Biden to meet Philippine President at White House on May 1

WASHINGTON/MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr at the White House on May 1 to discuss economic cooperation and the Indo-Pacific region, Manila and Washington said on Friday. The treaty allies have enjoyed warmer ties since Marcos took office last June, reversing his predecessor’s anti-U.S. stance. Next …

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U.S. House Republicans squirm over Speaker McCarthy’s debt ceiling proposal

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has begun working in earnest to persuade his fellow Republicans to support a $1.5 trillion increase in the nation’s debt ceiling, amid early indications of a possible revolt in his thin majority. McCarthy faces the toughest test of his young speakership with a bill …

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Sudan’s paramilitary RSF agrees to 72-hour truce on humanitarian grounds

CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said it had agreed to a 72-hour truce on humanitarian grounds, effective from 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) Friday, offering a potential respite from a six-day military conflict with the Sudanese army. “The truce coincides with the blessed Eid Al-Fitr (Muslim holiday) … to open humanitarian corridors …

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Elon Musk’s Starship explodes minutes after first test flight’s liftoff

By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman BOCA CHICA, Texas (Reuters) -SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft exploded minutes after liftoff in an uncrewed test flight from South Texas on Thursday, cutting short a key step in Elon Musk’s development of a rocket vessel to eventually take humans to the moon and Mars. The flight test was the …

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SpaceX rocket explosion illustrates Elon Musk’s ‘successful failure’ formula

By Steve Gorman and Arlene Eiras LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The spectacular explosion of SpaceX’s new Starship rocket minutes after it soared off its launch pad on a first flight test is the latest vivid illustration of a “successful failure” business formula that serves Elon Musk’s company well, experts said on Thursday. Rather than seeing …

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G7 nations considering near-total ban on exports to Russia -Kyodo

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Group of Seven (G7) countries are considering a near-total ban on exports to Russia, Kyodo news agency reported on Friday, citing Japanese government sources. Bloomberg news on Thursday also reported that the United States and Ukraine’s allies were considering “an outright ban on most exports to Russia”. That report said officials …

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