By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits surged to the highest level in more than 1-1/2 years last week, but layoffs are probably not accelerating as the data covered the Memorial Day holiday, which could have injected some volatility. The largest increase in applications in nearly…
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lionel Messi on Wednesday announced that he intends to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent after parting ways with French champions Paris St Germain and snubbing a lucrative contract offer in Saudi Arabia. Messi, who played his final game for PSG over the…
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed a major victory to Black voters who challenged a Republican-drawn electoral map in Alabama, finding the state violated a landmark law prohibiting racial discrimination in voting and paving the way for a second congressional district with a Black majority or close to it….
(Reuters) – Binance.US on Thursday said the company is suspending USD deposits while notifying customers that their banking partners are preparing to pause fiat (USD) withdrawal channels as early as June 13. The move comes as the U.S. financial regulators supported a freeze on the cryptocurrency exchange’s assets earlier in the day. (Reporting by Rahat…
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado’s costliest wildfire on record started from fierce winds that damaged power lines and unearthed smoldering embers from a controlled burn days earlier, sparking two blazes that merged into a deadly conflagration, authorities said on Thursday. Investigators found a variety of human and weather-related factors combined to spark the…
By Nell Mackenzie, Kirstin Ridley, Maiya Keidan and Carolina Mandl LONDON/TORONTO (Reuters) -Odey Asset Management’s prime brokers, including Goldman Sachs , JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley, are reviewing their relationships with the hedge fund after allegations of sexual misconduct by its founder were reported by the Financial Times and Tortoise Media on Thursday, sources familiar with…
(Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the chamber’s top Republican, said on Thursday that the indictment of Donald Trump was a “dark day” for the United States and that he stood with the former President. “House Republicans will hold this brazen weaponization of power accountable,” he wrote on Twitter. (Reporting by Costas Pitas in…
By Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) -Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a lawyer for the former U.S. president and another source familiar with the matter. The criminal case, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, amounts to another legal setback…
By Matt Spetalnick and Dave Sherwood WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160 km) from Florida, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, but the U.S. and Cuban governments cast strong doubt on the report. Such a spy installation…
By Arriana McLymore and Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -Amazon.com said on Thursday that it was cutting delivery routes short for drivers in places affected by poor air quality, while Target also said its contactless order pickup service may not operate in the most affected areas. Hundreds of forest fires are burning across much of Canada…
