US Supreme Court rejects race-based challenge to Native American adoption law

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld decades-old federal standards that give preferences to Native Americans and tribal members in the adoption or foster care placements of Native American children, rejecting a challenge that claimed that parts of the law were racially biased against non-Native Americans. The 7-2 ruling threw…

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U.S. House Republicans target deeper spending cuts, raising shutdown threat

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S House of Representatives on Thursday adopted government spending targets for the next fiscal year below the level agreed by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic President Joe Biden, setting up a fight with the Democratic-led Senate that could again risk a government shutdown. The House Appropriations…

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Cyclone Biparjoy damages power lines, uproots trees as it makes India landfall

By Francis Mascarenhas, Sumit Khanna and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam MANDVI, India/KARACHI (Reuters) – Strong winds, heavy rain and high tides lashed India’s Gujarat coast late on Thursday as cyclone Biparjoy made landfall after authorities there and in neighbouring Pakistan had evacuated more than 180,000 people to safety. Deserted coastal towns were battered in the dark…

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US, Japan, S.Korean security advisers discuss N.Korea, China seas -White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National security advisers for the United States, Japan and South Korea on Thursday discussed maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait and coordination over the East China and South China Seas, the White House said in a statement. The White House’s Jake Sullivan, along with his counterparts at a trilateral meeting in Tokyo,…

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Intel near deal on 9.9 billion euro German government subsidy, Handelsblatt says

(Reuters) – Intel and the German government are close to an agreement for the chipmaker to receive 9.9 billion euros ($10.83 billion) in subsidies, up from a previously agreed 6.8 billion, Handelsblatt reported on Thursday, citing government sources. Final negotiations will take place this weekend, the newspaper reported, with Intel Chief Executive Pat Geisinger and…

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Cyberattacks on renewables: Europe power sector’s dread in chaos of war

By Nora Buli, Nina Chestney and Christoph Steitz OSLO/LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Saboteurs target a nation leading the world in clean energy. They hack into vulnerable wind and solar power systems. They knock out digitalized energy grids. They wreak havoc. It’s the stuff of nightmares for European power chiefs. Henriette Borgund knows attackers can find weaknesses…

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