WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Missouri man who drove a rented box truck into security barriers near the White House was charged with threatening the president after what authorities appear to believe was a deliberate crash. A Reuters witness saw investigators pull a Nazi swastika flag from inside the truck, which plowed into barriers at Lafayette Square,…
By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Ukraine is investigating the alleged role of Belarus in the forced transfer of children from Russian-occupied territories, the office of the prosecutor general told Reuters on Tuesday. The announcement came in response to a report by the exiled Belarusian opposition alleging that 2,150 Ukrainian…
By James Oliphant and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -If Ron DeSantis hopes to defeat Donald Trump and win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, he will ultimately have to bring every possible anti-Trump voter he can into the fold. But even that likely will not be enough, political analysts say. DeSantis will also have to pull…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new ambassador to the United States Xie Feng arrived in New York on Tuesday to take up his duties, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Xie was most recently vice foreign minister and in this post has been involved in high-profile diplomatic spats with Washington that have driven relations between the two…
By Siddhi Nayak and Nikunj Ohri MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indians are stepping up purchases of daily essentials, and even premium branded goods, using the soon-to-be-withdrawn 2,000-rupee ($24.46) notes as they aim to sidestep the need to exchange or deposit them at banks. The Indian central bank announced on Friday the country’s largest denomination note will…
By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Texas billionaire Harlan Crow has rejected a Senate committee’s request to detail gifts he or his companies have made to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday. “We do not believe the committee has the authority to investigate Mr. Crow’s personal…
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) said it has launched a criminal investigation into Andrei Ruzinsky, a Russian commander Reuters identified last year as helping lead the military occupation of eastern Ukraine. Ruzinsky was commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet’s 11th Army Corps, which crossed into Ukraine in early 2022 and took control of…
By Karen Freifeld and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat said on Tuesday he and President Joe Biden’s administration were engaging allies and businesses to address China’s ban on sales of memory chips made by U.S.-based Micron Technology Inc. The restrictions this week by China’s cyberspace regulator against Micron, the biggest U.S….
(Reuters) -GQG Partners has raised its stake in Gautam Adani’s conglomerate by about 10% and will take part in the group’s future fundraising, the U.S. investment firm said on Tuesday. Although the company did not disclose the total value of its stake in its statement, GQG Chief Investment Officer Rajiv Jain told Bloomberg News that…
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A Florida restaurant that puts on what it calls family-friendly drag performances sued Governor Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida on Monday to halt enforcement of a new law banning minors from attending such shows. Hamburger Mary’s, an Orlando bar and restaurant that presents drag show performances, comedy sketches…
