By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russian-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions on Tuesday set out plans for referendums on joining Russia, a challenge to the West that could sharply escalate the war and sparked condemnation fro…
Twitter to depose Elon Musk in Delaware on Sept. 26-27
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) -Twitter Inc will question Elon Musk under oath in Delaware next week as part of the litigation in the billionaire’s bid to walk away from his $44 billion deal for the social media company. A Tuesday filing in Dela…
JPMorgan CEO Dimon to warn Congress of economic ‘storm clouds’ -testimony
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon plans to tell Congress that the U.S. economy faces “storm clouds,” according to prepared testimony. Dimon, who is due to testify alongside major U.S. bank CEOs at …
U.S. trade deal not immediate priority for Britain – PM’s spokeswoman
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is not immediately prioritising talks on a free trade deal with the United States, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Liz Truss said before a meeting on Wednesday between the new leader and U.S. President Joe Biden. “We’re not …
Texas sheriff opens probe into migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard
By Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) -A Texas county sheriff is opening a criminal investigation into flights that carried dozens of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, from Texas last week, an act that Florida’s Republican governor took credit for an…
Cancer victims urge court to end J&J bankruptcy roadblock to lawsuits
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – People suing Johnson & Johnson over the company’s talc products urged an appeals court on Monday to revive their claims, saying the profitable company should not be allowed to use a bankrupt subsidiary to block lawsuits a…
Can Britain’s King Charles fill his treasured mother’s shoes?
By Michael Holden and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Teenager Olivia Burch waited for hours in a queue with other mourners to pay a final tribute to Queen Elizabeth as her body lay in state. But despite that devotion, she thought Britain should no long…
Five killed in Iran during protests over death in custody – rights group
DUBAI (Reuters) -Five people were killed in Iran’s Kurdish region on Monday when security forces opened fire during protests over the death of a woman in police custody, a Kurdish rights group said, on a third day of turmoil over an incident that has i…
NASA’s InSight lander detects space rocks as they slam into Mars
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mars, by virtue of its tenuous atmosphere and proximity to our solar system’s asteroid belt, is far more vulnerable than Earth to being struck by space rocks – one of the many differences between the two planetary …
Trump may be called to testify at ally’s foreign agent trial, judge says
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump may be called as a witness at the criminal trial of Thomas Barrack, a private equity investor and former Trump fundraiser charged with acting as an unregistered agent for the United Arab Em…