WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally launched his 2024 re-election bid, promising protection against right-wing extremists and highlighting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. Vowing to “finish this job” of leading America, Biden also vowed to fight efforts to limit women’s healthcare,…
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU countries on Tuesday gave the final approval to the biggest revamp to date of Europe’s carbon market, which is set to make it more costly to pollute and sharpen the 27-member bloc’s main tool for cutting carbon dioxide emissions. The world’s first major carbon trading system has since 2005…
By Helen Coster (Reuters) -Fox News Media and its top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, less than a week after parent company Fox Corp settled for $787.5 million a defamation lawsuit in which Carlson played a starring role. The outspoken Carlson embraced conservative issues and delivered his views with a style that…
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About half of U.S. Democrats say President Joe Biden should not seek re-election next year and that he is too old to run, a worrisome sign for the 80-year-old, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The three-day opinion poll completed on Monday, a day before he announced his re-election bid, showed…
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) – After their pick-up truck was stolen at gunpoint outside their home in Santiago last June, Javiera Castillo and her partner began learning how to shoot a pistol to prevent future encounters. Castillo, 23, a student and small-business owner who lives in the middle-class neighborhood of Maipu in…
By Alicia Powell and Danielle Broadway NEW YORK (Reuters) – Months after his departure from “The Daily Show” in late 2022, comedian Trevor Noah won a Webby Award for comedy in the “America’s Door Problem” segment of the late-night talk show, in which he pushes for gun control and criticizes policymakers’ response to mass shootings….
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX will use for its next rocket launch a water-cooled steel plate that can withstand the world’s most powerful liftoff after the debut attempt of its Starship rocket to reach space caused extensive launchpad damage. The giant spacecraft exploded 23 miles (37 km) in the sky, minutes…
By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Ranika Jaiswal’s family in Varanasi has boasted a string of officials in India’s ruling BJP party over the last four decades. Now she wants a piece of the action. “Three generations of my family, all men, have been with the party. But now it’s changing – as a…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Here are some facts about the civil lawsuit going to trial on Tuesday brought by former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll against former U.S. President Donald Trump, whom she accuses of rape. TRUMP ACCUSED OF RAPE Carroll has accused Trump of having sexually assaulted her in…
By Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg and Joshua Schneyer (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Cory Booker will introduce legislation Tuesday that aims to deter child labor at meatpacking plants by barring some offending companies from important government contracts, the latest response to a rise in underage labor in dangerous U.S. industries. The bill Booker’s office shared…
