Smoke rises following Israeli strikes in Gaza. April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahdy Zourob |
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- Israel has procured tens of thousands of tents for Palestinian civilians it intends to evacuate from Rafah in the coming weeks ahead a promised assault on the city, Israeli sources said. Rafah's population has been swollen by more than a million Palestinians who fled the Israeli offensive through the rest of Gaza.
- Iran and Pakistan called on the United Nations Security Council to take action against Israel, saying it had "illegally" targeted neighboring countries and foreign diplomatic facilities. Meanwhile, protests against Israel filled streets in Brooklyn and escalated at universities across the US.
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- President Joe Biden will sign a bill into law that provides billions of dollars of new aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, a bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks re-election. Late on Tuesday, the US Senate approved the sweeping foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific.
- The Senate also voted by a wide margin in favor of legislation that would ban TikTok in the US if its owner, the Chinese tech firm ByteDance, fails to divest the popular short video app over the next nine months to a year. We have an explainer on what happens now that the bill has been passed.
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Shanghai with US-China ties on a steadier footing, but with a daunting array of unresolved issues. Blinken will meet with business leaders before heading to Beijing for talks with his counterpart, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and a likely meeting with President Xi Jinping.
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- Russian security services detained one of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's deputies on suspicion of taking major bribes, the highest-profile corruption case since the country sent troops into Ukraine in 2022. Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov faces 15 years in jail if convicted.
- A member of the European Parliament for Germany's far-right AfD party said he would not resign after one of his aides was arrested on suspicion of spying for China. The case has put the AfD on the back foot after it surged to become Germany's second-most popular party ahead of European and local elections.
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- Spain is seeing a virtuous circle where an influx of foreign workers is boosting the supply of labor and raising its economic growth rate – a rare feat in the EU. Immigration accounted for 64% of new jobs created and half of Spain's economic growth in 2023, according to Funcas, a Madrid-based think tank.
- Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, should serve 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating laws against money laundering, US prosecutors said. Zhao, who is expected to be sentenced on April 30, stepped down as Binance's chief last November, when he and the crypto exchange admitted to the violations.
- A made-in-China EV will hit US dealers this summer offering power and efficiency similar to the Tesla Model Y, but for about $8,000 less. The EX30 from Volvo, the Swedish luxury brand owned by China's Geely, foreshadows the fierce competitive threat US automakers could face.
- Tesla said it would introduce "new models" by early 2025 using its current platforms and production lines as it retreated from more ambitious plans to produce an all-new model that had been expected to cost $25,000. For more on the industry, sign up to the Auto File newsletter.
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Trump 2.0: How US allies are working to iron out the bugs |
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Countries around the world are taking steps to defend their interests in the event Trump returns to power. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst |
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Germany is waging a charm offensive inside the GOP. Japan is lining up its own Trump whisperer. Mexico is talking to Camp Trump. And Australia is making laws to help Trump-proof its US defense ties. Everywhere, US allies are preparing for a Trump 2.0. Mark Bendeich breaks it down on the Reuters World News podcast. |
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A memorial for late former Beatle John Lennon. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo |
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A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain. The auctioneers said Lennon played the guitar, which is expected to exceed its estimate of $600,000 to $800,000, on the Beatles' 1965 album "Help!". |
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