International ocean tribunal to issue climate opinion in 'David and Goliath' precedent case
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - An international ocean court is expected to issue an advisory opinion on Tuesday on whether countries have a responsibility to reduce emissions and fight climate change - a judgement that could give legal levera...
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Biden reaches out to Republican leaders for support of border bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday urged Republican leaders in the House and Senate to support a revived bipartisan bill on border security, even as House Speaker Mike Johnson declared the bill would be "dead on arrival." Democrat...
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Biden campaign raises $51 million in April, down from March
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's re-election campaign said on Monday it raised over $51 million in April, down from an over $90 million haul in March, and less than the sum brought in by rival Donald Trump's campaign. The campaign for Republi...
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Yale graduates stage pro-Palestinian walkout of commencement
By Michelle McLoughlin and Steve Gorman NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Scores of graduating students staged a walkout from Yale University's commencement exercises on Monday, protesting the Israeli war in Gaza, Yale's financial ties to weapons ...
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Mexico's howler monkeys dropping dead as heat toll mounts
By Luis Manuel Lopez and Raul Cortes COMALCALCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Threatened howler monkeys have been dropping dead from trees in Mexico's southeastern tropical forests in recent weeks amid a nationwide drought and heat waves that have sent temp...
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US regulator homes in on malpractice in voluntary carbon markets
By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating greenwashing as part of its crackdown on fraud and misconduct in the voluntary carbon markets, a commissioner at the U.S. regulator said on Mond...
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US regulator to probe VinFast crash in California in which four died
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety investigators said Monday they will investigate a VinFast VF 8 crash in April in Pleasanton, California, in which a family of four died. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the investigati...
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Automakers back key parts of new US EPA vehicle emissions rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A trade group representing General Motors, Toyota Motor, Volkswagen and nearly all other major automakers on Monday backed two key portions of new U.S. rules to dramatically cut vehicle emissions through 2032. The Alliance fo...
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US FDA tested retail milk samples for bird flu in 17 states
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that it tested retail samples of milk and other dairy products in 17 states for viable bird flu virus, providing further details about the locations of the previously disclosed tests....
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Exclusive-Donald Trump foreign policy advisers met Israeli PM Netanyahu, source says
By Gram Slattery (Reuters) - Three former U.S. foreign policy officials in Donald Trump's administration met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures in Israel on Monday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the mat...
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Ivan Boesky, convict in 1980s insider trading scandal, dies at 87, NYT reports
(Reuters) - Ivan Boesky, the financier who was a central figure of the 1980s insider trading scandals, has died at the age of 87, the New York Times reported on Monday. Boesky, who partly inspired the Gordon Gekko character in the 1987 movie "Wall ...
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Blazes in Brazil's Amazon off to record start in 2024, as firefighting budget cut
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Amazon rainforest has experienced its largest blazes on record in the first four months of the year, with the environmental workers union on Monday placing partial blame on lower government spending on ...
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Close to 13,000 hogs perish in Brazil flood-hit state
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Hog farmers in Rio Grande do Sul lost an estimated 12,600 animals after floods submerged entire towns and destroyed critical infrastructure in Brazil's southernmost state, hog farmers lobby ACSURS said on Monday after c...
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Key Senate Democrat calls for new leadership at FDIC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown called for new leadership at the troubled Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Monday, urging President Joe Biden to immediately nominate someone to replace current Chairman Ma...
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US Supreme Court rebuffs appeal in Maryland assault weapon dispute
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to a Democratic-backed ban in Maryland on assault-style rifles such as AR-15s, steering clear of the dispute while the litigation continues in a lower court. ...
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US Supreme Court spurns former Guantanamo Bay detainee's appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a Canadian former Guantanamo Bay detainee's bid to vacate his convictions for the 2002 murder of an American soldier in Afghanistan and other crimes he committed at age 15 to which...
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Factbox-Over 226,000 customers still without power after storms in Texas
(Reuters) - More than 226,000 homes and businesses in Texas were still without power on Monday morning after storms battered the region last week and over the weekend, according to meteorologists and data fromPowerOutage.us. That is down from over ...
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US Supreme Court won't hear Maryland school district gender identity case
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid backed by a conservative Christian legal group to challenge a Maryland school district's policy against informing parents if their children identify as transgender ...
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Crashed ship that took down Baltimore bridge refloated, towed from channel
(Reuters) - Recovery teams refloated a huge cargo vessel impeding shipping in the Port of Baltimore early on Monday and began pulling it free of the main channel, two months after the boat crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge and caused the sp...
22h ago
Trump has the chance to testify at hush money trial - if he so chooses
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - For weeks, Donald Trump has sat silently in a New York courtroom while former employees and associates have testified in his criminal hush money trial. On Monday, the forme...
23h ago
Dogs shred waves in northern Spain surfing contest
By Vincent West SUANCES, Spain (Reuters) - Dozens of furry surfers and their human companions hit the beach in northern Spain over the weekend for the annual European dog surfing championship. Baloo and Ghost, a pair of Weimaraners, shredded the wa...
23h ago
Target lowering prices on 5,000 items in bid to lure more shoppers
(Reuters) - Target will be lowering prices on at least 5,000 frequently shopped products across its assortment ranging from milk to diapers, the big-box retailer said on Monday, as it looks to attract budget-stretched customers. Still-high food pri...
May 20, 2024
Schumer says US Senate will try again to pass border bill
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday the Senate would once again try to pass a bipartisan border security bill this week after a previous attempt failed when enough Republicans withdrew their support at the urging of...
May 20, 2024
Half of Americans oppose immigrant detention camps, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
By Ted Hesson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About half of U.S. voters oppose putting immigrants in the country illegally into detention camps while awaiting deportation, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, suggesting Americans may be wary of h...
May 20, 2024
U.S. regulator closes preliminary review of Tesla's Model X over seat belt issues
(Reuters) - The U.S. auto safety regulator closed the preliminary evaluation of certain Model X vehicles over seat belt issues, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday. (Reporting by Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru; Editing b...
May 20, 2024