US traffic deaths fall in early 2024 but above pre-COVID levels
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.2% in the first three months of 2024 -- the lowest number since the same period in 2020 -- but crash fatalities still remain sharply above pre-COVID levels. The National Highway ...
Jun 24, 2024
Democrats aim anger at Trump on anniversary of abortion rights ruling
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's campaign on Monday will use the second anniversary of a Supreme Court's decision overturning abortion rights to spotlight an issue it believes can help defeat Donald Trump in this year's ...
Jun 24, 2024
US Supreme Court gives pharma companies a chance to thwart terrorism-funding lawsuit
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court gave boost on Monday to a challenge by 21 pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies led by AstraZeneca to a lawsuit accusing them of illegally helping to fund terrorism that kille...
Jun 24, 2024
US Supreme Court to hear challenge to ban on transgender care for minors
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the legality of a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, as the justices waded into another contentious issue i...
Jun 24, 2024
Record rains paralyse China's southern city Changsha
BEIJING (Reuters) - Heavy rains swamped the southern Chinese city of Changsha on Monday, turning roads into rivers and submerging pedestrian underpasses and subway tunnels. Emergency crews ferried locals to and from their homes on rubber boats and ...
Jun 24, 2024
Delhi minister stages hunger strike for more water to city amid extreme heat
By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Delhi city minister has started an indefinite hunger strike to demand more drinking water for India's capital, where taps in some of its poorest neighbourhoods are running nearly dry in the middle of searing ...
Jun 24, 2024
Women in US have just 1/3 of men's retirement savings, Prudential report says
By makailah gause NEW YORK (Reuters) - Women in the U.S. have saved just a third of the amount that men have set aside for retirement, setting up a potential crisis among female retirees, according to a Prudential Financial survey released on Monda...
Jun 24, 2024
ISSB seeks to harmonise disclosures on corporate climate transition plans
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) said on Monday it would publish guidance to harmonise how companies across the world publish details on their "transition plans" to meet net-zero targets. Such ...
Jun 24, 2024
Prosecutors to seek limit on Trump's 'inflammatory' FBI claims
By Andrew Goudsward FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors will ask a judge on Monday to rein in Donald Trump's "inflammatory" statements about law enforcement agents working on the criminal case accusing the former president of mishandl...
Jun 24, 2024
Thousands displaced in floods in north-eastern India, rain abates
By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Thousands of people have been displaced in India's north-eastern state of Assam and at least 37 people have died in heavy rain, floods and landslides in the last two months, officials said on Monday. Alt...
Jun 24, 2024
From Black Sea to US Midwest, extreme weather threatens crop output
By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Forecast dryness in the Black Sea region's breadbasket is likely to stunt sunflower and corn yields, while heavy rain in the United States after near-record temperatures threaten to take a toll on crops, hitt...
Jun 24, 2024
Arkansas nurse was treating mass shooting victim when she herself was killed
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - One of the four people killed in a mass shooting at an Arkansas grocery was a 23-year-old nurse who was shot dead while treating another victim, police said on Sunday. "Instead of fleeing the store, she stopped to rende...
Jun 23, 2024
Heat wave scorches US East Coast as dangerous temperatures expand to West
(Reuters) - More than 100 million people across the U.S. were under heat warnings on Sunday, with cities on the East Coast bracing for record-breaking temperatures as the heat dome causing the dangerous conditions expands to the West Coast. Baltimo...
Jun 23, 2024
Egyptian haj death toll rises to 672
Cairo (Reuters) - The toll of Egyptians who died taking part in the haj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, amid extreme heat, has risen to 672 while another 25 are missing, security and medical sources told Reuters on Sunday. A crisis unit tas...
Jun 23, 2024
German minister says China indispensable to achieve climate goals
By Maria Martinez HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - China is indispensable to achieving global climate goals, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Sunday during a visit to the country. "Without China it would not be possible to meet the climate...
Jun 23, 2024
Indonesian Muslim metal group braces for biggest stage yet
By Ananda Teresia and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - With their Islamic headscarves and high-octane metal music, the women of the Indonesian band Voice of Baceprot have played stages from the United States to France. But they are nervous abou...
Jun 23, 2024
Hermes shows breezy summer styles for men on Paris runway
By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) - With pleated Bermuda shorts, muted pastels and cinched parkas, French label Hermes presented a breezy summer 2025 collection at Paris Men's Fashion Week that was marked by light, natural materials. There were few...
Jun 22, 2024
Trump to speak to Christian group, then court Black vote in Philadelphia
By Nathan Layne PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will speak on Saturday to an influential group of conservative Christian activists who advocate for restricting abortion, before heading to Philadelphia for a r...
Jun 22, 2024
Taylor Swift poses with Prince William after 'splendid' London concert
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William posed for a photo with U.S. music star Taylor Swift and two of his children, Charlotte and George, at the first night of Swift's Eras tour in London on Friday. A photo posted on Kensington Palace's X soci...
Jun 22, 2024
Six feared dead in landslides in China's Fujian province, CCTV says
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Six people have been found with no signs of life after going missing a week ago during landslides caused by heavy rainfall in China's southeastern province of Fujian, state television CCTV reported on Saturday. Rescue workers f...
Jun 22, 2024
Attacker of Nancy Pelosi's husband convicted, again, in California court
(Reuters) - A right-wing conspiracy theorist who attacked the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer was convicted of a host of charges in state court on Friday, following his conviction in federal court last year. A Califo...
Jun 22, 2024
Tunisian president sacks minister after the death of dozens on Haj pilgrimage
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Brahim Chaibi, the minister of religious affairs, following widespread criticism after the deaths of dozens of Tunisians taking part in the Haj pilgrimage, the presidency said on Friday. At lea...
Jun 22, 2024
Teamsters president to speak at Republican Convention in Milwaukee
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, will speak at the Republican National Convention (RNC) next month in Milwaukee, former President Donald Trump said in a post on his Truth Social pla...
Jun 21, 2024
US EPA to review Texas oversight of oil and gas wastewater disposal wells
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will review Texas' oversight of wells used for injecting into the ground wastewater and carbon dioxide related to oil drilling, over "substantial concerns" from en...
Jun 21, 2024
Trump campaign refunds Winklevoss twins after bitcoin donations exceed limit, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - The billionaire Winklevoss twins, founders of cryptocurrency company Gemini, were refunded after their bitcoin donations to Donald Trump's presidential campaign exceeded the maximum amount allowed under federal law, Bloomberg News repor...
Jun 21, 2024