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Mexico foreign minister to discuss lithium collaboration in coming visit to Bolivia
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard will discuss lithium collaboration with Bolivian authorities in his visit to the South American country scheduled for Friday, according...
Aug 03, 2022
Biden: Senate vote on Finland and Sweden shows U.S. commitment to NATO
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate approval of Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the 30-member alliance since the 1990s amid the war in Ukraine, shows U.S. commitment to t...
Aug 03, 2022
Zelenskiy seeking ‘direct talks’ with China’s Xi to help end Ukraine war- SCMP
(Reuters) - Ukraine is seeking an opportunity to speak "directly" with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help end its war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, the South China Morning Post report...
Aug 03, 2022
Senegal opposition group says it will reject results of legislative vote, alleges fraud
DAKAR (Reuters) - A Senegalese opposition coalition, Yewwi Askane Wi (YAW), on Wednesday said it would not accept the results of legislative elections, alleging fraud. Official results of Sunday's vot...
Aug 03, 2022
Nine miners likely trapped after collapse at Mexican mine, says president
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday nine miners were "likely" trapped in a coal mine in the state of Coahuila after it collapsed. "I hope we find the...
Aug 03, 2022
New Colombia government to propose incentives to crime gang members who disarm
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Incoming Colombian President Gustavo Petro will propose the Clan del Golfo crime gang disarm and inform the government about its drug trafficking in exchange fo...
Aug 03, 2022
Two-thirds majority of U.S. Senate backs Finland and Sweden’s joining NATO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than two-thirds of the U.S. Senate approved on Wednesday Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the 30-member alliance since the 1990s as...
Aug 03, 2022
Basketball star Brittney Griner awaits fate in Russia drugs trial
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner returns to a Russian court on Thursday as her drugs trial grinds towards a finale that could end with a 10-year prison sentence and a U....
Aug 03, 2022
Explainer-Who is Brittney Griner and what is her fate in Russia?
(Reuters) - Who is Brittney Griner and what is her fate? WHO IS BRITTNEY GRINER? Brittney Griner, 31, is a two-time Olympic champion and star player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WBN...
Aug 03, 2022
Canada seizes ‘ghost guns,’ 3D-printed gun parts
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada said on Wednesday it intercepted gun parts sent into the country through international mail, leading authorities to seize "ghost guns" and related 3-D printi...
Aug 03, 2022
