By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Amid the headline-grabbing insults and name-calling, Donald Trump is pursuing a surprisingly policy-heavy strategy to damage his closest Republican rival Ron DeSantis before he enters the presidential race, according to a Reuters analysis of the former president’s statements since he announced his White House bid. Forty…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank said on Wednesday it is looking for a new top bank supervisor to succeed Andrea Enria when his term runs out at the end of the year. Candidates to the role of chair of the ECB’s Supervisory Board, the most senior banking watchdog for the euro zone, must…
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has signed a bill decriminialising euthanasia into law in the Catholic-majority country after parliament on Friday overturned the last of his four vetoes. His office said in a statement the president had enacted the legislation “as he is obliged” to do so under the constitution….
By Katya Golubkova, Yuka Obayashi and Kate Abnett TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s energy companies were quick to embrace the G7’s support for natural gas investment in their statement last month but analysts caution that relying on the fossil fuel may open the companies up to long-term problems. Resource poor Japan, the world’s biggest buyer of…
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Investigative journalist Oleksandr Tsakhniv spent much of his professional life trying to uncover corruption in Ukraine’s eastern hinterlands where he lived and worked. He was killed in March, aged 37, fighting Russian forces near Bakhmut. Now, his employer says his death could have an impact on the local fight…
(Reuters) – Ukraine said on Tuesday that it downed six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, in what would be a major setback for Moscow’s efforts to develop an unstoppable next-generation weapon. It was not clear which air defense system Kyiv used to shoot down the missiles, but last week the U.S. military…
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Robert Garcia on Tuesday started the process of forcing a vote on a motion to expel Republican George Santos, the congressman from New York facing federal charges of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. Two-thirds of the House of Representatives would have to vote…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The extension of a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain and fertilizers beyond May 18 hangs in the balance after Russia issued a list of demands linked to a related agreement on its own such exports. Here are details on the deals brokered by…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Internal Revenue Service said on Tuesday it would launch a free, government-provided direct tax filing option next year, which could lead to the full-scale launch of an IRS filing system that would compete with private tax preparers. The IRS said in an exploratory report to Congress that 72% of…
By Julia Harte (Reuters) – South Carolina’s state House on Tuesday began a days-long debate over a bill to ban most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, while state lawmakers in North Carolina and Nebraska took up separate legislation to restrict abortion in those states. In North Carolina, the Republican-controlled state legislature voted to override…
