By Jeff Mason and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden, pausing from political pressures to bask in the glow of the cosmos, on Monday released the debut photo from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – an image of a galaxy cluster…
White House: Iran preparing to supply Russia with drones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes Iran is preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred drones, including some that are weapons capable, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday. Sullivan also said …
Spain swelters as temperatures reach 43C in second heatwave
By Michael Francis Gore and Catherine MacDonald MADRID (Reuters) -Spaniards kept to the shade in parks, headed for the beach or sipped iced drinks to tackle stifling temperatures as high as 43C (110F), as the country experiences its second heatwave thi…
Rescuers pull survivors from ruined Ukrainian apartment building
By Anna Voitenko and Tom Balmforth CHASIV YAR, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) – Rescuers pulled survivors on Monday from an apartment block destroyed by a Russian missile strike that killed 31 people in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said while…
How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka’s government
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -In June, a few dozen activists started meeting regularly at a seaside tented camp in Colombo for hours-long sessions to think up ways to revive Sri Lanka’s flagging protest movement. The group…
Twitter hires U.S. law firm Wachtell to sue Musk after pulling out of $44 billion deal – sources
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc has hired U.S. law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP as it prepares to sue Elon Musk and force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company, according to people familiar with the matter. Musk, the…
Musk’s Tesla stock sale windfall dwarfs Twitter loss
By Noel Randewich and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s attempt to scrap his purchase of Twitter Inc may leave the world’s wealthiest person in a stronger financial position than before he unveiled the $44 billion deal, with billions of dollars in ca…
Musk makes meme on Twitter legal threat after scrapping $44 billion deal
(Reuters) – Elon Musk on Monday mocked Twitter Inc’s threat to sue him following his move to abandon the $44 billion takeover deal, tweeting the social media firm would need to disclose more information on bots and spam accounts. Twitter shares fell ab…
UK PM Johnson’s replacement to be announced on Sept 5 – Conservative party
LONDON (Reuters) – The Conservative Party will announce the replacement for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sept. 5 following a vote among party members under rules agreed by the party’s officials on Monday. The Conservative Party said the post…
Russia’s Sistema appoints new CEO, recommends no 2021 dividend
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian conglomerate Sistema said on Monday that it has appointed Tagir Sitdekov as its new chief executive, replacing Vladimir Chirakhov who has been in the role for just over two years. Chirakhov will now focus on his own projects …