By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – The first trial in several U.S. climate change cases brought by youths kicked off on Monday in Montana, where sixteen young people are seeking to hold the state accountable for fossil fuel-friendly policies they claim exacerbate global warming and threaten their futures. Roger Sullivan, an attorney for the young plaintiffs,…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hotel executives see no letup in demand even with the Federal Reserve trying to stomp on spending. Air travel is hovering near or above 2019 levels, restaurant attendance is holding up, and based on the most recent Fed household data U.S. consumers likely still have a few hundred billion dollars…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hotel executives see no letup in demand even with the Federal Reserve trying to stomp on spending. Air travel is hovering near or above 2019 levels, restaurant attendance is holding up, and based on the most recent Fed household data U.S. consumers likely still have a few hundred billion dollars…
By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Here is a look at the charges former President Donald Trump faces and his possible defenses over what prosecutors say was his illegal retention of classified documents at his Florida estate after leaving the White House in 2021. WHAT IS TRUMP ACCUSED OF DOING? Trump was charged in an indictment…
HAVANA (Reuters) – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has found the Cuban government responsible in the deaths of democracy activists Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero in a 2012 car accident, saying it had concluded that state agents were involved in the incident. The commission’s report, released on Monday, also said the government had violated…
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia is preparing an alternative proposal to put to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after President Kais Saied rejected the terms of a $1.9 billion loan agreement negotiated last year, a senior government official said. Talks on the bailout have been stalled since October when Tunisia and the IMF reached a preliminary…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Former Colombia presidential candidate and minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga violated the law when he received money from disgraced Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, the Colombian attorney general’s office said on Tuesday. Odebrecht and its parent company agreed in 2016 to pay $3.5 billion to settle bribery-related charges brought by U.S., Brazilian and Swiss…
(Reuters) -Federal Reserve policymakers are seen as far more likely to skip raising interest rates this week after government data Tuesday showed consumer price gains, while still too hot for comfort, slowed last month a bit more than expected. Traders of futures tied to the Fed’s policy rate now see about a 95% chance the…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled on Tuesday a package of wide-ranging measures to reverse a dwindling birthrate, saying the problem needed to be tackled as an ageing population threatens the world’s third-largest economy. Kishida’s flagship policy comes amid speculation that he will dissolve parliament’s lower house…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden hailed Tuesday’s inflation data as “good news for hard working families” and said there was more work to do to bring down the cost of living in the country, according to a statement released by the White House. U.S. consumer prices barely rose in May and the annual…
