Death toll from rains in southern Brazil climbs to 107, says civil defense
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in southern Brazil has climbed to 107, local civil defense said on Thursday morning, up from 100 in the previous day, with another 136 people still missing. Storms blistering Brazil's southernmo...
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'Dead Poets Society' film director Peter Weir to receive Venice career prize
ROME (Reuters) - Peter Weir, the Australian director of "Dead Poets Society" and "The Truman Show", will be honoured for his career at this year's Venice Film Festival, organisers said on Thursday. Weir, 79, had his international breakthrough with ...
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Too many tractors: As boom times fade, farm equipment piles up
By Bianca Flowers and Renee Hickman DEKALB, Illinois (Reuters) - Falling crop prices are leaving agriculture equipment sellers with an excess of unsold tractors and combines. To cope with the surplus, dealers are discounting machines, suspending ne...
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Israel in spotlight at Eurovision semi-final as pro-Palestinian protests loom
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - The second semi-final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Sweden on Thursday, with Israel's performance expected to draw attention due to large pro-Palestinian protests plan...
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Exclusive: Corporate climate watchdog document deems carbon offsets largely ineffective
By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) - Staff at an influential corporate climate action group whose board announced a plan to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain with carbon credits has now found such offsets ...
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Australia backs long-term gas drilling despite 2050 climate goals
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Labor government on Thursday laid out a strategy to boost natural gas development even as it remains committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, highlighting demand from key Asian trade partners. Austra...
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Meet the British wrestling collective with 'queer joy' at its core
LONDON (Reuters) - Think fishnet tights, silver hot pants and long false eyelashes, then add in bodies bouncing off ropes and into takedowns which land with bottoms on faces. This is queer wrestling outfit Fist Club. Their mission, they say, is to ...
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Japan to start hunting fin whales after five years of commercial whaling
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday, five years after leaving an international body that regulates the commercial hunt of the marine...
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44-foot whale carcass on bow of cruise ship baffles NY authorities
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Marine conservationists and government scientists are seeking clues to the mystery of how a 44-foot whale carcass ended up on the bow of a cruise liner, where it was discovered as the ship approached New York City's Port...
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More Chinese jump through hoops, crawl under nets to foster ties with pets
By Nicoco Chan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Dog trail races that allow people and their dogs to navigate off-road obstacle courses in tandem are growing popular in China, as the pace of pet ownership and active lifestyle pursuits picks up. "Originally, I w...
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US FAA delaying start of new air traffic control rest requirements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it is delaying requiring air traffic controllers to get 10 hours off between shifts and 12 hours off before a midnight shift. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said on Apri...
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Summer power prices seen surging for Texas, falling in California
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Extreme heat and rising electricity demand are expected to drive up power prices in Texas this summer, while the rest of the U.S. power markets are broadly pricing lower, according to analysts and data this week. WHY IT'S IMPOR...
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House quickly defeats Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson
By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday quickly defeated an effort by firebrand Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove fellow Republican Speaker Mike Johnson from his leadership role. D...
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Man who murdered, stabbed homeless New Yorkers gets 25 years to life in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man who murdered a homeless person and wounded two others as they slept outdoors on park benches in a stabbing spree over several nights in July 2022 was sentenced to between 25 years and life in prison on Wednesday,...
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Exclusive-In Tesla Autopilot probe, US prosecutors focus on securities, wire fraud
By Mike Spector and Chris Prentice (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles' self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with ...
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Baseball star Ohtani's ex-interpreter agrees to plead guilty to federal charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Japanese baseball great Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges he illegally transferred nearly $17 million from the athlete's bank account, without Ohtani's knowledge, to pay off his own ...
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Oklahoma anti-ESG law blocked by state judge
By Clark Mindock and Ross Kerber (Reuters) - A judge in Oklahoma blocked a state law that prohibits state pension systems from investing with companies that limit investment in the oil and gas industry. Oklahoma County District Court Judge Sheila S...
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Ex-correctional official sent to US prison for payments from Galleon's Rajaratnam
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former correctional counselor at a federal prison in Massachusetts was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison for corruptly accepting tens of thousands of dollars from a wealthy inmate identified by a sou...
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Analysis-Indiana vote shows Trump still struggling with Republican holdouts
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Donald Trump stewed in a Manhattan courtroom during his hush money trial, voters hundreds of miles away in Indiana showed the Republican presidential candidate he still has work to do to win over some ske...
21h ago
Biden set to tighten asylum access at U.S.-Mexico border - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regulation that could be issued at soon as Thursday, three sources familiar with the matter said, in a move aimed at reducing ill...
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US Federal Election Commission gives Trump 45 more days to file personal financial disclosures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Election Commission on Wednesday granted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a 45-day extension to file personal financial disclosures. Trump, who is facing significant court fines and legal fees while ...
22h ago
Bidding opens for Messi napkin that defined soccer great's career
LONDON (Reuters) - Bidding began on Wednesday for a napkin on which soccer club Barcelona penned a promise to sign a 13-year-old Lionel Messi - who went on to become one of the game's greatest players - with early bids reaching almost $300,000. The...
23h ago
US senators urge Postal Service to pause delivery network changes
(Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 26 senators on Wednesday urged the U.S. Postal Service to pause planned further changes to its processing and delivery network, warning they could slow mail deliveries. The letter, seen by Reuters and led by Senato...
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Seasonal US fuel demand hits pandemic lows, weighs on refining margins
By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline and diesel demand are at their weakest seasonal level since the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, data from the Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday, pulling refiners' margins for making t...
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Presidential candidate RFK Jr said he had a brain worm in 2012, New York Times reports
(Reuters) - Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a brain abnormality that he said doctors attributed to a parasite in his head, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Citing a 12-year-old deposition, the Times said K...
May 08, 2024