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OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government will review a planned merger between U.S. grains merchant Bunge and Glencore-backed Viterra, the transport minister said in a statement on Tuesday. As part of the review, the transport ministry will launch a public interest assessment of the proposed acquisition, which must be completed by June 2, 2024, Canada’s Minister of Transport Pablo Rodriguez said in a statement. “Both companies hold ownership interests in […]

By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Tuesday was set to try to move forward on a bipartisan bill meant to stop the government from shutting down in just five days, while the House sought to push ahead with a conflicting measure backed only by Republicans. The split between the two chambers suggested that the federal government was increasingly likely to enter its fourth shutdown […]

By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices settled nearly 1% higher on Tuesday, rebounding from a slump to a two-week low in early trading as expectations of tighter supply outweighed worries that an uncertain economic outlook would crimp demand. Brent crude futures settled 67 cents higher, or 0.7%, at $93.96 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures settled 71 cents higher, or 0.8%, at $90.39. On Monday, Russia […]

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. pilot pleaded guilty on Tuesday to violating American sanctions by transporting former Venezuelan oil minister Tareck El Aissami, whom Washington accuses of drug trafficking. Michols Orsini admitted to one count of conspiracy to violate sanctions at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan. Orsini said agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security visited his home in 2018, […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The death toll from an explosion and fire at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh has risen to 68, with a further 105 people missing and nearly 300 injured, the office of Karabakh’s ombudsman said on Tuesday. The blast occurred as thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the breakaway enclave after their fighters were defeated by Azerbaijan in a lightning military operation. The authorities have not given any explanation of […]

(Fixes formatting errors) By Lizbeth Diaz and Jackie Botts TIJUANA/OAXACA CITY, Mexico (Reuters) -African migrants and asylum seekers heading to the United States are flying into Nicaragua to bypass the Darien Gap, a dangerous jungle isthmus connecting Panama and Colombia, according to migrants interviewed by Reuters and exclusive U.N. data. A dozen migrants recently arrived in the Mexican northern border city of Tijuana and the southern city of Oaxaca said […]