WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Securities and Exchange Commission charged three men on Monday in a scheme that resulted in a $100 million valuation for a New Jersey deli and a separate shell company, the agency said on Monday. “We allege that the defendant…
Exclusive-After vote to remove him, IDB’s Claver-Carone says will pursue legal action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Inter-American Development Bank President Mauricio Claver-Carone on Monday denied any allegations of wrongdoing and said he had not been informed by Latin America’s biggest development bank that its governing board had voted to r…
Swastika-wearing ex-pupil kills 15 in Russian school shooting
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A gunman with a swastika on his teeshirt killed 15 people, including 11 children, and wounded 24 at a school in Russia on Monday before committing suicide, investigators said. The attacker, a man in his early thirties who was named by…
Russians flee to Georgia after Putin’s mobilisation order
TBILISI (Reuters) – Russian men are fleeing into neighbouring Georgia to avoid being called-up to fight in a war they do not agree with following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order to mobilise hundreds of thousands of reservists for the conflict …
A tale of two cities as Londoners mourn, tourists cheer pound’s slide
By Muvija M and Aiden Nulty LONDON (Reuters) – As a drizzle fell over a grey autumnal London, and the pound plummeted on traders’ screens, U.S. tourist Heather Davidson saw one gleaming bright spot on her horizon – the chance of ever cheaper treats in …
GEO Group wins legal challenge to California ban on private immigrant prisons
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday struck down California’s ban on privately-run immigrant detention centers in a challenge brought by private prison operator GEO Group Inc and the Biden administration. The San Francisco-based…
In Syrian north, women protest over death of Iran’s Amini
QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – Hundreds of women protested in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria on Monday over the death of an Iranian Kurdish woman in the custody of Iran’s morality police, with some cutting their hair and burning headscarves in an echo …
Canada to remove all COVID travel restrictions from Oct 1
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will drop all COVID-19 restrictions for travelers from Oct. 1, including vaccination and masking requirements for flights and trains, the government said on Monday. The move is likely to boost the Canadian travel industry, alre…
Wall Street mixed as it digests macro ‘tsunami’
By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were mixed, oil prices were choppy, and the dollar and Treasury yields rose on Monday as Wall Street digested a raft of macroeconomic news. The moves came after sterling slumped to a record low earlier in …
Russia says ‘no decisions’ on closing borders amid exodus of military-age men
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – The Kremlin refused to deny on Monday that Russia might close its borders to prevent an exodus of military-age men after President Vladimir Putin declared a partial mobilisation in an effort to regain the upper hand in…