LONDON (Reuters) – More than 10,000 people on Thursday tuned into a YouTube video feed giving live updates about a miles-long queue snaking through central London to pay respects to the late Queen Elizabeth. The YouTube broadcast tracking the queue to …
Air defence systems are priority for Ukraine – Zelenskiy
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday air defence systems were a priority for his country as it attempts to protect its cities and towns from Russian strikes. Speaking at a joint news conference in Kyiv with the visi…
U.S. does not have infinite patience on renewal of Venezuela talks – official
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. State Department official put pressure on Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro in a congressional hearing on Thursday, threatening more sanctions if talks with the opposition on resolving the country’s long-r…
Former USC water polo coach wins new trial in U.S. college admissions scandal
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday ordered a new trial for a former University of Southern California water polo coach convicted as part of the U.S. college admissions scandal of accepting bribes to help children get into the school as fake…
Putin acknowledges China’s concerns over Ukraine in sign of friction
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he understood China’s Xi Jinping had concerns about the situation in Ukraine, a surprise acknowledgement of friction with Beijing over the war after a week of stunning Rus…
Factbox-Why Martha’s Vineyard is center stage in U.S. immigration fight
(Reuters) – Martha’s Vineyard is a largely liberal island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, frequented by some of America’s richest and most powerful people. Now it has taken center stage in the U.S. political fight over immigration. On Wednesday, Republica…
Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida governor say they were misled
By Jonathan Allen, Ted Hesson and Rich McKay MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass. (Reuters) – Some migrants who were flown to the wealthy island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, said on Thursday they were duped about their destination, and Democratic leaders c…
U.S. consumer watchdog plans to regulate ‘buy-now, pay-later’ companies
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) plans to start regulating “buy-now, pay-later” (BNPL) companies like Klarna and Affirm Holdings due to worries their fast-growing financing products are harming consumers, t…
Immigrants land on Martha’s Vineyard; Florida’s DeSantis takes credit
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A group of immigrants landed on the wealthy Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday, part of a campaign by Republican governors to shift the immigration burden to Democratic areas. Florida governor Ron DeSant…
Meta Oversight Board objects to removing positive newspaper report on Taliban
(Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc’s independent Oversight Board said on Thursday that Facebook should not have taken down a newspaper report about the Taliban that it considered positive, backing users’ freedom of expression and saying the tech company re…