By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives approved a Republican effort on Wednesday to censure Representative Adam Schiff, a rare move intended to punish the Democrat for his leading role in investigating the conduct of Donald Trump when he was president. The measure’s sponsor, far-right Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna, argued…
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed lower on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony reinforced the central bank’s objective to rein in inflation as he hinted at the likelihood of further interest rate hikes. All three major U.S. stock indexes notched their third straight daily declines, with megacap…
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – On Sunday, in their final telephone conversation, Paola Yamileth told her cousin she feared for her life: “I feel death here and I am afraid they are going to kill me.” Two days after that call, Paola, 26, and her mother, Belinda, 46, were among the at least 46…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alaska Airlines is “anxious” to begin taking deliveries of the larger Boeing 737 MAX 10 to help it carry more passengers once the plane is certified, the carrier’s CEO Ben Minicucci said on Wednesday. Boeing must first win approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for its smaller MAX 7 before…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alaska Airlines is “anxious” to begin taking deliveries of the larger Boeing 737 MAX 10 to help it carry more passengers once the plane is certified, the carrier’s CEO Ben Minicucci said on Wednesday. Boeing must first win approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for its smaller MAX 7 before…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rights advocates in Washington demanded that President Joe Biden publicly call out what they described as India’s deteriorating human rights record, saying the U.S. approach of raising the issue in private with Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a failure. In a press briefing on Wednesday, activists and academics…
(Reuters) – Bitcoin rallied for a third straight day after hitting its highest level since mid-April, boosted by BlackRock’s plan to create a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) even as the sector faces U.S. regulatory scrutiny. BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, filed last week for the exchange which would allow investors to get stakes in…
(Reuters) -Bankrupt SVB Financial Group said on Wednesday it is continuing to evaluate strategic alternatives for SVB Capital, its venture capital and credit investment arm, as well as other assets and investments. The disclosure comes days after the company agreed to sell its investment banking division, SVB Securities, to a group led by the segment’s…
By Michael Erman and Raghav Mahobe (Reuters) -A panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday recommended that new vaccines from Pfizer and GSK to prevent severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections be available to older adults in the U.S. but stopped short of saying all of them…
(Reuters) – The $250,000-a-head expedition that vanished this week en route to the deep-sea wreck of the Titanic ocean liner is just one example of extreme tourism that is becoming more commonplace for those who can afford it. From Earth’s tallest peaks to suborbital space, here are some of the other exploits that can be…
