WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday moved to expedite its appeal of an order appointing a special master to review all of the records the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate. In a court filing late on …
Analysis-Mexico data hack exposes government cybersecurity vulnerability
By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY – A major hack into classified government information in Mexico, including thousands of emails from the armed forces, exposed the country’s vulnerability to cyberattacks due to under-investment and poor technological preparedne…
S&P cuts UK rating outlook after tax cut plan
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s cut the outlook for its AA credit rating for British sovereign debt on Friday to “negative” from “stable” as it judged Prime Minister Liz Truss’s tax cut plans would cause debt to kee…
N.Korea fires ballistic missiles, marking fourth in a week
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea off the east coast on Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking Pyongyang’s fourth launch in a week as it ratchets up tension around the Korean pen…
Wall St posts third straight quarterly loss as inflation weighs, recession looms
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 closed the books on its steepest September decline in two decades on Friday, skidding across the finish line of a tumultuous quarter fraught with historically hot inflation, rising interest rates and rec…
U.S. sailor found not guilty of fire that destroyed ship
(Reuters) – A U.S. Navy sailor was found not guilty on Friday of starting a fire that destroyed the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in 2020. Seaman Recruit Ryan Mays was acquitted of charges of arson and the willful hazarding of a…
U.S. House Democrat says party leaders derailing stock-trading bill
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A vulnerable Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives accused her party’s leaders on Friday of undermining efforts to move forward before the Nov. 8 midterm elections on a bill to restrict members of Congress…
U.S. consumers spurn cars, couches and cruises, results show
By Mehr Bedi (Reuters) – U.S. consumers are exhibiting fragility ahead of the peak period for corporate results next month, as some are struggling to pay bills and others are slowing purchases of cars, sneakers, and household goods, the week’s earnings…
Iran arrests Europeans accused of role in unrest
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran, which has blamed “foreign enemies” for protests that swept the country after the death of a woman in police custody, has arrested nine European nationals for their role in the unrest, the Intelligence Ministry sa…
IMF says Ukraine war prompts worst global food crisis since at least 2008
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Ukraine war’s disruptions to grain and fertilizer flows have prompted the worst food security crisis since at least the one following the 2007-2008 global financial meltdown, with some 345 million people now fa…