Author: The Gazette

MUMBAI (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he welcomed the agreement on the first stage of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, urging that it must be implemented in full without delay. Israel and Hamas said they had agreed to a long-awaited ceasefire and hostage deal, the first phase of Trump’s plan to…

By Michaela Cabrera PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday inaugurated a cenotaph in memory of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon, a mausoleum in central Paris where some of France’s most prominent national heroes are buried. The former justice minister, who died in February 2024 aged 95, joined the likes of philosopher Voltaire, writer Victor…

By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s lower house on Wednesday approved a bill to curb the use of presidential emergency decrees, a challenge to the executive powers of President Javier Milei whose party holds a minority in both legislative chambers. Milei retains the power to veto the legislation. Lawmakers passed the measure by 140…

(Reuters) -The United States has approved several billion dollars worth of Nvidia chip exports to the United Arab Emirates, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security recently issued the Nvidia export licenses under the terms of a bilateral artificial intelligence agreement hashed out in May, the report said, citing…

By Alexander Cornwell and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Thousands of displaced Palestinians trekked over the wastelands of Gaza to return to the ruins of their abandoned homes on Friday, after a ceasefire took effect and Israeli troops began pulling back under the first phase of an agreement to end the war. A huge column of…

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -China is increasing military activities near Taiwan and honing its ability to stage a surprise attack, as well as seeking to undermine trust in the government with “hybrid” online warfare tactics, the island’s defence ministry said on Thursday. Democratically-governed Taiwan, which China views as its own territory,…