By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s ousted former prime minister Imran Khan secured bail on Thursday from the Islamabad High Court over new murder charges, meaning he cannot be rearrested in connection with those charges for the next 14 days, his lawyer said. Khan was arrested on May 9 and held for three days, triggering…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Hollywood actor who has appeared on such TV shows as “Arrested Development” and the cartoon hit “Bob’s Burgers,” was arrested on Wednesday for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, that sought to keep Donald Trump in the White House. Jay Johnston, 54, became the latest…
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Turkey’s lira took a 7% nosedive on Wednesday as the country’s newly re-elected government appeared to be abandoning its costly 18-month strategy of keeping the currency on a tight leash by any means necessary. Ankara has seen decades of financial market difficulties and the charts below show the challenges the…
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -El Salvador’s president signed into law an electoral reform on Wednesday that reduces the size of Congress by nearly a third, a move the ruling party says will reduce spending and critics say consolidates power ahead of elections. The reform, announced last week by President Nayib Bukele in an…
By Tim Reid (Reuters) -Former Vice President Mike Pence, who loyally served Donald Trump for four years, on Wednesday blasted his former boss for the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as he launched his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Pence issued his most forceful condemnation to date of Trump’s role in the…
By James Oliphant (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis defended flying planeloads of migrants across the country during a trip to the U.S. southern border on Wednesday, as he looks to make hardline immigration policies a central tenet of his 2024 presidential bid. The Republican candidate’s stop in Arizona came a day after the state…
By Carolina Mandl and Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) -Big U.S. hedge fund and family office investors on Wednesday cautioned that despite the U.S. economy showing resilience, a recession and more bank failures remained likely in an environment of persistent inflation. U.S. investor Stanley Druckenmiller, chairman and chief executive officer at Duquesne Family Office, said…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is nominating former Florida Governor Charlie Crist to serve as U.S ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the White House said on Wednesday. Crist, a former House lawmaker who lost an election in November to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in a bid to return to his old…
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday she was willing to resign to test popularity of the ruling coalition, following weeks of opposition protests. For five consecutive weeks, tens of thousands of people have gathered for weekly anti-government rallies in Belgrade, blaming a culture of violence for the deaths of 18…
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum entered the 2024 Republican presidential race on Wednesday touting the small town values he would bring to Washington and expanding a crowded field of candidates led by a big city mogul, Donald Trump. Burgum, 66, a former software company executive, is largely unknown beyond his state,…
