Greece battles wildfires fanned by strong winds, evacuates villages
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece battled on Friday several wildfires at the southern tip of its mainland which were fanned by gale-force winds and forced evacuations of villages. Dozens of firefighters assisted by eight aircraft were deployed to tame fore...
Jun 21, 2024
Taylor Swift fans welcomed to London with Eras-inspired Tube map
By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) - Taylor Swift's Eras tour was welcomed by a sparkling London Tube map redesigned in the singer's honour on Friday, as the British capital eyes a 300 million pound ($379 million) windfall. Swift is due to perform eight ...
Jun 21, 2024
US Supreme Court upholds federal domestic-violence gun ban
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to have guns, handing a victory to President Joe Biden's administration as the justi...
Jun 21, 2024
Power blackout hits Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania and Croatia's Adriatic coast
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Montenegro, Bosnia and most of Croatia's Adriatic coast where temperatures approached 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40°C), experienced a major power blackout on Friday, according to Montenegro power distributor CEDIS and local media....
Jun 21, 2024
Major Chinese asset managers have no plans to phase out fossil fuel investments, Greenpeace says
By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) - Major Chinese asset managers have billions of dollars invested in fossil fuels with no plans for a phase out, a new Greenpeace report said. The environmental organisation's analysis of 16 major Chinese asset mana...
Jun 21, 2024
Death toll from Guangdong floods in China jumps to 38, state media reports
BEIJING (Reuters) - The death toll has risen to 38 from nine in China's southern Guangdong province as of Friday, following days of torrential rains that triggered floods and mudslides, Chinese state television CCTV reported. (Reporting by Ella Ca...
Jun 21, 2024
Trump to challenge special counsel appointment in documents case
By Andrew Goudsward FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) - Donald Trump continues his legal assault Friday on the criminal case accusing the former U.S. president of mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House, when his lawyers challen...
Jun 21, 2024
Severe drought forces corn farmers in China's east to delay planting
By Xihao Jiang, Nicoco Chan and Mei Mei Chu JINAN, China (Reuters) - After weeks of scorching heat and little rain, farmer Zhang Yunjing had no choice but to collect water from a wastewater pipe to irrigate her parched corn field in China's eastern...
Jun 21, 2024
US NHC says 50% chance of cyclone near northern Bahamas
(Reuters) - An area of low pressure located about 175 miles north-northeast of the northern Bahamas has 50% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Thursday. "Environmental conditions rema...
Jun 21, 2024
American Airlines' flight attendants prepare to strike
(Reuters) - A union representing flight attendants for American Airlines Group said on Thursday they are preparing to strike after contract negotiations with the carrier failed to produce an agreement this week. The Association of Professional Flig...
Jun 21, 2024
Conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon gives $50 million to pro-Trump super PAC
By Jason Lange (Reuters) - Conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon, an heir of the Pittsburgh-based Mellon banking family, gave $50 million last month to a super PAC supporting Republican Donald Trump's presidential bid, according to a federal disc...
Jun 21, 2024
As baseball honors Black history, Reggie Jackson recalls racist past
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - (This story contains racial slur in paragraph 2 and language that some readers might find offensive in paragraph 7) Baseball great Reggie Jackson offered fans a stark history lesson on Thursday, recalling the racism Bla...
Jun 21, 2024
Hawaii agrees to settle youth climate change lawsuit
(Reuters) - Hawaii on Thursday agreed to settle a lawsuit by 13 young people alleging the U.S. state was violating their rights under its constitution by operating a transportation system that contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and climate cha...
Jun 21, 2024
Solar can provide 20% of world electricity on northern summer solstice, thinktank says
LONDON (Reuters) - The world has enough solar power capacity to generate a fifth of its midday peak electricity needs on the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, up from 16% last year, a report by thinktank Ember showed on Friday. WH...
Jun 20, 2024
US DOJ drops claims that TikTok misled US consumers in lawsuit, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice will not pursue allegations that TikTok misled U.S. consumers about their data security in a forthcoming suit accusing the company of children's privacy violations, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The...
Jun 20, 2024
Ukraine's use of US-supplied weapons in Russia not limited to near Kharkiv, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine can use U.S.-supplied weapons to hit Russian forces that are firing on Ukrainian troops anywhere across the border into Russia and not just in Russian territory near Ukraine's Kharkiv region, the Pentagon said on Thur...
Jun 20, 2024
Trump says foreign college graduates should automatically get green cards
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that people who graduate from university in the United States should "automatically" get a green card to be able to stay in the country. "You graduate from a college, ...
Jun 20, 2024
IMF approves over $900 million to support Tanzania budget, climate change fight
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The IMF said on Thursday its executive board approved funding for Tanzania of $786.2 million to help tackle climate change while also completing a separate review allowing for the disbursement of $149.4 mill...
Jun 20, 2024
Biden-era policy against hospital web trackers unlawful, judge rules
(Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Thursday ruled that guidance issued by President Joe Biden's administration that bars hospitals and other medical providers from using online tracking technologies that monitor users of their websites was unl...
Jun 20, 2024
California rejects AT&T bid to stop offering landline service in some areas
(Reuters) - A California state agency said on Thursday it had rejected AT&T's bid to be able to stop offering landline telephone service and other services as the "carrier of last resort." Marin County said AT&T's request made in March 2023 would h...
Jun 20, 2024
Biden administration bypasses Republican hold on funding for Haiti, lawmaker says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has decided to bypass a months-long Republican hold on millions of dollars in funding for a security mission in Haiti, one of the lawmakers who imposed the hold said on Thursday. The ...
Jun 20, 2024
Charges dropped for Columbia University students arrested at pro-Palestinian protests
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of pro-Palestinian student protesters arrested in April after occupying and barricading a building at Columbia University in New York City had all criminal charges against them dropped on Thursday, Manh...
Jun 20, 2024
Strike at Brazil environmental agency impacts Petrobras' Equatorial Margin drilling request
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The ongoing strike at Brazil's environmental agency Ibama is impacting the analysis of Petrobras' request to drill a well in the Equatorial Margin, an Ibama official told Reuters on Thursday. Itag...
Jun 20, 2024
Billionaire Melinda French Gates backs Biden in first-ever endorsement
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Philanthropist Melinda French Gates has given Democratic incumbent Joe Biden her first ever U.S. presidential endorsement, citing his support for reproductive rights among other issues. Gates this year left ...
Jun 20, 2024
FBI names Ohio man suspect in 1996 Shenandoah double murder
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday named a convicted rapist from Ohio as the lone suspect in the long-unsolved case of two young women murdered in Shenandoah National Park 28 years ago. Federal officials said they used...
Jun 20, 2024