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By Andrea Shalal and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Monday recent dangerous encounters between U.S. and Chinese forces in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea reflect a growing aggressiveness by Beijing’s military that raises the risk of an error in which “somebody gets hurt.” Washington’s sharply worded warning followed the U.S. Navy’s release on Sunday of a video of what it called an “unsafe […]

By Noemie Olive MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France (Reuters) – A new dam and infrastructure works have saved the famous Mont-Saint-Michel abbey’s status as an island by reversing the silting up of its bay, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech on Monday. An old dam across the Couesnon River in front of the mount protected agriculture and nearby town Pontorson from floods, but had also stopped the river’s vigorous outflow during […]

By Noemie Olive MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France (Reuters) – A new dam and infrastructure works have saved the famous Mont-Saint-Michel abbey’s status as an island by reversing the silting up of its bay, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech on Monday. An old dam across the Couesnon River in front of the mount protected agriculture and nearby town Pontorson from floods, but had also stopped the river’s vigorous outflow during […]

By David Shepardson and Lisa Baertlein WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Groups representing major retailers and manufacturers urged the White House on Monday to intervene in contentious West Coast port labor negotiations, citing worries about shipping disruptions during critical holiday shopping seasons. The call came after the largest terminal at Southern California’s Port of Long Beach closed on Monday as dock workers rally for better pay. Monday’s closure followed similar disruptions on […]

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government on Monday unveiled how it plans to meet a pledge to eliminate deforestation in the Amazon by 2030, using strengthened law enforcement against environmental crimes and other measures in the world’s largest tropical rainforest. Under former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil joined a 2021 pact with more than 140 countries to end deforestation globally by 2030. Left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Mohamed Nureldin KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Shelling and heavy clashes hit areas of Sudan’s capital on Monday, residents said, with reports of spreading lawlessness in Khartoum and in the western region of Darfur after more than seven weeks of conflict between rival military factions. Fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensified after the expiry late on Saturday of a ceasefire deal brokered by […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday she is not vying for NATO’s top job, after an Oval Office sit-down with U.S. President Joe Biden and a separate meeting with CIA Director William Burns. “I’ve have said before that I am not a candidate for any other job than the one I have now, and this has not changed after my meeting with the U.S. president,” […]

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Monday unveiled a long–rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter’s ability to popularize new–fangled devices after others failed to capture the public’s imagination. After years of speculation, Apple CEO Tim Cook hailed the arrival of the sleek goggles — dubbed “Vision Pro” — at the the company’s annual developers conference held on […]

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Snap Inc said on Monday it hired a new senior vice president of engineering from Google, the latest in a string of new recruits to advance its advertising business. Eric Young, who was previously vice president of engineering for Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud, will oversee the core infrastructure for Snap, which owns the popular photo messaging app Snapchat. He will also lead efforts to improve […]