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Israeli PM Reinstates Defense Minister Gallant Despite Earlier Dismissal Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz, a senior member of the opposition, used the period of uncertainty around Gallant’s position as an opportunity to raise his own visibility as a respected authority in the security field By Debbie Mohnblatt/The Media Line Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, speaking at a press conference on Monday night, announced that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant would remain […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is spending over $5 billion on an effort to speed up the development of new COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesperson and a Biden administration official said on Monday. The investment, dubbed “Project NextGen” and first announced by White House and HHS officials in an interview with the Washington Post, aims to provide better protection from coronaviruses, […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is spending over $5 billion on an effort to speed up the development of new COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesperson and a Biden administration official said on Monday. The investment, dubbed “Project NextGen” and first announced by White House and HHS officials in an interview with the Washington Post, aims to provide better protection from coronaviruses, […]

(This story has been corrected to update the CDC data on fatalities to more than 70,000 in 2021 from all synthetic opioids, not more than100,000 in fiscal 2022 from fentanyl, in paragraph 6) MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Members of Mexico’s security cabinet will be in the United States this week to meet with U.S. officials about the trafficking of synthetic opioid fentanyl, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday. […]

(This April 6 story has been corrected to update the CDC data on fatalities to more than 70,000 in 2021 from all synthetic opioids, not more than 100,000 in fiscal 2022 from fentanyl, in paragraph 6) BEIJING (Reuters) – There is no such thing as illegal trafficking of fentanyl between China and Mexico, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, responding to a letter from the Mexican president asking Beijing to […]

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said on Monday that financial system troubles that drove the central bank to provide large amounts of credit to banks is not collateral damage from the Fed’s aggressive effort to lower inflation. “I personally don’t think the pace of rate increases was behind the issues at the two banks back in March,” Williams […]

(Reuters) – The Shiveluch volcano in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted early on Tuesday and sent up an ash plume 10 kilometers (six miles) high, posing an increased threat to air traffic, the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) said. The team issued a code red Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation, noting that a “large ash cloud” was drifting west of the volcano and that ash explosions up to […]

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Asian market trading volumes should return to more normal levels on Tuesday as investors around the world return from the Easter break, with Chinese inflation and an interest rate decision in South Korea the key events in a pretty packed regional calendar. Australian consumer confidence will also be released on Tuesday, along with […]

(Reuters) – Bayern Munich will be considered as underdogs when they face Manchester City in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, manager Thomas Tuchel said. In his most challenging match since taking charge of the Bundesliga club last month, the German manager will be hoping to pull off another win over City having guided his former club Chelsea to the Champions League title […]