“If there are U.S. tariffs, Mexico would also raise tariffs,” Sheinbaum said during a press conference, in her clearest statement yet that the country was preparing possible retaliatory trade measures against its top trade partner. Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard, speaking alongside Sheinbaum, called for more regional cooperation and integration instead of a war of […]
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions launched a surprise attack on the Syrian army in the northern province of Aleppo on Wednesday. The toll “in battles ongoing for the past 24 hours has risen to 132, including 65 fighters from HTS”, 18 from allied […]
Two sources familiar with Trump’s plan told Reuters that oil would not be exempted from potential tariff hikes on imports from Canada and Mexico, despite the U.S. oil industry’s warnings that the policy could hurt consumers, industry, and national security. Canada and Mexico are the top two petroleum exporters to the United States, contributing 52% […]
“Once again, the energy sector is under massive enemy attack. Attacks on energy facilities are taking place across Ukraine,” German Galushchenko said in a Facebook post. National power grid operator Ukrenergo had “urgently introduced emergency power cuts”, he added, as temperatures across the country dropped to around 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit). A senior […]
Araqchi told reporters during a trip to Lisbon that Iran welcomed Tuesday’s ceasefire agreement in Lebanon and hoped it would be permanent. The ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah took effect on Wednesday under an agreement brokered by the United States and France. Asked whether the ceasefire could lead to an easing of tensions between […]
More than 250,000 people in Sri Lanka have been forced to flee after their homes were flooded. Indian weather officials said there was a “possibility” that the deep depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal could develop into a cyclonic storm. Cyclones — the equivalent of hurricanes in the North Atlantic or typhoons in the […]
The rouble’s fall caught off guard economists who expected the Russian currency to hit the 100 mark against the dollar in one year, according to the Reuters poll in early November. It hit a 32-month low last week. By 0800 GMT, the Russian rouble was down 0.86 percent at 106.4 against the dollar, according to […]
Traffic was congested as thousands flocked to the Hezbollah bastion, a densely packed residential area that had largely been emptied as Israel launched near-daily strikes in recent weeks. Some broke into tears as they saw what remained of their destroyed homes and businesses, AFP journalists reported, while others waited for excavators to remove the rubble […]
Last week U.S. authorities accused Adani, his nephew and executive director Sagar Adani, and the managing director of Adani Green, Vneet S. Jaain, of being part of a scheme to pay bribes of $265 million to secure Indian power supply contracts and misleading U.S. investors. The ports-to-power conglomerate denied the charges as “baseless” and vowed […]
U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle on Monday rejected, the airlines’ arguments that federal law governing airline routes and clean air standards preempted state-law claims pursued by individuals who live near the airport. Steve Berman, a lawyer for the plaintiffs at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, in an email called the ruling “a first step […]
