By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say. Climate models suggest that after three years of the La Nina weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, which generally…
By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Thursday ending a requirement that juries need to vote unanimously to recommend capital punishment before a judge in a capital felony trial can sentence a defendant to death. The Republican governor, who is expected to run for his party’s 2024 presidential nomination,…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it reached a settlement with memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc to resolve an allegation of immigration-related employment discrimination. “The settlement resolves the department’s determination that Micron violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against a U.S. citizen when it failed to…
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. lawmakers on Thursday criticized President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. labor secretary, Julie Su, saying she dismantled the gig economy, hurting companies such as Uber and DoorDash Su, a civil rights lawyer and former California labor commissioner, found unequivocal support from several Democrats on the committee. She needs…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee’s chairman called on U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts to testify at a May 2 hearing on Supreme ethics reform after earlier urging him to investigate ties between Justice Clarence Thomas and a wealthy Republican donor. Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, the panel’s chairman, said the hearing follows “a steady…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the world’s largest official bilateral creditor, China should participate in meaningful debt relief for countries facing problems, but it has served for too long as a “roadblock” to necessary action, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a major speech on U.S.-China relations on Thursday. Yellen said the United…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy unveiled a bill this week that would pair $4.5 trillion in spending cuts with a $1.5 trillion increase in the federal debt limit, laying out an opening position in what is likely to be a tense partisan debate over government borrowing. Here is a summary…
(Reuters) – Deutsche Bank’s Russian subsidiary’s profits jumped by almost six times in 2022 to 5.4 billion roubles ($66.42 million), Russian audit documents showed, the latest example of a foreign lender booking strong earnings in the Russian market. Foreign banks have stepped in to take business from Russian lenders who fell under sweeping Western sanctions…
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional war game simulating a Chinese invasion of Taiwan showed the need to arm the island “to the teeth,” the chair of a committee on China said on Thursday, after the exercise indicated the U.S. must boost production of long-range missiles and businesses must brace for economic…
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -U.S. veterans and members of the military on Wednesday urged a judge to dismiss 3M’s bid to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies to shield itself from nearly 260,000 lawsuits over military-issue earplugs that former users allege were defective and damaged their hearing. 3M and Aearo say the earplug…
