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CAIRO (Reuters) – One of Sudan’s main landmarks, a skyscraper that towered over the River Nile and housed the headquarters of a major oil company, has been reduced to a smouldering wreck amid heavy fighting between rival military factions in the capital. The Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company head office, a glass-sided tower with curved sides topped with a coil of metal, was built during an oil boom before South […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military said it finally found debris from a crashed F-35 fighter jet in South Carolina on Monday, a day after asking for the public’s help in locating the elusive wreckage. The pilot of the F-35B Lightning II jet had safely ejected from the aircraft on Sunday afternoon. Joint Base Charleston on Sunday asked people on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to “please […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military said it finally found debris from a crashed F-35 fighter jet in South Carolina on Monday, a day after asking for the public’s help in locating the elusive wreckage. The pilot of the F-35B Lightning II jet had safely ejected from the aircraft on Sunday afternoon. Joint Base Charleston on Sunday asked people on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to “please […]

By David Shepardson and Tim Reid (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump plans to give a speech in Detroit on Sept. 27 to a crowd of union workers, skipping the second Republican presidential debate, an aide said on Monday, and instead inserting himself into a dispute between striking workers and America’s leading automakers. The prime time speech is expected to be delivered to auto workers and other blue collar union […]

(Reuters) – Moscow’s and Beijing’s top diplomats noted “closeness” in their positions on Washington’s “anti-Russian and anti-Chinese” stance and agreed any bid to resolve the Ukraine crisis must include Moscow, Russia’s foreign ministry said early on Tuesday. Wang Yi, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s point man for international dealings, is in Moscow for several days of security and foreign policy talks with Russian officials. He arrived in Moscow directly from hours […]

(Reuters) – Leah Williamson will become the first England women’s footballer to address the United Nations when she makes a plea on Tuesday to challenge gender stereotypes and level the playing field for girls around the world. The England captain joins world leaders in New York for the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) Summit, and her message will be, ‘Don’t leave girls behind’. The Arsenal player will appear at a […]

By Yantoultra Ngui and Scott Murdoch SINGAPORE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Several Southeast Asian companies are considering listing in the United States, banking on strong investor appetite for emerging market growth in the absence of Chinese stock offerings. Senior executives in leading SME digital financing platform Funding Societies, Singapore-based entertainment firm Gushcloud International and Thai insurance technology firm Sunday told Reuters they were looking into New York as one of their initial […]

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy plunged forward on Monday into the biggest challenge of his eight months as the top Republican in Congress as he tries to avoid a government shutdown in less than two weeks without losing his speakership. The Republican-controlled House and the Democratic-led Senate have until Sept. 30 to avoid the fourth partial government shutdown in a decade by passing […]

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his nation’s security agencies have actively pursued credible allegations of a potential link between the Indian government and the June murder of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Canada. Trudeau’s comments on Monday marked the latest strain in relations between Ottawa and New Delhi this year. Canada has the highest population of Sikhs outside […]