By Marc Frank HAVANA, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday condemned the United States for attacking Venezuela and capturing its president at a rally of thousands of Havana residents in front of the U.S. Embassy in the Cuban capital. “Cuba condemns and denounces these actions as an act of state terrorism,”…
By Idrees Ali, Erin Banco, Steve Holland and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) – At 4:21 on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump sent a message on his Truth Social platform: the United States had carried out a daring mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. The action came as a surprise,…
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL, Jan 2 (Reuters) – South Korea’s won weakened on the first trading day of the year on Friday even after authorities renewed their determination to stabilize foreign exchange markets following a package of measures to bolster the local currency. The won has been hovering at a 16-year low against the dollar…
By Saeed Azhar, Purvi Agarwal and Nikhil Sharma NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters) – The Dow and S&P 500 indexes ended higher on Friday, starting 2026 by snapping a four-day losing streak, helped by gains in chip makers Nvidia, Intel <INTC.O> and Boeing In 2025, the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all notched…
LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Sovereign wealth and public pension fund investors poured a whopping $132 billion – roughly half of their investments last year – into the United States in 2025, while big emerging markets drew in almost a third less than in 2024, an annual report showed on Thursday. These huge investors together…
Jan 2 (Reuters) – The South Carolina health department reported 185 measles cases related to the ongoing outbreak in the state on Friday, nine additional cases since its last update on Tuesday. The widening outbreak has been reported in the northwest part of the state, which includes Greenville and Spartanburg. Of those infected, 172 were…
Dec 31 (Reuters) – Americans filed the fewest new jobless claims in a month last week, and while the number of unemployed workers collecting relief payments has eased from recent highs, there is little indication of a break from the weak hiring environment that settled in over the course of President Donald Trump’s first year…
MOSCOW/KYIV, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence and vowed retaliation, providing no evidence for a claim Kyiv dismissed as baseless and aimed at derailing arduous peace talks. The angry exchanges between the warring neighbours on Monday – including a statement by Russia that it…
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration this week canceled a lease held by the nonprofit National Links Trust to oversee three public golf courses in Washington, a fresh opportunity for the president to put his stamp on a part of city life. In a letter to NLT on Tuesday,…
SINGAPORE, Dec 30 (Reuters) – China is requiring chipmakers to use at least 50% domestically made equipment for adding new capacity, three people familiar with the matter said, as Beijing pushes to build a self-sufficient semiconductor supply chain. The rule is not publicly documented, but chipmakers seeking state approval to build or expand their plants…
