By Nathan Layne and Tim Reid (Reuters) -An unrepentant Donald Trump held firm to past grievances at the first televised town hall of the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Wednesday, stressing from the moment he took the stage that he has little intention of mounting a more disciplined campaign for his third White House bid….
By Lara Afghani and Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A year after Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot while covering an Israeli army raid, family and friends say her killers are yet to be held responsible. Abu Akleh, one of the most recognizable journalists covering Israeli-occupied territories, was shot dead on May 11,…
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest was unlawful, two days after his detention on graft allegations triggered deadly violence, escalating his tussle with the powerful military. The protests coincide with Pakistan’s worst economic crisis in decades, with record high…
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – The EU has not observed any significant smuggling of weapons into Europe from wartime Ukraine, the European Commission’s top internal affairs official said on Thursday during a visit to Kyiv. “I must say that we have not seen any industrial smuggling of firearms out of Ukraine,” European Home Affairs…
UPINGTON, South Africa (Reuters) – When she was a girl in South Africa’s Northern Cape, Katrina Esau stopped speaking her mother tongue, N|uu, after being mocked by other people and told it was an “ugly language”. Now at age 90, she is the last known speaker of N|uu, one of a group of indigenous languages…
By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5% on Thursday and Governor Andrew Bailey said the British central bank would “stay the course” as it seeks to curb the highest inflation of any major economy. The BoE…
By Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China is facing a growing backlash from the United States and other Western governments over its controversial efforts to pressure dissidents and their advocates abroad, but Beijing has appeared undeterred. Authorities in the U.S., Canada, Britain and elsewhere recently have taken a hard line,…
By Jonathan Landay and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iran has continued supplying weapons and drugs that fuel the Yemen war despite its agreement to restore diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia, U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking said on Thursday. The Chinese-brokered accord reached in March, talks between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, and a…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court fined Alphabet’s Google <GOOGL.O> 3 million roubles ($38,600) on Thursday for failing to delete YouTube videos it said promoted “LGBT propaganda” and “false information” about Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported. Over the last year Moscow has levied dozens of fines against Western tech companies as…
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman of the Federal Circuit sued the appeals court’s chief judge and others in Washington federal court on Wednesday, seeking to block their investigation into her fitness to hold office. Newman, who is 95, said in her complaint that the probe violated her constitutional rights, and…
