WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Thursday reached a verdict in the trial of members of the Proud Boys right wing group charged with seditious conspiracy for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, federal prosecutors said. The verdict will be read shortly. (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; Editing…
By Anirban Sen and Noel Randewich (Reuters) – PacWest Bancorp said late on Wednesday it was in talks with potential partners and investors about strategic options after shares of the Los Angeles-based lender and several other U.S. regional banks tumbled amid fears of a worsening banking crisis. In a statement, PacWest said it had not…
By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON (Reuters) -A panel of global health experts will meet on Thursday to decide if COVID-19 is still an emergency under the World Health Organization’s rules, a status that helps maintain international focus on the pandemic. The WHO first gave COVID its highest level of alert on Jan. 30,…
By Jason Lange and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group allied with Donald Trump’s bid for the 2024 Republican nomination is setting records for outside political spending early in a U.S. presidential campaign as he looks to box out his nearest rival Ron DeSantis before the Florida governor even launches a campaign. The Trump-aligned…
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) -Shocked Serbians mourned the nine victims of their nation’s first mass school shooting on Thursday while teachers demanded better security and two wounded pupils fought for their lives. The suspected shooter, a 13-year-old boy, surrendered on Wednesday, police said, after taking two of his father’s handguns to kill eight pupils…
By Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States dismissed Russia’s allegation on Thursday that Washington was behind what it said was a drone attack on the Kremlin, saying Moscow’s assertion was a lie. “Obviously it’s a ludicrous claim,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said hours after Russia blamed the…
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian law student Umar Yusuf Yaru was relaxing in his apartment when he first heard gunfire last month in his Khartoum neighbourhood. For the next nine days, Yaru hunkered down alone as the Sudanese armed forces clashed with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), hoping the fighting would end….
By Manuel Ausloos ON THE FRONTLINE IN DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – After months of living in trenches and bunkers near Ukraine’s southeastern frontlines, Artem and his fellow soldiers have lost the fear they once felt. The war ebbs and flows for the 30-year-old volunteer from a small town near Chernihiv, in the north of…
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Russia accused the United States on Thursday of being behind what it says was a drone attack on Moscow’s Kremlin citadel intended to kill President Vladimir Putin. A day after blaming Ukraine for what it called a terrorist attack, the Kremlin administration shifted the focus onto the United States, but without…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Some South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world’s largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa, which is set in the royal sceptre that King Charles III will hold at his coronation on Saturday. The diamond, which weighs 530 carats, was discovered in South Africa in 1905 and presented…
