By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted 221 to 203 on Tuesday to overturn Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that aim to drastically cut smog- and soot-forming emissions from heavy-duty trucks. The White House said President Joe Biden would veto the measure that now goes to his desk after being…
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -The Russian military said on Tuesday it had routed militants who attacked a Russian border region with armoured vehicles the previous day, killing more than 70 “Ukrainian nationalists” and pushing the remainder back into Ukraine. In what appeared to be one of the biggest incursions from Ukraine since the war began…
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The board of Chile’s central bank on Tuesday activated a counter-cyclical capital buffer, setting the measure at 0.5% of risk-weighted assets for one year. The measure, which requires Chilean banks to set aside a cushion to absorb any potential losses, is meant to boost the economy’s resilience in the face of severe…
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Investors including well-known activist John Chevedden filed a shareholder resolution calling on Fox Corp to study using on-air branding to distinguish its news and opinion programming. The resolution meant for the media company’s annual meeting, traditionally held in the fall, cites its recent $787.5 million settlement of a defamation lawsuit…
By Sharon Bernstein and Julia Harte (Reuters) – South Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday passed a ban on most abortions after fetal cardiac activity begins, around six weeks. The hotly contested bill, which Republican Governor Henry McMaster is expected to sign, passed mostly along party lines, with the notable exception of the state senate’s five women…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Lawyers for abortion pill maker GenBioPro Inc on Tuesday urged a West Virginia federal judge to allow them to proceed with their challenge to the state’s near-total abortion ban, claiming it is invalid because it interferes with the federal government’s approval of mifepristone. U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers at a…
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Yevgeny Prigozhin on Saturday delivered Vladimir Putin one of the few battlefield victories of the president’s 15-month war in Ukraine. Even then, Russia’s most powerful mercenary could not resist breaking the taboos of Putin’s tightly controlled political system. Holding a Russian flag and with an automatic weapon slung over…
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday it would ask workers how their employers use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor them, as it allocates federal investments in the technology, which is expected to change the nature of work. The White House will hold a listening session with workers to understand…
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad on Tuesday said that the government’s new fiscal rules and a tax reform should calm investors and the central bank and that there is consensus on the urgency of approving both. After a closed-door meeting with government officials, top lawmakers and business leaders, Haddad told reporters he expects…
By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump will face a criminal trial in New York on March 25, 2024, a judge said on Tuesday, meaning the former U.S. President will be on trial as his campaign for the 2024 Republican nomination is in full swing. Trump, who is charged with falsifying…
