By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Thursday after falling for three straight sessions, as the dollar weakened and China’s central bank sought to bolster the property market and wider economy. Brent crude futures rose 67 cents, or 0.8%, to $84.12 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) was up $1.01,…
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday refused to allow Idaho to enforce a first-in-the-nation ban on transgender women and girls from participating in female sports leagues, saying the measure likely was unconstitutional. A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel delivered a victory to LGBTQ rights advocates by upholding an…
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign will use next week’s Republican debate in the battleground state of Wisconsin to engage thousands of social media volunteers and launch their first advertising campaign aimed at Black and Latino voters, according to a Democratic official. Republican presidential contenders are gathering in Milwaukee…
By Helen Reid LONDON (Reuters) -The world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, H&M, has decided to gradually stop sourcing from Myanmar, it told Reuters on Thursday, as reports of labour abuses in the country’s garment factories increase. H&M became the latest brand to cut ties with suppliers in the country after Zara owner Inditex, Primark, Marks &…
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe is once again battling scorching temperatures this summer, with wildfires blazing across the continent from the Mediterranean to Spain. Here’s how climate change drives these events. HOTTER, MORE FREQUENT HEATWAVES Climate change makes heatwaves hotter and more frequent. This is the case for most land regions, and has been…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States slammed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the United Nations on Thursday for using “repression and cruelty” and totalitarian rule to unlawfully develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. “We cannot have peace without human rights,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican U.S. lawmaker heading a congressional probe into Hunter Biden’s business dealings asked the National Archives on Thursday for emails between President Joe Biden and his 53-year-old son. House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer called on the official depository of U.S. records to produce unredacted emails…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s defence ministry urged military-age citizens to update their data at army enlistment offices and “overcome their fear” in a campaign launched on Thursday as a summer counter-offensive grinds through its third month. The campaign, which draws on slickly-produced videos and photo testimonials of prominent soldiers describing their fears, aims to break…
By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) – The debt crisis at Country Garden, China’s largest property developer before this year and once considered a financially sound company, has triggered fresh contagion fears just two years after China Evergrande Group defaulted. WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT? Since the sector’s debt crisis unfolded in mid-2021, companies accounting for…
By Ju-min Park and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea may launch an intercontinental ballistic missile or take other military action to protest a summit of the United States, South Korea and Japan, a South Korean lawmaker said on Thursday, citing the country’s intelligence agency. U.S. President Joe Biden will meet at Camp David…
