By Renee Hickman, Brad Brooks and Joseph Ax MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The White House on Friday reposted on social media a video taken from the cellphone of the U.S. Immigration officer who fatally shot a Minnesota woman in her car this week, adding to the documentation of an incident that has sparked days…
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The Mercosur bloc will sign its long-delayed trade agreement with the European Union on January 17, Argentina’s foreign ministry said Friday, marking a breakthrough after years of negotiations. “After more than 30 years of negotiations, we will sign on January 17 in Paraguay a historic and most ambitious agreement…
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s aides began to make their case on Thursday for a $400 million White House ballroom before a commission that oversees federal building construction and said they are considering adding a second story to part of the West Wing as well. Trump, a Republican who…
MATANZAS, Cuba, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Cubans braced for a deepening economic crisis after the United States seized two more Venezuela-linked oil tankers on Wednesday, a move that threatens to sever a critical energy lifeline for the Communist-run island just days after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. In the port of Matanzas where…
(Removes extraneous word in second paragraph) Jan 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said that “only time will tell” how long the United States will maintain oversight of Venezuela in an interview published by the New York Times early on Thursday. When asked by the Times if it would be three months, six months,…
DUBAI, Jan 6 – When the United Arab Emirates withdrew its troops from Yemen last week under a deadline from Saudi Arabia, it also left behind the remote Yemeni island of Socotra and the roughly 600 tourists who had flown in but could no longer fly out. Air traffic at the island’s main airport came…
PARIS, Jan 5 (Reuters) – The Louvre museum in Paris – hit by a jewel heist in October and by a workers’ dispute – opened on Monday after a three hours delay but some parts remained closed due to the strike. Staff had met earlier in the day to decide whether to resume a rolling…
Jan 3 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports, which had fallen to a minimum amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s announced blockade of all sanctioned tankers going in and out of the country’s waters, are now paralyzed as port captains have not received requests to authorize loaded ships to set sail, four sources close to operations said…
By Patricia Zengerle and Erin Banco WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Democratic members of the U.S. Congress said on Saturday that senior officials of President Donald Trump’s administration had misled them during recent briefings about plans for Venezuela by insisting they were not planning regime change in Caracas. The U.S. attacked Venezuela and deposed its…
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar began 2026 stronger on Friday, snapping last year’s slump against most currencies as investors look ahead to a critical week of economic data that could steer Federal Reserve policy and global markets. The rebound follows the sharpest annual decline since 2017 of more…
