By Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday divvied up $42 billion among the nation’s 50 states and U.S. territories to make access to high-speed broadband universal by 2030, as it launched a new publicity campaign for President Joe Biden’s economic policies. The funding under the Broadband Equity Access…
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday objected to a decision by Israel’s nationalist-religious government to approve the construction of around 5,700 additional housing units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank. The United States was “deeply troubled” by the move, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters, adding that U.S. officials had made…
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) -Eli Lilly on Monday said a mid-stage trial of its next-generation obesity drug candidate “triple G” showed that it led to weight loss of up to 24.2% after 48 weeks, surpassing results seen with other weight loss drugs. The once-weekly injected drug, retatrutide, is part of a class known as incretins…
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Fast-food chain Taco John’s and New Jersey-based Gregory’s Restaurant & Bar urged the U.S. Trademark Office on Friday to reject petitions by Taco Bell to cancel their federal trademarks covering the phrase “Taco Tuesday.” Taco Bell had publicized its effort as a bid to “liberate” the phrase for restaurant owners….
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $450 million to expand the production and availability of transportation fuels that are blended with higher volumes of biofuels, the agency said on Monday. The Biden administration sees the expanded use of lower-emission biofuels as critical to decarbonizing the transportation sector. The…
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -The aborted mutiny in Russia is an internal issue for Moscow and speculation over it could prove counterproductive, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday, joining Western allies in taking a wait-and-see approach to a revolt that has sown doubt over President Vladimir Putin’s grip on Russia. Senior Russian…
By Joseph Ax and Rami Ayyub (Reuters) – A 23-year-old was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty on Monday to killing five people in a 2022 mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty in Colorado state court to five first-degree…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Monday summoned the U.S. embassy’s deputy chief of mission to express concern over a statement last week by U.S. President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that called on Pakistan to ensure its territory was not used as a base for militant attacks. The statement from the…
(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin made a defiant televised address on Monday evening, saying he had deliberately let Saturday’s 24-hour mutiny by the Wagner militia go on as long as it did to avoid bloodshed, and that it had reinforced national unity. The statement, his first on the issue since he spoke on Saturday promising…
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML may refuse job applicants on the basis of their nationality when required to do so by U.S. export rules, a Dutch human rights body has found. The decision by the Netherlands’ Institute for Human Rights affirmed that ASML may reject job applicants from Iran, Syria, Cuba…
