By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear former Royal Bank of Scotland managing director Victor Hong’s bid to collect a U.S. government whistleblower award of at least $490 million for reporting alleged misconduct related…
Vehicle plows into Boston-area Apple store, killing at least one person
(Reuters) – A sports utility vehicle crashed into an Apple retail store near Boston on Monday morning, killing one person and sending at least 16 others to the hospital, authorities and local media said. Aerial footage of the scene from Boston TV stati…
U.S. Supreme Court spurns challenge to Seattle’s hotel worker insurance mandate
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to a 2018 Seattle law requiring hotels to pay for health insurance for low-wage workers pursued by a business group that argued the measure violated a federal law th…
New Zealand court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s highest court ruled on Monday that the country’s current voting age of 18 was discriminatory, forcing parliament to discuss whether it should be lowered. The case, which has been going through the co…
U.S. Vice President Harris to affirm defense commitment to Philippines
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will reaffirm American commitments to the defence of the Philippines when she meets with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila on Monday, a senior U.S. administration official said. …
G7 calls for ‘significant’ U.N. response to North Korea missile launches
ROME (Reuters) -The United Nations’ Security Council needs to take “significant measures” in response to the latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch by North Korea, foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations said…
NBA-Nets guard Irving available to play Sunday, team says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving will be available to play at home against the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, ending a team-imposed eight-game suspension for sharing anti-Semitic content on social media. The seven-time National Baske…
COP27 delivers climate fund breakthrough at cost of progress on emissions
(This Nov. 20 story has been refiled to fix spelling error in paragraph 10) By Valerie Volcovici, Dominic Evans and William James SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – Countries closed this year’s U.N. climate summit on Sunday with a hard-fought deal to c…
At least one dead after Cuban migrant vessel capsizes off Florida coast, Coast Guard says
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday said it has recovered the body of one person after a vessel carrying Cuban migrants capsized off Florida’s Little Torch Key, adding it rescued nine people and was searching for five others. Survivors told resc…
World Cup gets underway with stakes high for host Qatar
By Andrew Mills and Maya Gebeily AL KHOR, Qatar (Reuters) -The World Cup kicked off in Qatar on Sunday with the Muslim nation, which faced a barrage of criticism over its treatment of foreign workers, LGBT rights and social restrictions, staking its re…