By David Lawder (Reuters) – The United States and India have extended a standstill agreement on U.S. retaliation over India’s digital-services tax until Sunday, aligning it with a fast-approaching deadline for a global deal to reallocate taxing rights on the world’s biggest and most profitable companies, the U.S. Treasury said on Friday. In a brief […]
The Kansas Legislature passed a plan to attract the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals on Tuesday, starting a process that could lead to the state issuing billions in bonds to build new stadiums — debt that will take decades of sales tax, sports betting and lottery revenues to repay. In doing so, some political leaders […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Such a deal appears a nonstarter for Kyiv, which wants to join the military alliance and has demanded that […]
Some Gazans have criticised the Islamist group Hamas, which rules the besieged and conflict-ravaged Palestinian territory, for failing to end the war with Israel that has devastated their lives. Hamas has “led the Palestinian people into a war of annihilation”, said Umm Ala, 67, who has been displaced twice during more than eight months of […]
By Daphne Psaledakis and Nidal al-Mughrabi TEL AVIV/CAIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday a Hamas statement of support for a U.N. resolution backing a proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza war was a “hopeful sign” though word from the militant group’s leadership in the enclave was vital. Conversations […]
The pressure was intensifying Tuesday for Israel to make a cease-fire deal and gain freedom for scores of hostages after the government confirmed the deaths of four more captives, fueling more protests and angst among family members of those still held in Gaza. The government says more than a third of hostages − 43 of […]
JERUSALEM — For months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has refused to offer a time line for ending the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, a stance that his critics see as a political tactic. But he has been put on the spot by President Joe Biden’s announcement outlining a proposal for a […]
By Steve Holland and James Mackenzie WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday laid out what he described as a three-phase Israeli proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza in return for the release of Israeli hostages, saying “it’s time for this war to end” and winning a positive initial reaction from Hamas. The […]
French President Emmanuel Macron chastised Russian President Vladimir Putin for rejecting an Olympics truce proposal with Ukraine and said Putin’s rejection shows the world that he is “not ready to make peace.” “This is a big clarification moment because every week until now President Putin was claiming to be available for peace,” Macron said this […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s rejection of a temporary “Olympic truce” shows he is “not ready to make peace” in Ukraine, French leader Emmanuel Macron told CNBC. Macron and others have urged a temporary cease-fire during the Games held in Paris between July 26 and Aug. 11. Both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have rejected […]
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A team of mid-ranking Israeli officials has arrived in Cairo to assess whether the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas can be persuaded to shift on its latest ceasefire offer, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday. The official earlier reiterated that the current Hamas proposal was unacceptable to Israel. “This delegation […]
Tuesday’s front pages are largely dominated by ceasefire negotiations in the ongoing Israel-Gaza war. The Times leads with Israel saying that no ceasefire has been agreed to, after Hamas said it had accepted a proposal brokered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators. [BBC] The Guardian leads on Israeli airstrikes starting in the southern Gazan city of […]