By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) – Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to a Manhattan court on Thursday where he will argue that drug trafficking charges against him should be thrown out more than two months after he and his wife were captured in a surprise U.S. military raid …
HAVANA, March 26 (Reuters) – A Cuban doctor with more than 25 years of practicing medicine, like most Cubans drawing a government salary, needs a side hustle to get by. To avoid regular power blackouts, he wakes at 5 a.m. to cook rice and beans for sale, supplementing his income as his bus and taxi …
By Timothy Aeppel and Jarrett Renshaw SOUTH BEND, Indiana, March 26 (Reuters) – One of his best customers recently asked John Axelberg to invest $800,000 to double the output of the tubular frames his factory here churns out for large-scale solar energy farms. Although the solar side of Axelberg’s small metal forming business fueled all …
SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — Lewis Hamilton said he finished a recent morning training run and returned to his hotel sweating after his workout to find a few fellow Formula 1 drivers just getting up. “I know that none of the drivers I’m racing against have trained as hard as I have and given it what …
Washington — The House Ethics Committee on Thursday will hold a rare public “trial” for Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida, who is accused of stealing $5 million in federal pandemic funds and using some of the money to boost her congressional campaign. Republicans are already trying to expel Cherfilus-McCormick from Congress over the allegations. …
TAIPEI, March 26 (Reuters) – A Taipei court on Thursday sentenced former city mayor and one-time presidential candidate Ko Wen-je to 17 years in jail after finding him guilty of corruption and misuse of political donations, the official Central News Agency said. Prosecutors had asked for a combined total of more than 28 years in …
MOSCOW, March 26 (Reuters) – A delegation of Russian lawmakers has arrived in the United States for meetings with U.S. lawmakers, Russian media said, on the first such trip since relations between the world’s two biggest nuclear powers hit rock bottom over the war in Ukraine. After the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russian officials said …
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26 (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators on Thursday planned to introduce a bill that would ban the government from buying or operating humanoid robots made by Chinese firms. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, the third most-powerful Republican in the Senate, and Chuck Schumer of New York, the top Democrat in the chamber, plan …
March 26 (Reuters) – The Pentagon is considering whether to divert weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East as the war in Iran depletes some of the U.S. military’s most critical munitions, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru, Editing by Louise …
BEIJING, March 26 (Reuters) – China on Thursday urged parties to the Middle East conflict to “create conditions for starting truly meaningful and sincere peace talks”. “The pressing priority is to actively promote peace talks, seize the opportunity of peace and promote the cessation of the war,” Lin Jian, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, said …