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WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) – Republicans want President Donald Trump to put his money where his mouth is: behind his scandal-plagued ally, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton ousted four-term Senator John Cornyn in a primary runoff last month on the heels of Trump’s 11th-hour endorsement to become the Republican U.S. Senate nominee in Texas. …
KYIV, June 13 (Reuters) – Ukrainian military has hit an oil processing and pumping facility near the village of Kotovo in Russia’s Volgograd region, causing a fire, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Saturday. It said on the Telegram app that the facility handles processing, transportation, and pumping of oil via pipelines to Russian oil …
June 12 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that a final, agreed text of a peace deal between the United States and Iran had been reached. Islamabad is working with both sides to finalize next steps, Sharif added in an X post. (Reporting by Rajveer Singh Pardesi in Bengaluru; Editing by …
DAKAR, June 12 (Reuters) – Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo dispersed a crowd outside the parliament building in Kinshasa on Friday, witnesses and opposition politicians said, as demonstrators gathered to oppose planned constitutional changes they say could allow President Felix Tshisekedi to run for a third term. • The sit-in was organized …
President Donald Trump’s 16-day “Great American State Fair” is facing a host of issues after several states said they would not participate in the showcase on the National Mall in Washington. The development comes on the heels of the fair’s unsuccessful opening concert, which the president replaced with a rally that he plans to headline …
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) – American Airlines said Friday it will resume flights to Haiti on November 1 after major U.S. carriers suspended service to the Caribbean nation in late 2024. American will begin service to Cap-Haitien this fall and is the first U.S. carrier to announce it is resuming service to Haiti. The U.S. …
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) – A federal judge declined on Friday to block President Donald Trump from hosting a special Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts event on the White House grounds, letting the fights set to be held on Sunday inside a towering new structure proceed. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled against two …
NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) – Soccer fans expecting little more than selfies and street noise in Times Square instead found themselves swept into another global spectacle on Friday, the blockbuster stock market debut of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Clusters of supporters in national colours, in town for World Cup matches across the United States, mingled …
FBI agents have searched the office of an Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts, seizing documents and computer files, a board member of the organization said Friday. It’s the latest action by the Trump administration connected to voting or election operations in the states, and it comes in a state that is expected to …
MOSCOW, June 13 (Reuters) – In a quiet cafe popular for its free Wi-Fi and good coffee, a Russian interior designer logs onto a virtual private network so she can chat with friends abroad using the U.S. messaging service WhatsApp, which is blocked inside Russia. Later, she toggles off the VPN to buy a ticket …