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May 27 (Reuters) – Schaeffler and U.S.-based satellite operator Spire Global have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop space hardware and satellite platforms for European defence, weather and security applications. The companies intend to build a sovereign European space hardware and mission business before the end of this decade, they said in a joint statement on Wednesday. Spire, which uses its satellites to provide data, analytics and software […]

By Nicolás Misculin May 27 (Reuters) – Leaders within Peronism, Argentina’s main opposition movement, are looking to capitalize on President Javier Milei’s declining popularity and push to form a broad alliance ahead of next year’s presidential election. Axel Kicillof, governor of the province of Buenos Aires and head of the Peronist Justicialista party there, told Reuters talks are under way to form a Peronist coalition that could also include politicians […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will meet with his Cabinet on Wednesday at a precarious moment for talks aimed at ending the war with Iran, just days after insisting that his administration and Tehran had “largely negotiated” a settlement but with the negotiations still in a state of flux. As he prepares to huddle with his top aides, Trump is projecting confidence that he’s closing in on a deal […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A group led by a Roman Catholic bishop in the Philippines launched a fact-finding body Wednesday to document accounts of witnesses and other details of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody anti-drugs crackdown that the government can use to prosecute law enforcers. Duterte, who ended his stormy six-year presidency in 2022, was arrested last year and taken to the Netherlands, where he is facing trial before the International […]

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police are searching the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party as part of an ongoing investigation into possible financial wrongdoing, the Civil Guard said Wednesday. The raid on the office in central Madrid is another blow to the party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, whose Socialists have been hammered by a series of corruption scandals. The Civil Guard told The Associated Press that the police […]

Russian bank staff and branches could be joining the fight against Ukrainian drone attacks under an ambitious plan approved by the country’s lower house of parliament. The banks would bear the cost of installing electronic jamming systems on their premises while selected employees would also shoot down incoming drones, according to the draft bill passed in its third and final reading Tuesday. The bill, which state news agency Interfax said […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The most enduring memories that Clark and Dan Hunt share of their father, the sports tycoon Lamar Hunt, have less to do with all the World Cup games they saw together and more to do with the long, strange and often sinewy roads they took to get to them. The van rides around Europe with a random cache of reporters, one of them a young […]

By Andrius Sytas SELIJA MILITARY BASE, Latvia, May 27 (Reuters) – Latvia is increasing anti-drone defences on its borders with Russia and Moscow-allied Belarus in response to drones flying into the NATO country, an army official told Reuters. Ukrainian drones have strayed into NATO Baltic countries’ airspace in recent weeks, sowing confusion and raising tensions with Russia at a time when U.S. commitment to NATO’s collective security is in question. […]

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, May 27 (Reuters) – European Union governments cleared legislation on Wednesday to remove import duties on many U.S. goods, an EU source with knowledge of their meeting said, a move that should avert President Donald Trump’s threat of higher tariffs on EU cars and other products. Under a deal struck at Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in Scotland last July, the EU agreed to remove import duties on U.S. […]