By Alexander Cornwell and Ammar Awad JERUSALEM, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Workers removed signs and plaques at the British consulate in East Jerusalem overnight after Israel ordered it shut by Thursday over London’s plans to impose sanctions on settlements in the West Bank, further damaging…
By Simon Lewis Washington, Oct 8 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has begun direct talks with Myanmar’s military-installed government, according to US officials and others familiar with the outreach, in a sharp reversal of Washington’s efforts to isolate the country’s generals after the 2021 coup.…
Oct 7 (Reuters) – The US National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory on Wednesday that Isaias has strengthened into a hurricane. Isaias was about 460 miles (745 Km) south-southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi river, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph…
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, Oct 8 (Reuters) – The number of vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz fell to the lowest in more than two months after attacks on tankers in the key waterway reached their highest last week since the start of the US-Israeli…
(New York, NY) — Wall Street is closing with stocks lower. It comes as the ten-year Treasury note yield reached its highest level since April of 2002 today. Elsewhere, the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s September meeting revealed officials expect to raise interest rates again…
(San Antonio, TX) — President Trump says Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton is possibly the best Attorney General in the history of Texas. Appearing alongside Paxton in San Antonio Wednesday night, Trump urged his supporters to get out to vote in the midterms and pretend…
Oct 8 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said on Thursday it had attacked King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh with a ballistic missile. The statement came hours after Saudi Arabia said a midweek attack on the same airport had killed one…
By Daniel Trotta Oct 7 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would award former baseball pitcher Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor awarded by the president. Clemens, a friend of Trump who has golfed with the president,…
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department said late Wednesday it approved a five-year exemption for Aurora and other self-driving trucking companies from rules that require drivers to place warning devices around a stopped truck. The decision is a step forward in efforts…
By Nicole Jao Oct 8 (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Thursday on persistent worries about supply from the key Middle East producing region amid an increase in attacks on shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures rose $1.33, or…
