over Brazil's armed forces and containing sympathies in the barr...
Jan 23, 2023
U.S. raises 'grave concerns' over Mexico's agricultural biotech policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials raised "grave concerns" over Mexico's agricultural biotechnology policies in meetings with their Mexican counterparts on Monday, the office of U.S. Trade Represen...
Jan 23, 2023
Cameroon denies asking for help to mediate separatist conflict
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon's government on Monday said it had not asked any country to mediate its conflict with Anglophone separatists, apparently denying a statement from Canada that it had been a...
Jan 23, 2023
Russia, Syria restore Syrian air base for joint use
(Reuters) - Russia and Syria have restored the al-Jarrah military air base in Syria's north to be jointly used, Russia's Defence Ministry said late on Monday. "Russian and Syrian military personnel re...
Jan 23, 2023
