By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A jury in the trial of 10 men accused of involvement in the triple suicide attack at Brussels airport and the city’s metro claimed by Islamic State in 2016, is set to consider its verdict, bringing to an end the country’s largest court case. The Brussels bombings killed 15…
By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Police in Hong Kong arrested a man on Thursday suspected of links to pro-democracy activists based abroad, picking him up at the city’s international airport a day after arresting four others for various national security offences. Police had issued arrest warrants days earlier for eight…
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Tel Aviv’s police commander said on Wednesday he was quitting the force, citing political intervention by members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right cabinet whom he said wanted excessive force used against anti-government protesters. Tel Aviv District Commander Ami Eshed did not name the far-right National Security Minister Itamar…
(Reuters) – Russia will allow the U.S. ambassador to Moscow to visit detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich “on a reciprocal basis”, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. Ambassador Lynne Tracy was able to visit Gershkovich this week for only the second time since he was detained in March on espionage charges,…
By Shaloo Shrivastava and Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) – The rupee will hold on to its recent gains against the dollar in coming months and strengthen marginally in a year, on strong macroeconomic trends and expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its hiking cycle, a Reuters poll showed. Despite the Reserve…
By Brendan Pierson and Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – A federal judge’s order restricting Biden administration officials from contacting social media companies about moderating their content will face tough legal challenges on appeal, experts said. Several legal scholars and attorneys said while the lawsuit challenging the administration’s communications with social media companies raised real free speech…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian lawyer with a bounty on his head from the Hong Kong authorities, said on Thursday he was being pursued for “exercising my democratic rights” in a crackdown on free speech. Kevin Yam, 47, is one of eight overseas-based activists accused by Hong Kong police of “serious” national…
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese weather forecasters on Thursday issued a string of heat advisories across northern parts of the country as temperatures were expected to breach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas, stressing taxed power grids. The torrid heat has gripped China for several weeks, pushing local governments to ask residents and businesses…
LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin hit its highest level in 13 months on Thursday rising as much as 3.28% to $31,500. The world’s largest cryptocurrency has recently found support due to plans by fund managers, including BlackRock – the world’s largest asset manager – to launch a U.S.-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund(ETF). Nasdaq refiled its application…
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran said on Thursday it had a court order to seize a tanker in Gulf waters a day earlier after it collided with an Iranian vessel, one of two tankers the U.S. Navy said it prevented Iran from commandeering. The Richmond Voyager, a Bahamas-flagged oil tanker, had collided with an Iranian vessel and…
