WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it carried out a strike in the eastern Pacific, killing two men. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the U.S. Southern Command said in statement. (Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing …
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has told federal prosecutors in Miami, Florida, to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodriguez, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday, citing current and former U.S. law enforcement officials. (Reporting by Jasper Ward and Bhargav Acharya) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
May 28 (Reuters) – Kuwait’s army said on Thursday that its air defences were intercepting hostile missile and drone threats, but did not say where they were coming from. The army said any sounds of explosions heard in the country were the result of air-defence systems intercepting the threats, and urged people to follow security …
By Julie Zhu and Anne Marie Roantree HONG KONG, May 28 (Reuters) – China’s commitment to buy 200 Boeing jets during a recent visit by U.S. President Donald Trump will be firmed up later this year and is only an “initial tranche” of a potentially far bigger deal, the planemaker’s CEO Kelly Ortberg said. Investors …
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia is suing U.S. conglomerate 3M for more than 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) over so-called “forever chemical” contamination from firefighting foam at defense bases. the government said on Thursday. The government’s largest-ever claim for compensation relates to contamination with per- and polyfluoroaklyl substances, known as PFAS, at 28 bases. …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a lifetime of sobriety struggles, Matthew Perry spent the last days of his life desperately seeking the ketamine that would ultimately cause his death. The 2 1/2-year investigation and prosecution that followed came to a close Wednesday with the sentencing of his personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, who bought him the …
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours as the lower house approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday establishing a 40-hour, five-day workweek. The proposal is widely popular in Brazil ahead of presidential elections in October, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sponsored the move …
NEW YORK (AP) — Your favorite pair of jeans may have traveled around the world through cotton farms, dye houses, wash facilities and factories before ending up in your closet. The denim may have never been worn but it is stonewashed, sanded, chemically faded or laser-treated to look like it. Those processes can require significant …
SYDNEY, May 28 (Reuters) – Australia’s health minister said on Thursday the quarantine period for repatriated passengers on a Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak will be extended to 42 days total until June 23. Four Australian citizens, a permanent resident and one resident of New Zealand have been quarantined at a …
Stop AAPI Hate, the organization that rose to national prominence for its meticulous report on anti-Asian hate at the height of the pandemic, is channeling its resources into an initiative to rock the vote. The new nonprofit, Stop AAPI Hate Action, will be a political and advocacy arm dedicated to getting more Asian Americans and …