BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s supreme court voted on Wednesday to sentence former President Fernando Collor de Mello to 8 years and 10 months in prison on corruption and money laundering charges. The Brazilian prosecutor’s office accused Collor, 73, of having received around 30 million reais ($6 million) in bribes from a subsidiary of state-run oil…
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s army suspended talks with a rival paramilitary force on Wednesday over a ceasefire and aid access, raising fears the six-week-old conflict will push Africa’s third largest country deeper into a humanitarian crisis. The armed forces said in a statement it halted talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah, accusing the other side…
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday appointed an interim attorney general to fill in for Ken Paxton, who was impeached last week on allegations of corruption and other irregularities. Abbott said in a written statement that he had appointed John Scott, an attorney and former Texas secretary of state under…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said he expected the debt ceiling bill to pass the House of Representatives on Wednesday and come to the Senate as soon as Thursday. “We anticipate the bill passing and coming over to us as soon as tomorrow,” McConnell told reporters at the U.S. Capitol. “We…
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Krishn Kaushik and Rajesh Kumar Singh WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Biden administration is poised to sign off on a deal that would allow General Electric Co to produce jet engines powering Indian military aircraft in that country, according to three people briefed on the decision. A deal finalizing the joint production…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose in April and data for the prior month was revised higher, pointing to persistent strength in the labor market that could compel the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates again in June. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, from the…
By Hyonhee Shin, Minwoo Park and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – Jeong Se-ah feels happy to see Tanaka, a Japanese bar host character from the early 2000s created by a South Korean comedian, because he revives her teenage memories of watching animations from the neighbouring nation. The 24-year-old office worker is one of a growing…
By Anna-Catherine Brigida BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina will no longer require a prescription to obtain emergency contraception, commonly known as the ‘morning after pill’, the government said on Wednesday, broadening reproductive rights in the traditionally conservative South American country. The Catholic country and homeland of Pope Francis approved a law allowing abortion up to…
LONDON (Reuters) – North Korean missile tests are endangering the safety of commercial shipping in busy sea lanes in northeastern Asia without enough time given for notification, several countries told a UN agency on Wednesday. Nuclear-armed North Korea’s sixth satellite launch on Wednesday ended in failure, with the booster and payload plunging into the sea,…
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Wednesday said his government would ensure peaceful, free and transparent elections next year following weeks of fresh opposition unrest over fears he might run for a third term and sideline a key rival. Sporadic violent protests have broken out across Senegal since opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was…
