China's climate envoy to visit Washington this week, the State Department says
(Reuters) - The United States will host China's Special Envoy for Climate Change Liu Zhenmin in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday, the State Department said. The Biden administration had previously said that U.S. climate change diplomat John Pod...
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Zendaya in blue, sparkling J Lo arrive at garden-themed Met Gala
By Ben Kellerman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zendaya posed wearing a blue gown adorned with clusters of grapes on the green and white carpeted entrance to the lavish annual Met Gala on Monday, which this year has a garden theme. Stars were told to dress i...
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US must support critical mineral projects in risky nations, White House adviser says
(Reuters) - The United States and its allies must encourage mining projects in countries where Western corporations are reticent to do business to guarantee a reliable and sustainable global supply of the critical minerals needed to combat climate ...
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US soldier detained in Russia, US official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier has been detained in Russia during recent private travel there, a U.S. official told Reuters on Monday. The soldier's arrest was first reported by NBC News, which said Russian authorities accused the service me...
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Exclusive-Ex-tabloid publisher David Pecker, witness at Trump trial, a 'swatting' target
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, who testified at Donald Trump's criminal trial last month, was targeted in a fake emergency the same day he took the stand in New York, according to police records seen...
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Israel's Eurovision contestant Eden Golan hopes to 'unite by music'
By Ilze Filks and Tom Little MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Eden Golan, Israel's contender in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, hopes to unite people through her music when she performs this week in Malmo, Sweden, she said in an interview. The 68th vers...
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US FAA opens new probe into Boeing 787 inspections
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it has opened a new investigation into the Boeing 787 Dreamliner after the planemaker told the regulator last month it may not have completed required in...
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Conservative US judges boycott Columbia grads over campus Gaza protests
By Nate Raymond and Karen Sloan (Reuters) - A group of 13 conservative U.S. federal judges said on Monday that they would not hire law students or undergraduates from Columbia University in response to its handling of pro-Palestinian demonstrations...
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Reuters wins Pulitzers for national reporting and breaking news photography
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Reuters won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, taking home the national reporting award for a series of investigations into Elon Musk's manufacturing empire and the breaking news photography award for searing images of the Isra...
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Massachusetts top court to hear challenges to gig worker ballot measures
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The top Massachusetts court on Monday is set to consider whether the state's voters will get to decide two ballot proposals in November that would redefine the relationship between app-based companies like Uber Te...
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New York state sues group over abortion pill reversal claims
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - New York state's top prosecutor on Monday sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of misleading and potentially endangering women by claiming that they can ...
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Pentagon sees no change in Russia's strategic nuclear force posture
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has not seen a change to Russia's disposition of its strategic nuclear forces, it said on Monday, despite what it called "irresponsible rhetoric" from Moscow detailing plans for exercises involving the deploymen...
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Chicago museum acquires new specimen of famed Archaeopteryx
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - An exquisitely preserved fossil of the earliest-known bird Archaeopteryx, a pigeon-sized specimen revealing new anatomical details of a creature whose 19th century discovery lent support to Charles Darwin's ideas about ev...
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U.S. hospital network Steward files for bankruptcy, aims for new loan
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steward Health, which operates 30 hospitals in nine U.S. states, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas on Monday, aiming to secure a new loan from its landlord Medical Properties Trust. The privately-owned...
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Trump to return to New York courtroom for criminal hush money trial
By Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump returns to a New York courtroom on Monday, where he will be forced to sit silently while others testify about his efforts during the 2016 presidential election to cover up news of an...
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Columbia cancels university-wide commencement ceremony after protests
By Julia Harte NEW YORK (Reuters) -Columbia University on Monday canceled its main, university-wide commencement ceremony scheduled for May 15 in favor of smaller, school-based events, a decision that follows weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that roil...
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Death toll from Brazil downpours climbs to 83
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed at least 83 people, authorities said on Monday, up from 78 reported a day earlier. Rio Grande do Sul's civil defense authority said 111 people ...
May 06, 2024
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes Chukotka, Russia - EMSC
(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Chukotka, Russia, on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing...
May 06, 2024
Italy split on possible solar plant curbs that may jeopardise green goals
By Giuseppe Fonte and Francesca Landini ROME (Reuters) - Italy's rightwing coalition is split over a possible ban on the installation of solar panels on agricultural land, according to draft decrees and government officials, a move that could jeopa...
May 06, 2024
Democrat Hakeem Jeffries steps up as House Republicans roast Johnson
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Democratic minority leader in a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries' influence is normally limited. This week, he may be the most powerful person in Congress. That is becaus...
May 06, 2024
VP Harris announces more than $100 million to support auto workers
(Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday announced more than $100 million in funding and resources to support American auto workers and small auto suppliers. Historic contracts secured by the United Auto Workers with the Big Three De...
May 06, 2024
ABC News President Kim Godwin steps down, memo says
(Reuters) - Kim Godwin decided to step down from her position as president of Disney-owned ABC News, the executive said in an internal memo seen by Reuters on Sunday night. No successor has been named for the position. "I have decided to retire fro...
May 06, 2024
Trump accuses Biden of running 'Gestapo administration'
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Democratic rival President Joe Biden of running a "Gestapo administration" in a private address to donors in which he also attacked prosecutors involved i...
May 05, 2024
French bakers make world's longest baguette, beating Italy
PARIS (Reuters) - French bakers cooked the world's longest baguette on Sunday at 140.53 metres (461 ft), reclaiming a record for one of the nation's best-known emblems taken by Italy for five years. The baguette, about 235 times longer than the tra...
May 05, 2024
Eurovision 2024 begins in Malmo with contestants' walk on 'Turquoise Carpet'
MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Eurovision 2024 began in the Swedish city of Malmo on Sunday when 37 contenders walked the "Turquoise Carpet" amid heightened security and calls for boycotts due to Israel's participation. The 68th version of the song cont...
May 05, 2024