Feb 5 (Reuters) – Since she was laid off in October, after Lesotho lost tariff-free access to its vital U.S. garments market, Matokelo Masenkane has got up early each morning to queue at the textile factory gates in search of casual work. “It is even more painful taking the already little food from the house…
NAIROBI, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Médecins Sans Frontières said its hospital in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, where it serves more than 200,000 people, was hit by an airstrike on Tuesday night, destroying the hospital’s main warehouse and most of its critical medical supplies. The charity said in a statement that South Sudanese government forces were…
OpenAI is unsatisfied with some of Nvidia’s latest artificial intelligence chips, and it has sought alternatives since last year, eight sources familiar with the matter said, potentially complicating the relationship between the two highest-profile players in the AI boom. The ChatGPT’s shift in strategy, the details of which are first reported here, is…
KYIV, Feb 1 (Reuters) – U.S.-backed trilateral talks involving Ukraine and Russia will take place next week in Abu Dhabi, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, as Ukrainians faced uncertainty over the fate of an energy ceasefire with Russia amid plunging temperatures. Kyiv is under U.S. pressure to secure peace in the nearly four-year war…
MANILA, Jan 28 (Reuters) – The Philippines’ maritime council called for “restraint” on Wednesday amid heated public exchanges between its officials and the Chinese embassy in Manila, adding it “does not seek provocation or escalation”. Echoing the Philippine foreign ministry’s position, the National Maritime Council said official engagements with other states should be conducted through…
Jan 27 (Reuters) – Israel is preparing for talks with the Trump administration on a new 10-year security deal, seeking to extend U.S. military support even as Israeli leaders signal they are planning for a future with reduced American cash grants, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Gil Pinchas, speaking to the FT before stepping…
MOSCOW, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Two enterprises caught fire and one person was injured in the city of Slavyansk-on-Kuban in Russia’s Krasnodar region after drone fragments fell on them, the regional emergencies centre said on Monday. The centre did not specify what enterprises were affected. The city hosts a private refinery with a capacity of…
SYDNEY, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday named the country’s defence department chief as the next ambassador to the U.S., after Kevin Rudd said he would step down following criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump. Albanese said senior civil servant Greg Moriarty, currently secretary of the Department of Defence, would…
By Steve Holland, Andrea Shalal and Bo Erickson ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Jan 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed a noticeable bruise on his left hand to his high intake of aspirin. The bruise appeared after he bumped a table at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump told reporters…
Jan 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aiming to stop Wall Street investors from competing with individual homebuyers, the White House said. Trump’s order directs his administration to issue guidance within 60 days to impose restrictions on the sale of single-family homes, according to the text of the…