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WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador spoke by phone on Tuesday, both countries said, ahead of a U.S. policy shift that is expected to drive an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Lopez Obrador said on Twitter the two had discussed their commitment to work together on migration, as well as drugs and arms trafficking. They also discussed “cooperation in […]

By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Canada will not be intimidated by China following tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions by Ottawa and Beijing. Ottawa expelled Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei on Monday over allegations related to foreign interference, and hours later, China asked a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai to leave by May 13 in response to what it called Ottawa’s “unreasonable actions”. “We understand […]

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmakers will declare their positions face to face on raising the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling on Tuesday, with the looming prospect of an unprecedented default in three weeks if Congress does not act. Ahead of the 4 p.m. ET (2000 GMT) Oval Office session, there were no signs that either side would immediately agree to any concessions […]

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said inspections resumed on Tuesday of outbound vessels under a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, which Moscow has threatened to quit on May 18 over obstacles to its own grain and fertilizer exports. There were no inbound or outbound inspections of ships on Sunday or Monday. The U.N. and Turkey brokered the Black Sea export […]

PARIS (Reuters) -Arman Soldin, a 32-year-old video journalist for Agence France Presse (AFP) in Ukraine, was killed on Tuesday by Grad rocket fire near Chasiv Yar, in eastern Ukraine, AFP said on Twitter, citing AFP colleagues who witnessed the incident. The attack happened in the town’s outskirts close to Bakhmut, the epicenter of the fighting in eastern Ukraine for several months, AFP added. Soldin was with four colleagues, who are […]

By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has renewed his attacks on the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange’s law firm as he mounts his defense against a raft of fraud, money laundering and campaign finance charges. Bankman-Fried late Monday asked a judge to designate FTX’s current leadership and the exchange’s attorneys at law firm Sullivan & Cromwell as part of the “prosecution team” in the criminal case against him. […]

(Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides will leave his post this summer after nearly two years in the country, a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday. Nides has led the Biden administration’s engagement with the top American ally in the Middle East amid political turmoil in Israel and rising violence in the occupied West Bank. The spokesperson said in emailed comments that Nides had indicated his intention to […]

PARIS (Reuters) -Arman Soldin, a 32-year-old video journalist for Agence France Presse (AFP) in Ukraine, was killed on Tuesday by Grad rocket fire near Chasiv Yar, in eastern Ukraine, AFP said on Twitter, citing AFP colleagues who witnessed the incident. The attack happened in the town’s outskirts close to Bakhmut, the epicenter of the fighting in eastern Ukraine for several months, AFP added. Soldin was with four colleagues, who are […]

DALLAS (AP) — The people killed in a shooting at a mall near Dallas include two elementary school-age sisters, a couple and their 3-year-old son, a young engineer and a security guard. The victims represent a multicultural cross-section of the area’s increasingly diverse suburbs. Cox Elementary School students Daniela and Sofia Mendoza, grades four and two, were among those slain Saturday at Allen Premium Outlets, according to officials in the […]