What’s next in the $1.6 billion Dominion defamation suit against Fox?

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Opening statements are set to begin on Monday in Wilmington, Delaware in a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox Corp and Fox News, which is seeking $1.6 billion in damages over the network’s coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Here is what to…

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Bolsonaro must testify on Jan. 8 riots, Brazilian judge rules

By Ricardo Brito and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -A judge on Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to testify before federal police within 10 days about his role in the Jan. 8 storming of government buildings by his supporters. According to a document seen by Reuters, Justice Alexandre de Moraes agreed to…

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JPMorgan sees Turkey lira diving towards 30 per dollar after elections

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Turkey’s lira is likely to drop sharply and could near 30 to the dollar following next month’s elections, bankers at JPMorgan have predicted, if it looks like only modest changes will be made to its unorthodox economic policies. Turkey’s tightly contested presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14 are…

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Florida Governor Desantis signs 6-week abortion ban law

(Reuters) – Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law that bans most abortions after six weeks, setting the stage for abortion access to be drastically curtailed in the state and across the U.S. South. DeSantis signed the legislation late on Thursday night after lawmakers in the state’s Republican-led House of Representatives…

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After earthquake, Istanbul gripped by fear that bigger disaster awaits

By Birsen Altayli and Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The deadliest earthquake in Turkey’s modern history has reawakened fears on the other side of the country that Istanbul is an even bigger disaster waiting to happen, sending hundreds of thousands scrambling to find safer homes. Some 5 million of the 16 million residents of Turkey’s…

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Florida lawmakers approve 6-week abortion ban, sending bill to DeSantis for signature

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Florida’s Republican-led House of Representatives on Thursday gave final approval to a six-week abortion ban, setting the stage for abortion access to be drastically curtailed in the state and across the U.S. South. Lawmakers in the Florida House approved the ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy in a…

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Half of Republicans say politics drove US abortion pill court ruling – Reuters/Ipsos

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Half of U.S. Republicans think a federal court was motivated by politics when it ordered the suspension of government approval for a widely used abortion pill, a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Wednesday found. Fifty-one percent of self-identified Republicans in the poll said they agreed that the ruling last week – which would…

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