By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union should commit to slash its net greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 95% by 2040, official advisers said on Thursday, as Brussels prepares a new goal to curb Europe’s contribution to climate change. The European Commission is drafting what would be the EU’s first legally…
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine and a second man were arrested on charges they threw a burning Molotov cocktail at a Planned Parenthood clinic that provides abortions and other services in Southern California last year, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Chance Brannon, a 23-year-old Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton base…
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – A voting rights lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday overcame fierce Republican opposition to secure U.S. Senate confirmation as a judge on the Manhattan federal district court. Dale Ho, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, was confirmed on a nearly party-line 50-49 vote. Sen. Joe Manchin…
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada is freezing ties with the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) while it probes allegations it is dominated by the Chinese Communist Party, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday. Freeland said she did not rule out any outcome of the investigation, a clear hint that Ottawa could pull…
CAIRO (Reuters) -Fighting rocked several cities in western Sudan on Wednesday in an expansion of the country’s almost two-month-old war as a regional governor was killed after publicly blaming the deaths of civilians on the country’s paramilitary force. The conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has caused a humanitarian crisis in…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday called on the U.S. government to urge India to end a media crackdown and release six detained journalists. A statement from CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg ahead of a state visit to Washington next week by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there had been an…
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could face two more defamation trials in 2023, under an agreement meant to put a price on lies that Jones told about school shootings in the U.S. Jones’ attorneys previewed the agreement at a Wednesday court hearing in Houston, telling U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez…
By Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK (Reuters) -Citigroup Inc in the second quarter will book severance costs associated with around 1,600 job cuts, Chief Financial Officer Mark Mason said on Wednesday. Speaking at a conference in New York, Mason said the bank’s expenses in the second quarter will be $300 million to $400 million higher than…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. A raft of economic data and a likely medium-term policy easing from China will give Asian markets direction on Thursday, but the main steer will probably come from investors’ reaction to the Federal Reserve’s ‘hawkish…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. A raft of economic data and a likely medium-term policy easing from China will give Asian markets direction on Thursday, but the main steer will probably come from investors’ reaction to the Federal Reserve’s ‘hawkish…
