By Anna Mehler Paperny and Kyaw Soe Oo TORONTO (Reuters) – Just when it seemed safe to unmask, some Canadians are donning the face coverings made ubiquitous during the coronavirus pandemic as a protection against hazardous smoky conditions as wildfires ravage much of the country. Canada is seeing its worst-ever start to wildfire season as…
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – The judge overseeing FTX’s U.S. bankruptcy said Thursday that he would not defer to a Bahamian court about key issues like which FTX entity should collect assets and repay customers of the bankrupt crypto exchange. Liquidators for FTX Digital Markets, the exchange’s Bahamas-based subsidiary, have asked U.S. Bankruptcy…
By Karen Freifeld and Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – U.S. courthouse activity in Miami suggests that federal prosecutors might bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump in his home state of Florida rather than in Washington. Special Counsel Jack Smith has convened grand juries in both places to hear evidence in his investigation into whether…
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis RIYADH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) signed a deal this week to merge with North America’s top body in charge of professional golf, it signaled for some the completion of a U.S.-aided rehabilitation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, five years after the murder of…
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Wildfires are increasingly causing destruction and illness around the world, but the smoke drifting southward from eastern Canada this week is a new experience for the tens of millions who live in the U.S. Northeast. Many in those states are wondering what they need to know about a first-time wildfire…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators said on Thursday they had proposed barring the Federal Aviation Administration from buying or using Chinese-made drones. Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican, and Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat who chairs the Intelligence Committee, proposed legislation that would also prohibit the FAA from providing federal funds to…
By Marco Aquino and Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) -A convicted killer long suspected in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway arrived on Thursday in the U.S., where he faces extortion and fraud charges. Images broadcast on U.S. TV networks showed a plane carrying Joran van der Sloot, 35, landing in Birmingham, Alabama on Thursday…
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador this week intervened in the increasingly fractious race to succeed him, a move party insiders said was aimed at warding off potential division and protecting the commanding political power base he has built. Under pressure for months from Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha will be leaving his post, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday in a statement in which he thanked Jha for his handling of the pandemic. His departure was reported first by the Wall Street Journal, which said Jha will be the…
By Marc Jones and Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks rose on Thursday and Treasury yields edged lower as investors leaned toward bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to abstain from raising interest rates next week. This view was bolstered by Thursday’s data showing the number of Americans filing new…
