Migrants camp out along the US-Mexico border. March 19, 2024. REUTERS/Justin Hamel |
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- A Republican-backed Texas law that would allow state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the US-Mexico border was blocked again by an appeals court, just hours after the US Supreme Court had cleared the way for it to go into effect.
- Intel is planning a $100 billion spending spree across four states to build and expand factories after securing $19.5 billion in federal grants and loans. The centerpiece of Intel's five-year spending plan is turning empty fields near Columbus, Ohio, into "the largest AI chip manufacturing site in the world."
- Joe Biden's administration is easing up on its push for a fast transition to EVs. Global Automotive Correspondent Joe White joins the Reuters World News podcast to explain how this is a win for Detroit but another challenge for Biden as he seeks a second term. (You can also sign up to White's newsletter.)
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- More than five months into Israel's ground and air campaign, launched in response to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, there are widespread shortages of food, medicines and clean water in Gaza, doctors and aid agencies say. Starving children fill hospital wards as famine looms.
- Speaking to Reuters during a trip to Thailand, Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron said it was vital for a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas to enable the release of hostages in Gaza, but a lot of conditions first needed to be met for a lasting ceasefire. Follow the latest.
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- The European Union and the United Nations said Hong Kong's new national security bill was deeply worrying and could erode fundamental freedoms. The comments came the same day Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously passed the bill only two weeks after it was first presented. Here's our explainer.
- Rising unhappiness among younger people has caused the US and some large western European countries to fall down a global wellbeing index. Finland remained on the top, followed closely by Denmark, Iceland and Sweden, while Afghanistan and Lebanon held the bottom two spots.
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- British inflation cooled in February by slightly more than economists and the Bank of England expected, which could give the central bank more confidence that it can cut interest rate cuts in the coming months. Consumer prices rose by 3.4% in annual terms, slowing from a 4.0% increase in January.
- As the Federal Reserve gets set to announce its latest policy decision and quarterly economic and rate projections later today, markets seem fairly comfortable with the state of play. The US central bank's rate-cut confidence is likely shaken, but not yet broken by inflation.
- The International Monetary Fund reached a staff level agreement with Pakistan, which if approved by its board, will disburse $1.1 billion for the indebted South Asian economy. The funds are the final tranche of a $3 billion rescue package Pakistan had secured last summer, which averted a sovereign debt default.
- The Bank of Japan's strategy for an orderly exit from years of massive stimulus unraveled on an overcast day in December when Governor Kazuo Ueda and two deputies gathered at the bank's Tokyo headquarters. This report looks at how the plan took shape.
- China launched a satellite that will act as a communications bridge between ground operations on Earth and an upcoming mission on the far side of the moon. Queqiao-2 will orbit the moon and relay signals to and from the Chang'e-6 mission, expected to be launched in May.
- Boeing is looking at how Spirit AeroSystems could reduce its ties to Airbus, as the supply-chain giant's work for the planemaker poses complications in Boeing's attempt to acquire its former subsidiary. Separately, the US Federal Aviation Administration said Boeing must improve quality before boosting 737 production.
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Miners in Kosovo break Ramadan fast 800 meters underground. REUTERS/Florion Goga |
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Sitting around a table in a makeshift office in the Trepca mine in northern Kosovo, Emin Hasani and his colleagues break the Ramadan fast 800 meters (2,625 feet) underground. After a long and sweltering shift, Hasani checks a clock to know when the sun is setting at the surface and whether the time has come to eat. |
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It's a boy! Athens zoo welcomes birth of rare pygmy hippo. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas |
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A rare and endangered pygmy hippopotamus has been born in Athens' Attica Zoological Park for the first time in 10 years. A lack of male pygmy hippos in captivity had complicated breeding efforts, so zoo staff were "absolutely thrilled" the baby was a boy, Noi Psaroudaki, the zoo's wildlife veterinarian, told Reuters. |
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