Republican Search for New US House Leader Returns to Square One
Oct. 23 By David Morgan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans, whose party infighting has paralyzed the U.S. House of Representatives for three weeks, tried on Monday to find consensus on a new speaker to lead the chamber and address funding needs for Israel,…
Slain Detroit Synagogue Leader Mourned at Sunday Funeral; Police Seek Motive
Oct. 22 By Maria Caspani (Reuters) -A funeral was held on Sunday for the president of a Detroit synagogue who was killed over the weekend as police searched for a motive. Samantha Woll, an adviser to Democratic politicians and president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue,…
Scientists Infect Volunteers With Zika in Hunt for Vaccines, Treatments
Oct. 21 By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) – Researchers in the United States have shown for the first time they can safely and effectively infect human volunteers with Zika virus, a step towards learning more about the disease and developing vaccines and treatments. The study –…
Factbox-Who’s In, Who’s Out of the Race to Become US House Speaker?
Oct. 20 By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday are holding closed-door votes as they try to pick a new speaker, with two members of the caucus left after several rounds of voting. Here are the current…
How hackers piled onto the Israeli-Hamas conflict
Oct. 15 By ANTOANETA ROUSSI Hackers sympathetic to Hamas are working to make the Israel-Gaza conflict the next front of cyberwarfare. Hacking groups with links to countries including Iran and Russia have launched a series of cyberattacks and online campaigns against Israel over the past…
Oil, Treasuries, Gold Prices Jump Amid Mideast Fears
Oct. 12 By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil, U.S. Treasuries and gold prices rose on Friday, with crude soaring nearly 6%, on safe-haven buying driven by the escalating Middle East conflict as Israel urged civilians to leave the northern Gaza Strip. Brent crude…
Zelenskyy arrives in Brussels for surprise visit ahead of NATO meeting
Oct. 11 By STUART LAU BRUSSELS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and join a meeting of NATO defense ministers during a surprise visit to Brussels on Wednesday. In comments to the…
U.S. may send second aircraft carrier toward Israel
Oct. 10 By LARA SELIGMAN The U.S. could soon have two aircraft carriers in the eastern Mediterranean, according to Defense Department officials, a move that would mark a major escalation in U.S. military power in the region as fighting intensifies between Israeli forces and Hamas…
Abu Dhabi’s Oil Champion ADNOC Bets on Global Expansion
Oct. 9 By Maha El Dahan DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates is refashioning state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the image of an international oil major by stepping up its global expansion and finding new revenue streams to maximise earnings for the…
How big is this going to get? What to watch for in the Israel-Hamas battle.
Oct. 8 By NAHAL TOOSI President Joe Biden and his aides have long tried to bring some calm to the Middle East, in large part so that the United States could focus more intensely on the greater long-term challenge: China. That strategy is now in…