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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday defended one of his sons against corruption allegations, rejecting a media report that his son had used his position to help friends win millions of dollars worth of contracts. This week Mexican news outlet Latinus published a report alleging that Andres Lopez Beltran, a son of the president, had helped friends snare public contracts worth over 100 million […]

(Reuters) – Drones attacked Kyiv on Thursday evening, subjecting residents to spasms of gunfire and explosions in the fourth attack on the capital in as many days. Reuters witnesses heard gunfire and repeated heavier explosions near the city centre just after 8 p.m. One witness said a drone was seen going down in an area near Dynamo soccer stadium and the bank of the Dnipro River — just outside the […]

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve officials may still be fighting a war against inflation, but they nevertheless opened the door at their May meeting to the possibility that interest rates won’t have to rise any further from the current 5% to 5.25% range. They will now have until June 14 to choose whether to walk through that door, with key data on jobs, inflation, credit conditions […]

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday that the United States was behind an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin aiming to kill President Vladimir Putin, and air raid sirens sounded again in Kyiv as darkness fell following attacks the previous night. Reuters witnesses heard gunfire and repeated heavier explosions near the centre of Kyiv. Residents who made their way to air raid shelters told Reuters they saw […]

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday that the United States was behind an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin aiming to kill President Vladimir Putin, and air raid sirens sounded again in Kyiv as darkness fell following attacks the previous night. Reuters witnesses heard gunfire and repeated heavier explosions near the centre of Kyiv. Residents who made their way to air raid shelters told Reuters they saw […]

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has encouraged Brazil to include Ukraine in any efforts to negotiate an end to “Russia’s war of aggression,” she said on Thursday at the end of a visit to the South American country. Thomas-Greenfield said she expressed U.S. disappointment in Brasilia over the statements made regarding the war, referring to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s […]

(Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday that the United States was behind an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin that aimed to kill President Vladimir Putin, while Moscow’s forces fired more combat drones at Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv. FIGHTING * The United States dismissed as lies Russia’s allegation that it was behind the Kremlin incident. * Russia fired two dozen combat drones at Ukraine, striking a university campus […]

(Reuters) – Lockheed Martin is realigning its space business operations, transitioning from five lines of business to three to enhance speed and effectiveness, the defense contractor said on Thursday. The rejig comes as simmering geopolitical tensions fuel demand from both the United States and international customers. The three lines of business include Commercial Civil Space, Strategic and Missile Defense System and National Security Space. National Security Space will be a […]

(Reuters) – The death of a man who was placed in a chokehold by a fellow passenger on a New York City subway train earlier this week has been ruled a homicide by the city’s medical examiner as calls for an arrest in the incident have intensified. The deceased man, identified as 30-year-old Jordan Neely, died on Monday from a compression of the neck while riding on the F train […]