As Trump arrested, Biden talks to Zelenskiy, appeals for campaign donations

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (Reuters) - As former President Donald Trump was arrested in Atlanta, U.S. President Joe Biden said he had spoken with Ukraine's president on Friday and issued a fresh appeal for contributions to his 2024 re-election campaign "apropos of nothing." Biden was silent all day on Friday while on vacation at a home...

The next steps in Trump’s criminal case in Georgia

(Adds dropped word "to" in first paragraph) (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump is due to surrender at a Georgia jail on Thursday to face charges he illegally tried to overturn the vote in the state in the 2020 presidential election which put Joe Biden in the White House. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Trump is due to report briefly...

Russian mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane appeared fine on radar until last 30 seconds

(Reuters) - An Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet, believed to have carried Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to his death on Wednesday, showed no sign of problem until a precipitous drop in its final 30 seconds, according to flight-tracking data. Rosaviatsia, Russia's aviation agency said Prigozhin, who led an aborted mutiny in June, was one of...

Moon rover exits India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft to explore lunar surface

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The moon rover of India's Chandrayaan-3 exited the spacecraft on Thursday morning to begin its exploration of the lunar surface, the country's space agency said on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The spacecraft landed on the unexplored south pole of the moon on Wednesday evening, making India the first country to...

In Argentina, scattered looting portends ugly election race as inflation bites

BUENOS AIRES/BARILOCHE (Reuters) - A spate of looting of stores and supermarkets around Argentina has led to dozens of arrests, a possible sign of increasing volatility with inflation over 100% and a tense race to general elections in October. The looting, from southern Patagonian city Bariloche to wine region Mendoza and around capital Buenos Aires, has...

US says it does not support Ukrainian strikes inside Russia

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not encourage or enable attacks inside Russia, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said after Russian authorities said they downed drones that tried to attack Moscow early on Wednesday. It is up to Ukraine to decide how it chooses to defend itself from the Russian invasion that began in February...

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is expected to be arrested upon his return as he ends almost two decades of self-imposed exile, pays his respects to a portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thailand’s jailed ex-PM Thaksin hospitalised after return from exile

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was moved to hospital overnight, officials said on Wednesday, over concern about his heart and high blood pressure on his first night in jail following his historic return from self-exile. The latest condition of 74-year-old Thaksin, the billionaire founder of the populist juggernaut Pheu Thai, was not clear...

Srettha endorsed by king as Thailand’s new PM – official

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Srettha Thavisin of the Pheu Thai Party has been confirmed as prime minister after receiving royal endorsement following his victory in a parliamentary vote, a spokesperson for the house speaker said on Wednesday. "His Majesty has given royal assent for the 30th prime minister of Thailand," spokesperson Khumpee Ditthakorn told reporters. (Reporting by...

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy has ‘fruitful’ talks with Serbian president

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he had had "open, honest and fruitful" talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. "An open, honest, and fruitful meeting with the President of Serbia," Zelenskiy, who is visiting Athens, wrote on the Telegram messaging app under a photograph of the two leaders shaking hands. "Good conversation on...

Most Thais oppose plan for Pheu Thai-military coalition government – poll

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Most Thais disagree with the leading plan for a coalition government which includes military-backed groups, an opinion poll showed on Sunday, two days before a parliamentary vote aiming to end a three-month political stalemate. About 64% of 1,310 respondents disagreed or totally disagreed with the idea of the Pheu Thai party forming a...