By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for former U.S. President Donald Trump’s real estate company rested their case on Monday after calling just two witnesses in the Trump Organization’s criminal trial in a New York state court …
U.S. State Dept OKs potential sale of tactical missiles to Finland
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of AIM 9X Block II tactical missiles, AGM-154 Joint Stand Off weapons and related equipment to Finland for an estimated cost of $323.3 million, the Defense Department said on Monday….
Biden expected to ask Congress to avert rail strike — source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to call on Congress to intervene to avert a potential rail strike that could happen as early as Dec. 9, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. More than 400 groups earlier on Monday call…
Elon Musk: Apple threatened to yank Twitter from App Store
By Tiyashi Datta and Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Elon Musk accused Apple Inc of threatening to block Twitter Inc from its app store without saying why in a series of tweets on Monday that also said the iPhone maker had stopped advertising on the social medi…
Colombia to launch military operation against armed groups on border
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia will launch a military offensive against illegal armed groups operating in border areas, and it is seeking collaboration from neighbors, Interior Minister Alfonso Prada said on Monday. The South American country has been roc…
Factbox-From BlockFi to Genesis, crypto firms reel from exposure to FTX
(Reuters) – After the collapse of major cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the industry is bracing for further pain because of the exposure of many companies to FTX and its affiliated trading firm Alameda Research. Here are some firms that have given informa…
Fed’s Williams says more rate rises needed, sees higher unemployment
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said on Monday the U.S. central bank still has more work to do to lower very high levels of inflation, and he also noted he expects to see a notable jump in unemp…
Cyber Monday sales to touch up to $11.6 billion as shoppers go discount hunting
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) – Spending on Cyber Monday, the biggest U.S. online shopping day, may hit a record $11.6 billion, according to a report, as discounts on everything from pajamas to AirPods drive shoppers to buy even under the strain of i…
Some Republicans criticize Trump for meeting with white supremacist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some Republicans on Sunday criticized Donald Trump for dining with white supremacist Nick Fuentes at the former president’s Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida, even as Trump said the encounter was inadvertent. Arkansas Republican Gover…
Canada launches new Indo-Pacific strategy, focus on ‘disruptive’ China
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada launched its long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy on Sunday, vowing more resources to deal with a “disruptive” China while working with the world’s second-biggest economy on climate change and trade issues. Th…