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☆ U.S. has not yet delivered NASAMS air defenses to Ukraine -Pentagon
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The United States will not start delivering sophisticated NASAMS air defenses to Ukraine for another two months or so, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, disputing reports suggesting Ukraine had already received them. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had been misquoted over the weekend in an English-language television interview transcript suggesting the weapons systems have been delivered. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"The U.S. has not delivered NASAMS to Ukraine at this stage. We expect the first two to be delivered within the next two months or so," Brigadier General Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, told a news briefing. The United States has approved sending Ukraine a total of eight NASAMS so far, and Ryder said the remaining six would be "longer term" deliveries.

☆ Lula challenges Bolsonaro's grip on Brazil evangelical vote
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jimin Kang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterShe is far from the only evangelical Christian in Brazil dancing around that delicate matter. Although Bolsonaro and his allies have worked to transform Brazil's fast-growing evangelical churches into the bedrock of his political base, this year's campaign has shown the limits of that electoral strategy. After Bolsonaro won the evangelical vote two-to-one in 2018, many more evangelicals — especially poorer women — are weighing a vote for Lula, whose legacy of generous social programs speaks powerfully to Brazil's less affluent evangelical voters. Even as Bolsonaro has built up an advantage over Lula in the heat of the campaign, he struggled to break past 50% of the evangelical vote in recent Datafolha surveys. Looking to bolster the 'shy' Lula vote among evangelicals, the Workers Party (PT) is partnering with leftist pastors like Paulo Marcelo Schallenberger, whose sermons aim to counter the party's "demonization" in evangelical circles.

Claver-Carone denied in an interview with Reuters on Monday that he ever had an intimate relationship with the staffer and said he was planning legal action against the bank. Cuban-American Claver-Carone was nominated for a five-year term then-President Donald Trump and took office in October 2020. He is planning legal action against the bank, he told Reuters. Claver-Carone told Reuters he did so because the phone contained confidential texts from world leadersHe said he felt let down by the U.S. government. "I've never felt so betrayed by my country," Claver-Carone told Reuters, saying he had never been told by the bank's legal counsel what to expect from the investigative process.

☆ Morning Bid: Asia's FX doom loops
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterBanknotes of Japanese yen and U.S. dollar are seen in this illustration picture taken September 23, 2022. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterAnd the dollar. Central banks will find it hard to break this doom loop. And talking of doom loops, if Asian central banks sell chunks of their U.S. Treasuries holdings to support their domestic currencies, U.S. yields rise, Treasuries are more attractive, investors pile in, and the dollar strengthens. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

☆ Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kasese district, Uganda June 16, 2019. The outbreak had also now spread to three districts, all in central Uganda. The east African country last week announced the outbreak of Ebola, a haemorrhagic fever whose symptoms include intense body weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat, vomiting, diarrhoea and rashes among others. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe current outbreak, attributed to the Ebola Sudan strain, appears to have started in a small village in Mubende district around the beginning of September, authorities have said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Elias Biryabarema Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ U.S. EPA launches environmental justice office
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Valerie Volcovici | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced the creation of the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, which will be staffed by 200 EPA employees and led by a not-yet announced Senate-confirmed assistant administrator. He launched the new office at an event in Warren County, North Carolina, which was the site of protests 40 years ago that is regarded as the birthplace of the environmental justice movement. It was the latest move by the Biden administration to prioritize environmental justice in its policymaking. The Inflation Reduction Act signed by Biden last month created a $3 billion climate and environmental justice block grant program that the new office will oversee. Overall, the legislation will unleash a $60 billion investment in environmental justice across the government.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Conference in New York, U.S., September 21, 2022. While former president Donald Trump has long been considered the Republican frontrunner in 2024, recent polls show DeSantis higher in Florida. There’s no way we are going to escape the elephant in the room,” a senior Democratic official said of DeSantis. "I think he's great. I think he's doing a great job.

A man runs past banners with photos of presidential candidates, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, Ciro Gomes and former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 1, 2022. With just days to go until the first-round vote on Oct. 2, Lula is ahead in the polls against President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right populist who has sought to discredit Brazil's electronic voting system. Critics fear Bolsonaro may follow the example of former U.S. President Donald Trump and refuse to accept an electoral defeat. A third source said many European countries are also planning for swift recognition of Brazil's election results. One of the sources said that in the meeting with Koneff, Lula thanked the United States for having expressed faith in Brazil's voting system.

☆ Georgia to replace voting machines in a county after 'unauthorized access'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterGeorgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger gives an afternoon update on the Georgia Primary Election at the election command center in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. May 24, 2022. The step comes after video surveillance footage made public recently showed outsiders accessing Coffee County voting machines and copying sensitive software and data. "But the current election officials in Coffee County have to move forward with the 2022 election, and they should be able to do so without this distraction," he said. Separately in Georgia, a grand jury in the Fulton County is probing efforts by Trump to overturn the former president's 2020 election defeat. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Cars drive under a downed power pole in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File PhotoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Javier Rivera-Aquino is a lawyer who supplemented his income by raising bananas on a 17-acre plot of land in the mountains of west-central Puerto Rico until five years ago, when Hurricane Maria plowed into the island and swept away his plantation. For Rivera-Aquino, this week revived painful memories of 2017 as another powerful storm, Fiona, inflicted a fresh round of destruction on an island still struggling to recover from Maria. Rivera-Aquino knows too well the challenges now facing his neighbors around Lares, about 62 miles (100 km) southwest of San Juan, the capital city. While Cidra, about 31 miles (50 km) south of the capital, suffered multiple landslides in the wake of the catastrophic 2017 hurricane, Fiona has brought its own significant problems, he said.

☆ Mexico foreign minister meets Russia's Lavrov to discuss Ukraine peace plan
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/David 'Dee' DelgadoMEXICO CITY, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday he met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss a Mexican peace plan for the Ukraine conflict that he presented to the U.N. General Assembly this week. Mexico has proposed a deal to halt the fighting but Ukraine opposes the plan which it says would be advantageous to Russia. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the committee would immediately start talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to achieve "a truce of at least five years." Mexico's proposal has drawn criticism from Ukraine, with an adviser to Zelenskiy, Mykhailo Podolyak, last week calling it a "Russian plan" that would "give Russia time to renew reserves before the next offensive." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Mexico City Newsroom, Edited by Isabel Woodford and Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ 10 killed in Mexico bar shooting in state ravaged by violence
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterMEXICO CITY, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen opened fire in a bar in central Mexico, killing 10 people, officials said, in the latest outbreak of violence to buffet the country. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said all ten victims in Wednesday's attack were male, and that no arrests had been made yet. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA state government official said nine of the men were killed at the scene, while another died of his wounds after being taken to hospital. Calling the shooting a "cowardly attack", Guanajuato's governor Diego Sinhue Rodriguez on Twitter expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Valentine Hilaire and Lizbeth Diaz, Writing by Isabel Woodford Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Czechs will not issue humanitarian visa to Russians fleeing mobilisation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Mike SegarPRAGUE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will not issue humanitarian visas to Russian citizens fleeing mobilisation orders, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on Thursday. Many Russians are trying to leave their country after President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilisation on Wednesday as Russian forces fighting in Ukraine have suffered heavy losses. read more"I understand that Russians are fleeing from ever more desperate decisions by Putin. But those running because they don't want to fulfill a duty imposed by their own government, they don't meet the criteria for humanitarian visa," Lipavsky told Reuters. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Robert Muller Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

She called the "pattern of fraud and deception" used by Trump and the Trump Organization "astounding." 'DISASTERS OF THE WORLD'(L-R) Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump attend the ground breaking of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington, July 2014. Donald Trump Jr tweeted that James was "weaponizing her office to go after her political opponents!" Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has separately charged the Trump Organization with criminal tax fraud, and is preparing for an Oct. 24 trial. read more"Our criminal investigation concerning former President Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization, and its leadership is active and ongoing," Bragg said in a statement.

☆ EXCLUSIVE IDB board sees 'emerging consensus' that Claver-Carone should be removed - source
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Andrea Shalal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Carlos JassoWASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The Inter-American Development Bank's board of directors is reaching an "emerging consensus" that its president Mauricio Claver-Carone should be removed after an independent ethics investigation, a source familiar with the process told Reuters. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA decision by the board of directors could come in "days, not weeks," with the final decision up to the bank's board of governors, the source added. The 14-member board met for a third day about the matter on Wednesday, joined by representatives from all 48 member countries. Claver-Carone and the staffer have both denied the allegations in general terms. The Washington-based IDB is a development bank that, while far smaller than the International Monetary Fund or World Bank, is a major provider of development funding in Latin America.

☆ France's ASN: Fire at uranium site under control, no radiation found
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterPARIS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - France's nuclear watchdog ASN on Wednesday said it had found no traces of nuclear radiation after a fire broke out at a plant containing uranium in southeastern France run by EDF unit Framatome. "No radioactive substance was affected by the fire", the watchdog said, adding that it de-activated its emergency centre in the evening as the fire had been brought under control. Framatome is a unit of French nuclear energy giant EDF (EDF.PA). According to the company's website, the Romans-sur-Isere site where the fire erupted produces fuel for nuclear power reactors based on enriched uranium. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Tassilo Hummel; Editing by Alistair Bell, Kirsten Donovan and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

read more Save America is a fundraising body known as a leadership PAC, which only allows politicians to help their allies financially. To be sure, Trump's Save America PAC has spent money on the midterms: close to $9 million on rallies with candidates where Trump has repeatedly hinted he could run for president again; and a similar amount on direct contributions to the more than 200 candidates Trump has endorsed. Reuters GraphicsFEDERAL PROBEThe New York Times reported earlier this month that a federal grand jury in Washington was seeking information on the formation of - and spending by - Save America. During the first half of the year, Save America vacuumed in close to a fifth of the funds raised through WinRed, the main Republican online fundraising platform. Save America regularly sends supporters emails proclaiming them "Patriot of the Month" - or chiding them for not yet contributing.

(L-R) Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump attend the ground breaking of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington, July 2014. It also named as defendants the Trump Organization - a family company that manages hotels, golf courses and other real estate around the world - as well as the former president's sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump. But James said she was referring allegations of criminal wrongdoing to federal prosecutors in Manhattan and the Internal Revenue Service for investigation. "The pattern of fraud and deception that was used by Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization for their own financial benefit is astounding," James said at a news conference. James' civil probe is separate from a criminal tax fraud probe against the Trump Organization by Manhattan's district attorney, Alvin Bragg.

The move is unexpected, since Russian-backed separatists last month said there would be a trial of Azov personnel, who Moscow describes as Nazis. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterIn a statement, Yermak said the freed prisoners included Azov commander Lieutenant Colonel Denys Prokopenko and his deputy, Svyatoslav Palamar. Also at liberty is Serhiy Volynsky, the commander of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Earlier in the day, Saudi Arabia said Russia had released 10 foreign prisoners of war captured in Ukraine following mediation by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by David Ljunggren Editing by Alistair Bell and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ U.S. House Republicans to push energy, crime and immigration agenda in midterms push
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

"I don't think they have an agenda that the American people will ... want," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the chamber's No. FLASHBACK TO 1994The "Commitment to America" is modeled on the 1994 "Contract with America," which helped give Republicans control of the House and Senate. 2 House Republican, told reporters. A national Reuters/Ipsos poll concluded on Sept. 12 found that 37% of Americans would prefer to vote for a Democratic congressional candidate, with 34% preferring Republicans and 15% still undecided. Nonpartisan forecasters say Democrats have a better chance of holding onto their Senate majority than they do in the House.

☆ Scholz 'irritated'" about Turkey's bid to join security body led by Russia, China
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday said he was "very irritated" about Turkey's attempts to join a Central Asian security body dominated by Russia and China. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"So I'm very irritated about this development. Separately, Scholz said any referenda held in eastern Ukrainian territories that had been seized by Russian forces were "fake referenda" that could not be accepted. He also said it sounded like Russia might try once more to stop Ukrainian wheat exports - something both Turkey and Germany aimed to prevent. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Sarah Marsh Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Biden to nominate career diplomat Tracy as ambassador to Russia, White House says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterWASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will nominate career diplomat Lynne Tracy, currently the U.S. ambassador to Armenia, as ambassador to Russia, the White House said on Tuesday. The post in Russia has been vacant since Sept. 4, when envoy John Sullivan concluded his tenure there amid soaring bilateral tensions due to Moscow's war in Ukraine. Tracy was deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow from 2014 to 2017. Before being sworn in as ambassador to Yerevan in 2019, she served as senior adviser for Russia affairs in the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Kanishka Singh and Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday some satellite internet equipment can be exported to Iran, suggesting that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk may not need a license to provide the firm's Starlink satellite broadband service in the country. Musk said on Monday the company will ask for an exemption from sanctions against Iran. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSome people on Twitter had asked Musk to provide the satellite-based internet stations. "For any exports not covered by existing authorizations, OFAC welcomes applications for specific licenses to authorize activities supporting internet freedom in Iran," the statement added. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Kanishka Singh and Daphne Psaledakis in Washington\ Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstWASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is planning to hold its next hearing on Sept. 28, the panel's chairman said on Tuesday. Representative Bennie Thompson told reporters he expected the public hearing would be the panel's last, unless something else happens. A spokesman for the Select Committee declined comment, saying he had no schedule updates to report. The Department of Justice is conducting its own investigation about efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

"Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged." Stunned attendees helped wrest the man from Rushdie, who had fallen to the floor. The Iranian government said in 1998 it would no longer back the fatwa, and Rushdie has lived relatively openly in recent years. 1/25 A general view shows UPMC Hamot Surgery Center, where novelist Salman Rushdie is receiving treatment after the attack, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 12, 2022. "I felt like we needed to have more protection there because Salman Rushdie is not a usual writer," said Anour Rahmani, an Algerian writer and human rights activist who was in the audience.

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