CAIRO (Reuters) - CIA Director William Burns arrived in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Friday for meetings about the conflict in Gaza, an Egyptian security source and three sources at Cairo airport said.
Egypt, along with Qatar and the United States, has been leading efforts to mediate between Israel and Hamas to broker a deal for a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza.
The CIA declined to comment, reflecting its policy of not disclosing... (continue reading...)
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors said on Friday they wanted to charge Tourism Minister Daniela Santanche for alleged benefit fraud at her former publishing company during the COVID pandemic.
A Milan judge will now have to decide if there is sufficient evidence to indict Santanche, a prominent member of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's ruling Brothers of Italy party.
Santanche has always denied wrongdoing. She made no immediate comment... (continue reading...)
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar said on Friday that he and his wife Imelda were innocent of allegations against them as U.S. media reported a pending indictment.
"I want to be clear that both my wife and I are innocent of these allegations," Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, said in a statement.
Cuellar did not address whether an indictment against him could be imminent, or address specific... (continue reading...)
By Luana Maria Benedito and Gabriel Burin
SAO PAULO/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Economists are unusually split over the size of a likely Brazil interest rate reduction on May 8, a Reuters poll found, amid changing views about the future path of U.S. monetary policy and persistent local inflation worries.
In August 2023, the central bank launched a series of six consecutive 50 basis points rate cuts from a six-year high of 13.75% to 10.75%... (continue reading...)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States is using the threat of secondary sanctions against Chinese businesses seen as engaging with Russia as a "pretext" to try and contain Beijing, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.
Zakharova was answering a question about U.S. sanctions issued on Wednesday on nearly 300 targets - including Chinese companies - seen as helping Moscow to circumvent existing Western sanctions.
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