By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The European Commission is helping the United Nations and Turkey try to extend a deal allowing the Black Sea export of Ukraine grain and is open to “explore all solutions,” a European Union spokesperson said on Thursday, ahead of the deal’s possible expiration on Monday. The U.N. and Turkey…
(Reuters) – Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley, died of a small bowel obstruction as a delayed consequence of bariatric weight loss surgery, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner reported on Friday, six months after she died. Presley, a singer and songwriter in her own right, had been taken to hospital after…
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine has received cluster bombs from the United States, munitions banned in more than 100 countries, but has pledged to only use them to dislodge concentrations of enemy soldiers. Valeryi Shershen, a spokesman for the Tavria, or southern, military district on Thursday confirmed an announcement by his commander that the weapons had arrived…
By Nia Williams (Reuters) – A tornado touched down in a suburb of the Canadian capital Ottawa on Thursday, damaging an estimated 125 homes and leaving another 1600 without power but resulting in only one minor injury, emergency services said. The tornado hit Barrhaven, 17 kilometres southwest of the city centre, around 1245 p.m. ET…
By Jonathan Spicer and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) -Canada has unfrozen talks with Turkey on lifting export controls on drone parts after Ankara gave its nod for Sweden to join NATO, a person familiar with the talks said, a move seen as one of several concessions won in exchange for the Turkish blessing. President Tayyip…
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s top court on Thursday suspended an order barring the party of anti-graft candidate Bernardo Arevalo from running for the presidency, after a flood of international criticism that the country’s democracy was in jeopardy. The Constitutional Court said it had granted a provisional injunction filed by the Semilla…
(Reuters) – A New York appeals court on Thursday ordered a redrawing of the state’s congressional map, handing a victory to Democrats hoping to retake control of the closely divided U.S. House of Representatives in the 2024 election. The 3-2 decision by Appellate Division in the state capital of Albany reversed a lower court ruling,…
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday pushed to include a provision allowing medical research of psychedelic drugs as part of a sweeping annual defense policy bill, saying it could help treat post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments despite possible concerns. “These are powerful substances, I don’t want…
(Reuters) – Elanco Animal Health said on Thursday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has deemed the company’s Seresto flea and tick collars for pets safe for use following a multi-year review. The collars for cats and dogs, developed by Bayer and now sold by Elanco, are designed to deliver small amounts of flea and…
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks extended recent gains to end higher on Thursday, with the Nasdaq rising more than 1% for a second straight day, as data showed the annual increase in U.S. producer inflation was the smallest in nearly three years. The data provided more evidence that inflation pressures were…
