Farmers in southern Mexico rescue bees as drought grips region
SANTA ANA ZEGACHE, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican farmer Floriberto Matias carefully picks up a honeycomb teeming with bees, as he and fellow activists in southern Mexico carry the delicate structures to a nearby apiary for the buzzing creatures. In th...
May 13, 2024
Aggrieved former lawyer Michael Cohen to testify against Trump at hush money trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's estranged former fixer Michael Cohen is expected to begin giving testimony on Monday that could determine whether jurors convict the former U.S. president of illegally hiding a payment to silence a p...
May 13, 2024
Illegal wildlife trafficking is stubbornly prevalent, U.N. report says
VIENNA (Reuters) - Illegal trafficking of plant and animal wildlife remains stubbornly prevalent, according to a U.N. report on Monday, and it is critical governments focus on more than just "iconic" species like elephants, where progress had been ...
May 13, 2024
Malaysian carbon exchange to host first local carbon credit auction in July
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's voluntary carbon market exchange will host an auction of its first Malaysian carbon credits on July 25, stock exchange operator Bursa Malaysia said on Monday. The auction by the Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX) would ...
May 13, 2024
US auto workers union seeks tough victory at Mercedes plant in Alabama
By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) - Workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama began voting Monday on whether to join the United Auto Workers union, a significant test of whether the labor group can maintain momentum in the historically anti-union ...
May 13, 2024
Massachusetts takes Uber, Lyft to trial over status of gig workers
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Uber Technologies and Lyft are set to face trial on Monday in a U.S. lawsuit by Massachusetts' attorney general alleging the ride-share companies misclassified their drivers as independent contractors rather than ...
May 13, 2024
Floods kill 37 in Indonesia's West Sumatra, 17 missing
TANAH DATAR (Reuters) - Flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province killed at least 37 people this weekend while the search for 17 missing people is still ongoing, authorities said on Monday. Torrential rain on Saturday evening...
May 13, 2024
Glencore seeks Australian carbon capture approval amid farmer protests
By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Queensland state will decide this month whether to give Glencore a key approval to bury liquefied carbon dioxide in the country's largest aquifer, a plan farm groups say must be blocked because it ri...
May 13, 2024
Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul may have more record level flooding
By Lisandra Paraguassu PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - Less than two weeks after floods devastated Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state leaving at least 143 dead, the state is again on alert this Sunday with the risk of water rising once more...
May 12, 2024
First human to receive transplanted pig kidney dies
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said. "The Mass General transp...
May 12, 2024
Spreading Western Canada wildfire prompts thousands to evacuate
TORONTO (Reuters) - The season's first major wildfire continued to burn across Western Canada as firefighters tamed the fast spreading blaze while authorities evacuated a town in British Columbia and advised residents of an oil hub in Alberta to pr...
May 12, 2024
Death toll from rains in Brazil's south reaches 143, govt announces emergency spending
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state rose to 143, the local civil defense government body said on Sunday, up from 136 in the previous day, while another 125 people remain unaccounted for. On...
May 12, 2024
Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Low-budget cinema maestro Roger Corman, who cranked out hundreds of outrageous films over six decades and helped launch the careers of acclaimed directors Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron an...
May 12, 2024
Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement prompts walkout protesting his support for Israel
(Reuters) - Dozens of students walked out of Duke University's commencement ceremony on Sunday as some chanted "free Palestine" to protest its guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, for supporting Israel throughout the war in Gaza, according to vi...
May 12, 2024
Celebrating Buddha's birthday, a South Korean DJ is in spotlight
By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - The man with a shaved head, a beatific smile and flowing grey monk's robes was not offering meditation tips to soothe stress. Instead, he was playing electronic dance music and shouting "This too sh...
May 12, 2024
Campus Gaza rallies may subside, but experts see possible 'hot summer of protest'
By Brad Brooks DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) - About a dozen students arrested by police clearing a sit-in at a Denver college campus emerged from detainment to cheers from fellow pro-Palestinian protesters, several waving yellow court summons like ti...
May 12, 2024
Death toll from Afghanistan floods rises to 315, Taliban ministry says
KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban-run ministry for refugees said on Sunday the death toll from flooding in northern Afghanistan was 315 with more than 1,600 people injured. The interior ministry had said on Sunday the official death toll from the flash floo...
May 12, 2024
Body camera video captures first reactions to Baltimore bridge collapse
(This story contains explicit language in paragraph 3) (Reuters) - Body camera video captured the shocked reactions of first responders in the aftermath of the collapse of a Baltimore bridge in March in which six men were killed. The recordings, ob...
May 12, 2024
Auroras dazzle in Latin America as solar storm causes rare displays
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The biggest geomagnetic storm in two decades, sparked by solar flares, caused dazzling lights displays in parts of Latin America overnight on Friday, including a rare appearance in Mexico. In Mexicali, a desert city on Mexic...
May 11, 2024
Billionaire investor Ken Griffin calls on Harvard to embrace 'western values'
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Kenneth Griffin called on his alma mater Harvard University on Saturday to embrace "western values", saying that the turmoil across college campuses was the product of a "cultural revolution" in U.S. education. Grif...
May 11, 2024
Death toll from floods in Brazil's south climbs to 136
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 136, local civil defense said on Saturday, up from 126 in the previous day, while another 125 people remain unaccounted for. Storms and fl...
May 11, 2024
Nikki Haley under active consideration by Trump campaign to be running mate, Axios reports
(Reuters) - Nikki Haley is under active consideration by Donald Trump's campaign to be his running mate, Axios reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the dynamic. Trump could pick Haley if he were convinced she could help him win the pre...
May 11, 2024
Death toll in Afghanistan floods rises to 151, says Taliban interior ministry
KABUL (Reuters) - The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 151 people, the Taliban's interior ministry said on Saturday. At least 135 people have been injured in the flooding, induced by heavy rain ...
May 11, 2024
Prosecutors urge 40 years in prison for attacker of Pelosi's husband
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and clubbed her husband with a hammer should serve 40 years in prison for his conviction on federal offenses that amount to a crime of terrorism, prose...
May 11, 2024
US judge blocks rule capping credit card late fees at $8
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal judge in Texas on Friday blocked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new rule for an $8 cap on credit card late fees, a victory for business and banking groups that said the regulator exceeded its authority. ...
May 10, 2024