By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Wednesday she is ready to resume her duties but with a lighter schedule, after missing nearly three months due to a bout of shingles. Feinstein, 89, whose return to the chamber restores Democrats’ 51-49 majority, said in a statement she is still…
By Karin Strohecker, Jorgelina do Rosario and Ariba Shahid LONDON/KARACHI (Reuters) -The political crisis engulfing Pakistan is eroding hopes that the South Asian country can get its much needed programme with the International Monetary Fund back on track soon and escape a full-blown debt crunch, analysts said. Deadly clashes between supporters of Imran Khan and…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats released a letter from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday saying a Republican’s decision to hold military nominations harms national security, intensifying a dispute over the military’s abortion policy. Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville has been blocking more than 150 military nominations from moving forward for…
By YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trailing the main opposition Congress party in elections held on Wednesday in the southern state of Karnataka, but neither seemed set for a clear win, TV exit polls showed. The election in Karnataka, where BJP led the outgoing government, is the…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday he would present a constitutional reform to have judges and magistrates elected by the people. Lopez Obrador has lashed out against the judiciary in recent days after an electoral reform, which would shrink the country’s elections authority, was partially struck down by the…
By Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s economy is bracing for a “lost year” no matter who wins landmark elections on Sunday, political insiders say, even if the opposition pledges to tear down President Tayyip Erdogan’s unorthodox policies. The main opposition alliance, which is leading in some opinion polls, promises to free up the economy…
By Umit Ozdal and Daren Butler DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Formerly a Tayyip Erdogan supporter, broadcaster Mehmet Dalgic switched allegiance to his main challenger after the ruling AK Party failed to offer sympathy for the destruction of his TV station in southeast Turkey in February’s earthquake. The lack of support was the final straw in…
ATHENS (Reuters) – The ECB’s monetary tightening cycle will end this year if there are no dramatic changes, Greek central bank chief Yannis Stournaras told a news website in an interview published on Wednesday. Stournaras, considered a dove on the ECB’s 26-member Governing Council, told imerisia.gr that “as things stand at the moment, and if…
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Serbians protested on Monday, demanding better security, a ban on violent TV content and the resignation of key ministers, days after two mass shootings killed 17 people. Crowds in numbers not seen in the Balkan country for years solemnly marched through the centre of…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Here is a timeline of writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Donald Trump that culminated on Tuesday with jurors finding that he sexually abused and defamed her and awarding her $5 million in damages. June 2019 – E. Jean Carroll publishes an excerpt from her memoir, “What Do We Need…
