PRAGUE, April 20 (Reuters) – The Czech government will not make a government plane available for the Senate chief’s planned trip to Taiwan and wants a more pragmatic foreign policy that does not damage business ties with China, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said. The Czech Republic, like most countries, only formally recognises Beijing and not …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cherry blossoms draw more than a million visitors to Washington’s Tidal Basin annually. This year was no different, except some strolling the area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial were dressed in camouflage — and armed. Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the …
An overturned ship found near the U.S. territory of Saipan after a typhoon hit is the vessel that went missing with six people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Monday. The Coast Guard said it was still searching for the six. It said the overturned boat was first spotted Saturday. An HC-130 Hercules airplane …
April 20 (Reuters) – Shares of psychedelic drug developers rose in premarket trading on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing health regulators to speed up reviews of psychedelic drugs and boosted federal research funding. Shares of Atai Life Sciences jumped 21% before the bell, while Definium Therapeutics rose 15% and …
LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) – Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained at a virtual standstill on Monday with just three crossings in the space of 12 hours, according to shipping data. The oil products tanker Nero, which is under British sanctions for Russian oil activities, left the Gulf and was sailing through the …
By Maayan Lubell and Maya Gebeily JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, April 20 (Reuters) – Israel’s foreign minister and military on Monday condemned the desecration of a crucifix smashed by an Israeli soldier in a southern Lebanese village home to Christians. A photo that emerged online over the weekend shows a soldier taking the blunt side of an axe …
ANTALYA, Turkey, April 20 (Reuters) – This year’s U.N. climate summit will seek to turn past decisions into action, with financing the main focus, Turkey’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum told Reuters, as the country prepares to host and chair COP31 in November. The minister, Murat Kurum, said financing was the most important …
TAIPEI, April 20 (Reuters) – The Chinese aircraft carrier the Liaoning sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, the Taiwanese defence ministry said, in the first transit of the sensitive waterway by such a vessel since late last year. Taiwan, which Beijing views as its territory, reports almost daily Chinese military activity around the island …
Iran balks at Trump’s demands for a peace deal amid a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz, as fear the war could reignite hits oil and energy markets.
A Hungarian suspected drug trafficker on the list of Europe’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Mexico, the Latin American country’s public security chief said Saturday. Janos Balla, also known as Daniel Takacs, was taken into custody in the beach resort city of Cancun on the Yucatan peninsula, Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said …