DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran on Saturday criticised a U.S. move to make exceptions to sanctions in order to help provide internet to Iranians during nationwide protests, state media reported. It said this was in line with Washington’s hostile stance towards …
Buckingham Palace issues photo of Queen Elizabeth’s final resting place
LONDON (Reuters) – Buckingham Palace published a photograph on Saturday from Queen Elizabeth’s final resting place at the royal chapel in Windsor, featuring a ledger stone bearing her name and those of her parents, and husband Prince Philip. The stone,…
Iran must deal decisively with protests, president says
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran must deal decisively with protests which have swept the country after the death in custody of a woman detained by the Islamic Republic’s morality police, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday. At least 35 people have been kille…
Explainer-How climate change is fueling hurricanes
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) – After a quiet start to the season, Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico and then battered the Dominican Republic, leaving more than 1 million people without running water or power. By Saturday the storm had hit Canada’s…
In poor, rural Buryatia, Russia’s partial mobilisation hits hard
(Corrects name and age of student quoted in final three paragraphs to Nastya, 21, not Aryuna, 19.) By Felix Light LONDON (Reuters) -A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation to boost the armies fighting in Ukraine, off…
Storm Fiona ravages Canada’s east coast causing ‘terrifying’ destruction
By Eric Martyn and John Morris STEPHENVILLE, Newfoundland (Reuters) -Powerful storm Fiona ripped into eastern Canada on Saturday with hurricane-force winds, forcing evacuations, knocking down trees and powerlines, and reducing many homes on the coast t…
Biden to aim at ‘bully’ DeSantis in Florida, as 2024 looms
By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joe Biden will for the first time as U.S. president hold a political rally in a state where he lost in 2020, when he treks to Florida on Tuesday to stage a showdown with potential 2024 rival, fi…
Barclays shareholders sue in U.S. over $17.6 billion debt sale blunder
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Barclays Plc was sued on Friday in a proposed U.S. class action in which shareholders claimed they were defrauded in connection with the British bank’s sale of $17.6 billion more debt than regulators had allowed…
Advisory: Story on U.S. ethanol plant emissions is withdrawn
(Reuters) – Reuters is withdrawing a Sept. 8 article that compared carbon emissions from U.S. ethanol plants and oil refineries because of its flawed interpretation of data on ethanol-plant pollution and fuel-production capacity. That led to inaccurate…
Cheniere to fix Louisiana LNG plant equipment after failing pollution test
(Corrects paragraph 16 to show Cheniere is not the only LNG company subject to the EPA rule) By Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) -Top U.S. LNG exporter Cheniere Energy Inc said it will repair and replace equipment at its Louisiana terminal…