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Australian police charge five teenagers in Sydney cleric's stabbing
US Army says coalition vessel engaged anti-ship ballistic missile launched from Yemen
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) -A coalition vessel successfully engaged one anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) launched from the Iranian-backed Houthi "terrorist-controlled areas" in Yemen over the Gulf of Aden, the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) said on ...
Grand jury indicts 18 in alleged Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect Trump
(Reuters) -A grand jury has indicted 18 people on charges that they took part in an Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect then-U.S. President Donald Trump in 2020, the state's attorney general said on Wednesday. The court papers list a "former U.S.
Pro-Palestinian US high school students accuse school of censoring speech
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some U.S. students at Washington, D.C.'s Jackson-Reed High School filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging the public high school's administrators censored them by prohibiting pro-Palestinian events. The ...
Brazil's government submits rules to streamline consumption taxes
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government submitted proposed rules to Congress on Wednesday to carry out a historic tax overhaul approved last year, a key element of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's strategy to foster growth in Latin ...
North Korean official lambasts US over sanctions, state media says
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will take more action to maintain its military power despite U.S. sanctions pressure that has only made the country stronger, a North Korean foreign ministry official said on Thursday. "U.S. heinous sanctions served ...
Molina Healthcare beats profit estimates aided by higher premiums
(Reuters) - Molina Healthcare beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, aided by higher premiums in its government-backed Medicaid insurance plans for people with low income. The company also reaffirmed its 2024 outlook, ...
Explainer-Why Spain's Prime Minister Sanchez is taking a break from public duties
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday said he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a preliminary probe of his wife. Sanchez, ...
‘Stop arming Israel’ Passover protest in Brooklyn harkens back to 1969 Freedom Seder
By Aurora Ellis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gathered around a banner emblazoned with the words “stop arming Israel,” thousands of protesters joined with Jewish-led peace groups in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday evening to attend a Passover protest that ...
McKinsey faces US criminal probe over opioids work, sources say
By Mike Spector, Nate Raymond and Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) - McKinsey & Co is under criminal investigation in the United States over allegations that the consulting firm played a key role in fueling the opioid epidemic, with federal ...
UK's Labour outlines plan to renationalise railways within 5 years
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party said it planned to renationalise the country's rail network within five years without paying compensation to private operators as it set out its plans to fix the troubled railway system. Labour ...