Blinken to testify to US Congress under shadow of Israel policy divides
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to make his case for President Joe Biden's $64 billion foreign affairs budget request in four congressional hearings this week, amid deep divides with Republ...
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US households still pinched by inflation, Fed report says
(Reuters) - U.S. households continued to feel pinched by inflation in late 2023 even as price pressures ebbed, the Federal Reserve reported on Tuesday, with most Americans saying their financial situation had changed little in the last year, while ...
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American Airlines must face pilots' lawsuit over paid military leave
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit by American Airlines pilots over the carrier's failure to pay them for short-term military leave. In a 3-0 decision, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Phila...
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Texas heat wave sends power demand to all-time high for May
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - Power use in Texas broke the record for the month of May on Monday and will likely top that high over the next week as homes and businesses keep their air conditioners cranked up to escape a spring heat wave. Extreme w...
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Factbox-Climate court cases that could set new precedents around the world
By Jake Spring (Reuters) - Courts around the world are hearing an ever-growing number of climate change lawsuits with some of the largest cases in history being decided in 2024 and 2025. Here are the key cases to watch: INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTI...
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Trump's defense rests case in hush money trial without calling Trump as witness
NEW YORK - Donald Trump's defense lawyers on Tuesday rested their case at his criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star without calling the former U.S. president as a witness. Taking the stand would have given Trump, th...
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Trump's lawyers to mount defense in hush money trial if case is not dismissed
By Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers will mount their defense on Tuesday in the former president's hush money trial, unless the judge overseeing the case agrees to dismiss it outright - an unlikely development...
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After backlash, Trump pulls social media post with reference to 'unified Reich'
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Donald Trump has taken down a video posted to his Truth Social account that included reference to a "unified Reich" after President Joe Biden's campaign and others criticized the use of language often associated with the...
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Global carbon emissions pricing raised record $104 billion in 2023
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Countries raised a record $104 billion last year by charging firms for emitting carbon dioxide, but prices remain too low to drive changes needed to meet Paris climate accord targets, the World Bank said in a r...
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Britain doubles down on climate target, rules out accounting loophole
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it was doubling down on its net zero emissions target after ruling out using an accounting loophole that would have seen it use surplus emission cuts to meet future climate goals. The move comes after Britain's indep...
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Paris climate accord is not enough to protect oceans, court says
HAMBURG (Reuters) - An international court said on Tuesday greenhouse gas emissions absorbed by the ocean were considered marine pollution, and nations are obliged to protect marine environments by going further than the requirements of the Paris c...
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Factbox-India's northwest braces for more heatwaves amid elections
By Chris Thomas NEW DELHI (Reuters) - As India's northwest braces for more heatwave days this summer, capital Delhi has ordered the closure of all schools as temperatures surge as high as 47 degrees Celsius ahead of voting in the final two phases o...
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China sanctions ex-US lawmaker and supporter of Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) -China has banned former U.S. lawmaker Mike Gallagher from entering the country and taken other measures in response to his words and actions that "interfered in China's internal affairs", the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. China w...
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Oil shipments at risk from rising sea levels, think tank warns
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Rising sea levels could severely disrupt crude oil shipments and erode energy security in import-dependent countries like China, South Korea and Japan, with many of the world's biggest terminals vulnerable to ...
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Grieving chimpanzee carries dead baby for months at Spanish zoo
VALENCIA (Reuters) - Visitors to the Bioparc zoo in the Spanish city of Valencia have been greeted over the past three months with the moving sight of a grieving chimpanzee carrying around her dead baby. The ape, named Natalia, lost her child when ...
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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....
May 20, 2024
Election year Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' premieres at Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - "The Apprentice", Iran-born director Ali Abbasi's much-anticipated drama of a young Donald Trump's ascendancy as a New York real estate mogul, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. Part of the pull of the film ...
May 20, 2024