SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) -Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday the United States is aiming to allow further deployments of troops and aircraft to tackle drug trafficking. Speaking in the Dominican Republic, which has authorized the temporary deployment of U.S. elements, Hegseth said he was hoping other countries would accept U.S. military presence on their…
By Jana Winter and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI has requested interviews with six Democratic members of the U.S. Congress who in a video message told members of the military they can legally refuse to carry out unlawful orders, a Justice Department official told Reuters on Tuesday. The Pentagon on Monday threatened to recall…
(Reuters) -UBS expects copper prices to rise into next year, citing tightening supply from persistent mine disruptions and strong long-term demand from electrification and clean-energy investment, the bank said in a note on Friday. In its updated projections, UBS raised its March 2026 price forecast by $750 per metric ton to $11,500, increased its June…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -It is too early for the European Central Bank to discuss another interest rate cut as inflation in the euro zone might still turn out higher than expected, ECB policymaker Martins Kazaks said on Thursday. The ECB halved its policy rate in the year to June as it watched price growth fall to…
(Corrects paragraph 18 to show the extension of the income tax threshold freeze is for three years, not two years) By Andy Bruce and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves delivered a budget on Wednesday that will take more tax from workers, people saving for a pension and from investors to give…
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) -The families of Papiri had long called for security forces to protect their children at the school in northern Nigeria where more than 300 pupils were kidnapped by gunmen last week, in one of the country’s worst mass abductions. They say that no one came. “Neither the police, nor the…
By Daria Sito-Sucic BANJA LUKA/SARAJEVO, Bosnia (Reuters) -A close ally of Bosnia’s Serb Republic separatist leader Milorad Dodik won a snap presidential election in a tight race with opposition candidate, the election commission said on Sunday, citing preliminary results. “According to preliminary, unofficial and incomplete results, Sinisa Karan won 50.89% of the votes,” Jovan Kalaba,…
By Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS (Reuters) -S&P Global has downgraded its rating of the world’s largest stablecoin, Tether, citing an increase in higher-risk assets in the cryptocurrency’s reserves and “persistent gaps in disclosure”, the ratings agency said on Wednesday. S&P in 2023 created a new scale from 1 to 5, to assess the risk of various…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants airlines to ditch salty pretzels and calorie-laden cookies in favor of on-board healthier options. “I would love some better snacks. I would love a little healthier snack on the airplane,” Duffy said in an interview with Blaze News posted Tuesday, adding it would be…
(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday announced a reorganization of the agency that prioritizes oil and nuclear resources over offices that had been dedicated to renewables and efficiency. DOE published a new organizational chart alongside a brief statement saying the changes were aligned with President Donald Trump’s energy dominance agenda. The chart features…
