By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The world recorded its hottest day ever on Thursday, breaking previous highs set on Monday and Tuesday as global average temperatures continue to climb, according to data from the U.S. National Centers on Environmental Prediction. The global average temperature hit 17.23 degrees Celsius (63.01 Fahrenheit) on Thursday, according…
(This July 6 story has been corrected to fix the court where filing was made in paragraphs 1-3) (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Thursday asked a federal judge to put on hold his earlier order barring some government agencies and officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies about moderating their content. In…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jamie Dimon and Jes Staley do not agree on who to blame for JPMorgan Chase’s relationship with former client Jeffrey Epstein, but agree that a shareholder lawsuit over their alleged failure to police the disgraced financier should be thrown out. Lawyers for Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, and…
By Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) -The head of NATO said on Friday the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Kyiv closer to joining, while Ukraine’s president drummed up support for its membership bid on a tour of several NATO states. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the Czech Republic and…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said a report on Friday showing continued, but slowing, job growth is “Bidenomics in action” and a sign of a sustainable economic expansion. “We are seeing stable and steady growth,” Biden said in a statement. “That’s Bidenomics – growing the economy by creating jobs, lowering costs for hardworking…
(Reuters) -German automaker Mercedes-Benz said on Friday its electric vehicles in North America will adopt the Tesla-developed charging technology from 2025 and also get access to more than 12,000 of its Superchargers from next year. The company joins American rivals Ford and General Motors to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) as they try…
By Sakura Murakami and John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said on Friday he had heard that one or two experts behind its report greenlighting Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant may have had concerns. “There have been some ideas to the effect that one…
(Reuters) – The conflict between military factions in Sudan has caused a surge in cases of rape and the abduction of women and girls, some as young as 12, aid agencies and officials said. Teenage girls are being sexually assaulted and raped by armed combatants in “alarming numbers”, Save the Children said in a statement…
(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Slovakia on Friday and met his Slovak counterpart Zuzana Caputova, who urged NATO allies to give Ukraine a clearer view on its bid to become a part of the military alliance. Zelenskiy was on the third stop of a tour of several NATO states to drum up support for…
BEIRUT (Reuters) -One person was killed and three were wounded during a shooting near a mosque in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Friday, a security source said, adding that preliminary information indicated it was sparked by a personal dispute. Lebanon’S state-run National News Agency said the shooting had taken place at the mosque in Bar Elias…
