By Liliana Salgado and Ted Hesson YUMA, Arizona (Reuters) – Migrants gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday hours before immigration restrictions known as Title 42 expire, with some rushing to cross ahead of tough new asylum rules that will replace a COVID-era order. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has in…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 17-year-old Honduran unaccompanied migrant teen died after being found unconscious in a Florida shelter on May 10, according to a notification to U.S. lawmakers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) refugee office. The teen, Angel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza, had been placed by HHS on May 5 with…
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s market regulator said Tesla Inc will fix software in more than 1 million vehicles to reduce the chance of accidents, the regulator said on Friday. The action is described as a product recall under Chinese regulations, the regulator said, but it was not immediately clear if drivers might need, or would be…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators extended on Friday their deadline for a decision on U.S. chipmaker Broadcom’s proposed $61 billion bid for cloud computing firm VMware by three days to June 26. The deadline was extended in agreement with the companies, a European Commission spokesperson said. Broadcom Chief Executive Hock Tan last week sought…
By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner (Reuters) – The Biden administration’s plan to decarbonize the U.S. power sector envisions the first-ever large-scale use of carbon capture and green hydrogen over the next decade – raising questions about whether the climate-fighting technologies can rise to the challenge. The issue could emerge as a legal vulnerability for…
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Republican U.S. congressman George Santos, who has Brazilian heritage, agreed to settle a lawsuit in which he was accused of bouncing checks to buy clothes in a Rio de Janeiro clothing store over a decade ago, a court in Rio said. Santos was indicted this week for fraud and money laundering…
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) – Metals magnate and Republican donor Andy Sabin said he has soured on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over his stance on abortion and Ukraine, and is now planning to back Senator Tim Scott instead in the 2024 Republican White House race. Sabin had been considering donating to DeSantis, who is expected…
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) – Satellite launch company Virgin Orbit is planning to move back the deadline for prospective bidders to buy its assets by a handful of days, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The development was first reported by Sky News. Virgin Orbit, founded by billionaire Richard Branson, filed for Chapter…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada has extradited an alleged drug trafficker on the United States’ “ten most wanted” list to face federal charges in Michigan, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday. The suspect, dual Canadian-Laos citizen Khaophone Sychantha, was first indicted in the U.S. in 2005 and again in 2013, then charged in three…
(Reuters) – U.S. equity funds faced huge outflows in the week ended May 10, on caution over the U.S. debt ceiling and concerns over disappointing earnings forecasts from some top companies. According to Refinitiv Lipper, U.S. equity funds faced outflows worth $5.7 billion, which was their seventh consecutive week of outflows. Investors were looking for…
