WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday pressed FBI Director Kash Patel over a media report that episodes of excessive drinking interfered with his ability to lead the premier U.S. law enforcement agency, drawing an angry response from Patel. At a hearing before a Senate budget panel, Patel defended his leadership of the …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Tens of thousands of Argentines flooded the streets of major cities nationwide on Tuesday to protest funding cuts by libertarian President Javier Milei to the public university system that represents a near-universal point of pride in this crisis-prone country. Vast crowds in downtown Buenos Aires marched toward the government headquarters …
May 12 (Reuters) – A Peruvian prosecutor accused leftist presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of financial crimes, local media outlet RPP reported on Tuesday, hours after electoral authorities said Sanchez was still on track to advance to the country’s presidential runoff vote. The prosecutor called for Sanchez to be imprisoned for five years and four months …
By Aftab Ahmed and Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI, May 13 (Reuters) – The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is set to cast a shadow over a two-day meeting of the foreign ministers of the BRICS grouping that kicks off in New Delhi on Thursday, testing the bloc’s ability to reach a unified position and produce a joint …
MEXICO CITY, May 12 (Reuters) – Mexican authorities and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency rejected on Tuesday a CNN news story reporting that CIA operatives have directly participated in fatal attacks on cartel targets in Mexico over the last year. The CNN story, published earlier on Tuesday and citing anonymous sources, said the CIA has …
MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that many positive things were being said about the enormous potential of U.S.-Russia relations, but that in reality “nothing is happening”. After winning the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump re-established U.S. dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin and has repeatedly promised …
MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) – Debris from a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire on Wednesday at a gas processing plant in Russia’s southern Astrakhan region, the local governor said. “All enemy aircraft were either shot down or neutralised by electronic warfare systems,” Igor Babushkin wrote on Telegram. “The debris caused a fire.” Babushkin said …
When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be his home for 35 days as he traveled across the South Atlantic. Now, he is one of 18 Americans under observation at specialized health care facilities designed to treat people with dangerous infectious diseases after three people …
Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer, his family announced Tuesday. Collins spent 13 years as a player in the league for six different franchises. He …
On the reality television show “The Hills,” Spencer Pratt played something of a villain, blamed for spreading a salacious rumor and driving a wedge between his girlfriend and her best friend. Pratt is casting himself as a hero in his latest venture, a bid to be mayor of Los Angeles, in which he’s promising to …