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Moody's Ratings cut Mexico's long-term local and foreign-currency issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Baa3 from Baa2 and set the outlook to stable from negative. The agency also lowered the senior unsecured shelf and MTN program ratings to (P)Baa3 from (P)Baa2, attributing the move to a sustained deterioration in fiscal strength driven by rigid …
A U.S. citizen who contracted the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is receiving care in Germany and is in stable condition, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Six additional high-risk U.S. citizens are being evacuated to Germany and the Czech Republic. U.S. officials have defended the ch…
Turkish presidential officials said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump that Ankara welcomed an extension of the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and believed remaining disputes could be resolved. Turkey, which borders Iran, has been engaged with Washington, Tehran and mediators including Pakistan to push for…
Harvard faculty voted overwhelmingly to limit the share of A grades awarded in undergraduate courses to one-fifth of enrolled students plus up to four additional students, a measure designed to address a steady rise in A grades that university officials say has harmed academic culture. The policy takes effect in fall 2027 and does not impose limits…
Raul Castro, 94-year-old former president of Cuba and brother of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, has been indicted by the United States over the 1996 shootdown of aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue. A founding figure of Cuba’s communist government, Castro built his influence through military leadership during and after the 1959 revoluti…
U.S. authorities announced an indictment of Cuba's former president Raul Castro tied to a 1996 episode in which Cuban military jets shot down two light aircraft operated by the group Brothers to the Rescue, killing four people. The event generated divergent accounts over whether the planes were in Cuban airspace or in international waters, produced…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the treatment of activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla "abominable" and said the footage shared by Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was unacceptable. Ottawa announced it would summon the Israeli ambassador; Canada has already imposed sanctions on Ben-Gvir including asset freezes and a t…
Speaking at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, President Donald Trump said the United States may need to strike Iran more forcefully but will wait to see whether negotiations produce an agreement. He reiterated an ultimatum-like stance he has used since declaring a ceasefire six weeks earlier and insisted that the U.S. will no…
An Ipsos Peru poll conducted May 16-17 and published on May 20 indicates right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori leads leftist Roberto Sanchez 39% to 35% in the June 7 presidential runoff. The survey shows persistent undecided or blank-vote intentions and a measurable portion of the electorate opposed to both contenders. Economic messages and proposed …
French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said prosecutors are investigating an alleged foreign interference campaign that targeted hard-left mayoral candidates ahead of March municipal elections. The operation, which authorities suspect involved an obscure Israeli company named BlackCore, included fake websites, social accounts alleging criminal cond…
Nigeria's monetary policy committee opted to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 26.5% during its 305th meeting in Abuja. The decision, which aligned with the median of economists surveyed by Bloomberg, keeps a tight policy stance as inflation climbed to a five-month high following higher fuel prices linked to the war in Iran. The commit…
Ukrainian authorities announced plans to strengthen military forces in northern regions and to ramp up diplomatic measures toward Belarus after intelligence indicated Russia had prepared multiple scenarios for a push toward Kyiv from the north. Senior military and government officials cited specific planning activity attributed to the Russian Gener…
Bolivia's foreign ministry has asked Colombia's ambassador to leave the country, accusing the envoy of interfering in internal affairs after comments by Colombian President Gustavo Petro describing current unrest as a "popular insurrection." The request comes as broad protests have forced bank branch closures and created roadblocks that hamper supp…
Many residents of Gaza say they will be unable to travel for the Hajj and will again mark Eid al-Adha without sacrificial animals as restrictions on movement and damage to the livestock sector persist following the 2023 conflict. Israeli authorities say the Rafah crossing is limited to humanitarian cases and that they have approved food imports, wh…
Paloma Valencia, the Democratic Center's presidential candidate, said she would abandon President Gustavo Petro's 'total peace' approach in favor of a tougher security posture that includes reactivating arrest warrants, enlarging police and military ranks by 60,000 and cooperating with the United States. Valencia opposes further peace negotiations …
A Gaza-bound flotilla carrying activists from around the world was intercepted by Israeli naval forces and its passengers have been detained at Ashdod port, rights groups and the flotilla’s organisers said. Israel said all 430 activists were transferred to Israeli vessels and would be allowed consular access after arrival. Organisers state detainee…
Lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill to dissolve the 120-seat Knesset, a step that brings Israel closer to a snap election. The move was driven by coalition pressure from an ultra-Orthodox faction over military service exemptions. Polls show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu trailing in a national vote, and the political shift intersects with …
In a joint declaration delivered during a Beijing meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow and Beijing condemned the United States' proposed 'Golden Dome' missile-defense program as a threat to strategic stability. The statement also faulted Washington for allowing the 2010 New START arms reduction t…
Russia and China issued a joint rebuke of U.S. plans for a global missile-defence architecture known as 'Golden Dome,' saying the project undermines strategic stability. The statement, released as President Xi Jinping officially welcomed President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, also criticized the United States for allowing the 2010 New START arms cont…
Israel’s Knesset is due to vote on a bill to dissolve itself, a step that would bring forward the national election by a few weeks. The initiative follows the decision by an ultra-Orthodox faction to end its alliance with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over an unmet promise on military service exemptions, and mirrors longstanding opposition atte…
U.S. authorities are conducting a separate criminal investigation into ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami. The probe, active for months and concurrent with a federal case in New York, has examined possible money laundering and was underway when U.S. forces captured Maduro and his wife during a Januar…
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said he spoke with Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz and expressed deep concern about widespread protests that began with strikes in early May and have expanded into a national movement. Demonstrations involving unions, miners, transport workers and rural groups are demanding a rollback of austerity me…
Temporary branch closures by multiple banks in central La Paz came as unions, miners, transport workers and rural groups intensified protests demanding rollbacks of austerity measures. The unrest has produced roadblocks that have stranded trucks, forced a state energy company to halt some shipments and prompted international diplomatic appeals for …
The U.S. Justice Department will hold an announcement in Miami on Wednesday at the time of a ceremony commemorating four people killed in a 1996 incident involving Cuban military jets. A Department official said prosecutors plan to seek criminal charges against former Cuban president Raul Castro and expect to unseal an indictment in Miami. The indi…
U.S. officials plan to notify NATO allies that Washington will shrink the set of military capabilities it makes available to the alliance for major crises under the NATO Force Model. The move, driven by an administration push for Europe to assume greater conventional defense responsibility, will be announced at a defense policy chiefs meeting in Br…
