UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly elected Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and South Korea to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday for two-year terms starting on Jan. 1, 2024, while Belarus – allied with Russia in its invasion of Ukraine – was denied a spot. Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone and South…
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood’s actors union voted to authorize a strike if contract talks break down, turning up the heat on major film and television studios already grappling with a monthlong work stoppage by writers. After voting closed on Monday, SAG-AFTRA said 97.91% of ballots cast supported a strike authorization. Nearly 65,000…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he has scheduled three briefings for senators on artificial intelligence, including the first classified briefing on the topic. In a letter to colleagues on Tuesday, the Democratic leader said senators need to deepen their understanding of artificial intelligence. “AI is already changing our world,…
(Corrects number of total hotel projects that have broken ground or are in preconstruction phase in 2023 to 324 from 98 in paragraph five.) By Bianca Flowers and Priyamvada C (Reuters) -Tighter lending standards from regional banks are making it harder for U.S. hotel developers to secure funding, slowing construction of new hotels at a…
MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -A major Soviet-era dam in the Russian controlled part of southern Ukraine was breached on Tuesday, unleashing floodwaters across the war zone in what both Ukraine and Russia said was an intentional attack by the other’s forces. Unverified videos on social media showed water surging through the remains of the dam with bystanders…
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The deal to end the United States’ debt limit standoff was classic Joe Biden politics: eke out a narrow compromise from an ugly beginning and declare victory. Biden’s pact with Republican Kevin McCarthy suspends the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling, avoiding an economic crisis, in exchange for setting spending…
(Reuters) -Linda Yaccarino began her role as Twitter’s new CEO on Monday, about a month after Elon Musk named her as the new chief executive officer. The former advertising chief at NBCUniversal, is taking over Twitter as the company tries to reverse a plunge in ad revenue. Yaccarino has been a key figure in modernizing…
By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Ukraine on Tuesday called Russia a terrorist state at the top U.N. court as hearings began in a case over Moscow’s backing of pro-Russian separatists blamed for shooting down Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014. It was the first time lawyers for Ukraine and…
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -A huge Soviet-era dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine was breached on Tuesday, unleashing floodwaters across the war zone. Ukraine said Russia had destroyed it, while Russia said Ukraine sabotaged it to cut off water supplies to Crimea and distract attention from…
By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Geneva Conventions and its protocols explicitly ban war-time attacks on “installations containing dangerous forces” such as dams due to the risk posed to civilians, a prohibition likely to come into focus after the destruction of a huge Ukrainian dam. Ukraine accused Russia…
