By Yazan Kalach and Orhan Qereman CAIRO/QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – Radwan Hisham Wahba fled Syria in 2012 for Sudan, hoping to build a new life after being shot when his country collapsed into civil war. Now, as violence engulfs his adopted home, he and many other Syrians living there are on the move once more. …
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are gearing up for their first fundraising events as soon as next week to help kick off their 2024 reelection campaign, according to people briefed on the plans. Some of the events being planned for Biden include a reception and dinner …
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(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange said on Tuesday it will delist shares of First Republic Bank, the lender that was seized by regulators before JPMorgan Chase & Co acquired most of its assets. Apart from the company’s common stock, seven different types of its preferred stock will also be delisted. Trading in all …
By David Morgan, Richard Cowan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to accept their party’s debt-ceiling package or make a counter-offer, while a top Democrat said the Senate might try to advance a “clean” debt-ceiling hike next week. With barely a month to go …
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By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to announce as soon as Wednesday a new $300 million military aid package for Ukraine that will for the first time include a short-range air-launched rocket, two U.S. officials said. The Hydra 70 is an air-launched unguided rocket made by General Dynamics. …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet with White House Homeland Security adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Tuesday morning in Mexico, Lopez Obrador’s office confirmed on Monday. The Mexican leader said earlier Monday he would meet with a representative for U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss migration, without saying who. On May …
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Por Scott DiSavino NUEVA YORK (Reuters) -Los precios del petróleo cayeron el martes un 5%, a mínimos de cinco semanas, debido a la preocupación que suscita la economía, en un momento en que los políticos estadounidenses discuten cómo evitar un impago de la deuda y los inversores se preparan para otra subida de las tasas …
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(Reuters) – Shares of major U.S. regional banks fell further on Tuesday in the aftermath of the collapse of First Republic Bank, the largest U.S. bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. JPMorgan Chase & Co on Monday bought a majority of First Republic Bank’s assets. Here is what analysts are saying about the sell-off …
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By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A group of 19 European Union member states are pushing for measures to reduce the bloc’s dependency on Chinese imports of pharmaceutical ingredients, a paper dated May 2 showed. The move comes a week after the European Commission proposed an overhaul of the legislation governing its 136 billion euro …
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SAN JOSÉ (Reuters) – Las exportaciones de café de Costa Rica registraron una caída de 20,5% en abril en relación con el mismo mes del 2022 a causa de problemas logísticos, informó el martes el Instituto del Café (ICAFE) de la nación centroamericana. Los cafetaleros exportaron en el último mes 117.934 sacos de 60 kilos, …
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