• How a Vitol trader’s ties to JD Vance helped land a prized Venezuela oil contract
    By Tim McLaughlin Nov 11 (Reuters) – A week before the United States invaded Venezuela in January and captured its authoritarian leader, US Vice President J.D. Vance flew in Air Force Two for a visit to Montana’s Yellowstone Club, an ultra-exclusive ski and golf resort. There, he met an old friend and early financier of […]
  • US faces loss of measles-free status as experts meet for review
    By Jennifer Rigby and Julie Steenhuysen LONDON/CHICAGO, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Global health experts will determine in the coming days whether the United States has lost its official measles-free status, a public health achievement it has held since 2000 now in jeopardy after outbreaks across the country sickened thousands of Americans. The decision by the Pan […]
  • US federal employees to work in Taiwan government offices under scheme to strengthen ties
    TAIPEI, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Some US federal employees will work in Taiwan government offices for up to one year under a new scheme to strengthen already close ties between Taipei and Washington, the de facto US embassy said on Wednesday. The United States, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with Chinese-claimed Taiwan, but is […]
  • Exclusive-Military-linked Chinese university bought Nvidia H200 chips despite US blacklist, records show
    By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Nov 11 (Reuters) – A Chinese university with deep ties to the People’s Liberation Army bought Nvidia’s powerful H200 AI chips last month despite being on a US export blacklist, procurement records show, highlighting gaps in Washington’s efforts to curb China’s access to advanced technology. The findings come as Nvidia and […]
  • Vehicle plows into pedestrians in Los Angeles, killing three
    By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Nov 10 (Reuters) – An SUV plowed into a group of pedestrians in the North Hollywood district of Los Angeles on Tuesday, killing at least three and critically injuring three more, authorities said. No official details were immediately available about the incident, which happened shortly before 6 p.m. PST (0200 GMT). […]