March 16 (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump called on allies to create a coalition to reopen the vital waterway. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said earlier on Monday that Japan had made no decision about dispatching…
HAVANA, March 13 (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel is scheduled to address Cuban media on Friday in a rare appearance that comes amid a severe economic crisis and as the Communist government has come under increasing pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump. The appearance “to address issues of national and international importance” is scheduled…
GENEVA (AP) — Police are investigating whether a bus fire in a town west of the Swiss capital that killed at least six people was started deliberately. Police spokesperson Frédéric Papaux of Fribourg canton, or region, said an unspecified “voluntary act” could have caused the fire Tuesday evening in the town of Kerzers, about 25…
MIAMI — Greed, arrogance and power were the driving forces behind four men charged in the U.S. for the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s last elected president, Jovenel Moïse, prosecutors said Tuesday during opening statements. Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys began presenting opening statements in the trial in Miami for Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter…
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have rebounded from their sharp declines a day before after a rally on Wall Street as global investors wagered that the war with Iran may not last too long. But the gains early Tuesday fell far short of losses Monday, when oil prices neared $120 per barrel before falling back…
OSLO — OSLO (AP) — Norwegian police are investigating a potential explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo early Sunday, officials said. No injuries were reported. Police received reports of a “loud bang” or explosion around 1 a.m., Oslo police said in a news release. Local media reported minor damage to an entrance of the…
Renewed retaliatory strikes from Iran again raised anxiety in U.S. markets Thursday, sending futures lower and energy prices higher with prices at the pump jumping overnight. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3% before the opening bell, while futures for the S&P 500 future ticked down 0.1%. Nasdaq futures were also off 0.1%….
SYDNEY, March 5 (Reuters) – Australia and Canada on Wednesday signed a series of new agreements on critical minerals, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said, including Australia joining the G7 minerals alliance. Western nations have been attempting to diversify their supply chains away from China, which still controls the majority of production and processing of…
Many in the Iranian-American diaspora spent the weekend glued to their televisions, watching news of U.S. and Israeli bombs falling on Iran, some clinging to hopes of a brighter future for their motherland but terrified their relatives might suffer from the collateral damage of war. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who for decades ruled the country while…
BANGKOK — The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran rattled world markets on Monday, with U.S. futures falling more than 1% and oil prices soaring, though gains for defense contractors and oil companies helped limit losses in Asian trading. The futures for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 1.7%. The price of…