SYDNEY (Reuters) – Legislation to hold a referendum to recognise Australia’s Indigenous people in the constitution cleared its first parliamentary hurdle on Wednesday as it was passed in the House of Representatives. Australians will be asked to vote in a referendum, likely to be held between October and December, on whether they support altering the…
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -Two people still counted as missing after the partial collapse of an Iowa apartment building on the weekend were likely inside at the time, officials said on Tuesday, but the structure was too unstable to resume a search for them. Officials suspended a search out of concern for the safety of…
By Yuvraj Malik, Samrhitha A and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -When the pandemic forced Nvidia Corp to hold a major product launch virtually, CEO Jensen Huang beamed video to promote the event from his kitchen, where he pulled the company’s latest chip out of his oven. “I’ve got something I’ve gotta show you,” Huang says while…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill to suspend the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling and avert a disastrous default advanced on Tuesday when a key House of Representatives committee voted to send it to the full chamber for a Wednesday vote. The Republican-controlled House Rules Committee voted 7-6 to advance the bill to the floor for…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. senator who has long opposed the potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey said on Tuesday he wants Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to take a “less belligerent” stance toward NATO allies and Turkey’s neighbors before lifting his opposition to the deal. “Now what’s important is…
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is set to release data on Wednesday that is expected to show the economy grew by 5% in the January-March quarter from a year earlier, accelerating from 4.4% in the previous quarter due to steady urban demand and government spending. The median forecast from a Reuters poll…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. State Department and nuclear regulatory officials on Tuesday urged the U.S. Energy Department to reconsider a plan to use bomb-grade uranium in a nuclear power experiment, saying that its use could encourage such tests in other countries. The Energy Department and two companies aim to share costs…
By Anthony Boadle and Leonardo Benassatto BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved on Tuesday night a bill to limit the recognition of new Indigenous reservations, a decision seen by environmentalists and human rights advocates as a setback after intense pressure from the farm lobby. The approval, by 283 votes to 155,…
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Divergent views on Venezuela surfaced during a South American leaders’ summit on Tuesday hosted by Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as part of his efforts to unite the region’s development and give it a stronger voice internationally. Lula urged South America’s 12 countries to…
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Sentiment among British businesses fell for the first time in three months in May as firms were less optimistic about the economy and their trading prospects despite some signs of resilience in the economy, a survey showed on Wednesday. The Lloyds Bank Business Barometer fell to 28% in May…
