US airlines forecast record 2024 summer travel, up 6.3% over 2023
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group representing major U.S. airlines forecast record summer travel with carriers expected to transport 271 million passengers, up 6.3%. Airlines for America said Tuesday that U.S. carriers plan to fly more than 26,000 dai...
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Three men to plead guilty in the killing of Boston gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger
(Reuters) - Three men accused in the beating death of one of Boston's most notorious mobsters, James "Whitey" Bulger, have reached plea deals with federal prosecutors over their roles in the 2018 killing inside a federal prison, according to court ...
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US House Speaker Johnson to join Republican parade at Trump hush money trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson will join former President Donald Trump at his hush money trial in Manhattan on Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter said. Johnson, the top Republican in Con...
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Inaugural Africa clean cooking summit sees $2.2 billion pledged
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - A push to provide clean cooking options for the more than 1 billion people in Africa who currently rely on fuels such as charcoal and wood has raised $2.2 billion in pledges from governments and the private sector...
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As pollution kills, Africa needs billions for climate-ready stoves
By Bukola Adebayo LAGOS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite her well-honed sales pitch, Aanu Ajayi is often met by scepticism when out selling energy-efficient stoves in the Nigerian city of Lagos - highlighting some of the hurdles Africa faces ...
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Trump's former fixer Cohen to resume testifying about hush money deal with porn star
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen will resume testifying on Tuesday at the Republican presidential candidate's criminal trial, a day after telling jurors that Trump personally auth...
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The water tanker drivers who keep 'India's Silicon Valley' Bengaluru going
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Basavaraj, a water tanker driver in India's tech hub Bengaluru, has to leave home by 6:30 a.m. each day to collect enough water for his customers, who now depend on his services for a very basic need. Residents of the southern...
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Countries make late bid to salvage EU's nature law
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of 11 countries, led by Ireland, has made a last-ditch attempt to approve the EU's flagship policy to restore damaged nature, amid concerns the law could be shelved following EU elections in June. The law...
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US opens probe into Alphabet's Waymo over performance of self-driving vehicles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday they have opened an investigation into the performance of Alphabet's Waymo self-driving vehicles after reports of its robotaxis exhibiting driving behavior that potentially violated tr...
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Biden sharply hikes US tariffs on billions in Chinese chips, cars
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a bundle of steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports including electric vehicles, computer chips and medical products, risking an el...
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EU finalises investment fund labels to combat greenwashing
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's securities watchdog confirmed on Tuesday final guidelines on when investment funds can label themselves as being 'sustainable' without being accused of greenwashing. Trillions of dollars globally...
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Australian weather bureau sees 50% chance of La Nina this year
CANBERRA (Reuters) - There are early signs that a La Nina weather event may form in the Pacific Ocean later this year, Australia's weather bureau said on Tuesday. A La Nina would have significant consequences for global agriculture because it typic...
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Lidar maker Hesai sues US government, denies alleged link to China's military
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - China-based Hesai Group sued the U.S. government on Monday for adding the maker of lidar light sensors to a list of companies allegedly working with Beijing's military. Hesai, whose lidars help self-driving cars and driver...
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Death toll from floods in Indonesia's West Sumatra rises to 50
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The number of people killed by flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province has risen to 52 and more than 3,000 people were evacuated, authorities said on Tuesday. Torrential rain on Saturday evening triggere...
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Missouri man pleads guilty to crashing truck into White House security barriers
(Reuters) - A Missouri man pleaded guilty on Monday to crashing a rented truck into metal barriers surrounding the White House in May 2023, admitting that he had been "fueled by the ideology of Nazi Germany" and hoped to overthrow the U.S. governme...
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Gucci takes over London's Tate Modern for cruise line catwalk show
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Gucci turned London's Tate Modern art gallery into a catwalk on Monday, as the Italian luxury label presented its cruise 2025 line in the British city that once inspired its founder. Creative director Sa...
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RFK Jr and super PAC sue Meta, claiming election interference
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr and a super PAC supporting him filed a lawsuit on Monday against Facebook parent Meta Platforms, alleging the tech giant interfered in the election...
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Canadian firefighters battle wildfire sweeping towards B.C. town
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Firefighters in western Canada on Monday battled a large wildfire just outside the largely-evacuated remote town of Fort Nelson in British Columbia, a local official said. Fort Nelson is in the line of one of the season's first m...
May 13, 2024
Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration
By Lisandra Paraguassu MUCUM, Brazil (Reuters) - Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting their lives from inundated towns to rebuild on higher ground. Two wee...
May 13, 2024
Abuses documented in FDIC sexual misconduct report unacceptable, Yellen says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday said abuses documented in a report on workplace problems at the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation were "totally unacceptable" and not in line with the Biden administrati...
May 13, 2024
Collapsed Baltimore bridge to be blasted into pieces, removed from crippled ship
(Reuters) - U.S. crews in Baltimore plan to set off controlled explosions on Monday to allow them to remove a portion of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the bow of the massive container ship that toppled the span in March. The detonatio...
May 13, 2024
Four dead, several feared trapped under billboard in freak accident during Mumbai rainstorm
MUMBAI (Reuters) - At least four people are dead, 61 injured and more than 40 feared trapped after a massive billboard fell during a rainstorm in India's financial capital of Mumbai on Monday, local officials said. The rainstorm was accompanied by ...
May 13, 2024
Polish farmers begin hunger strike over EU Green Deal
WARSAW (Reuters) - Five Polish farmers have gone on hunger strike over European Union environmental regulations they say are driving them out of business. Farmers in Poland and elsewhere in the bloc have been protesting in recent months against che...
May 13, 2024
Yellen to tout broadband investments in trip to rural Virginia
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to Stafford County, Virginia on Monday to tour a broadband infrastructure project funded by the $1.9 trillion COVID-era American Rescue Plan and underscore the...
May 13, 2024
FERC to overhaul US electric transmission system
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is expected to issue a final rule on Monday that could set new requirements for moving electricity across states and covering the costs of new transmission project...
May 13, 2024