By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces were still holding out inside Sievierodonetsk and trying to evacuate civilians, after Russia destroyed the last bridge to the devastated eastern city in a potential turning point in o…
Exclusive-Disney/Pixar’s ‘Lightyear,’ with same-sex couple, will not play in 14 countries; China in question
By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney Co has been unable to obtain permission to show its new Pixar movie “Lightyear” in 14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries, a source said on Monday, and the animated film appeared u…
Inflation angst drags S&P 500 into bear market; bonds skid
By Koh Gui Qing and Saikat Chatterjee NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global stocks and government bonds plunged again on Monday and the dollar hit two-decade highs, as red-hot U.S. inflation fuelled worries about even more aggressive policy tightening in a big we…
Kremlin pledges support after Donbas separatist leader calls for more Russian forces
(Reuters) – Russia’s main goal of its military operation in Ukraine is to protect the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics, the Kremlin said on Monday, after the leader of one of the separatist regions asked for additional forces from Moscow. Denis P…
China investment curbs gain momentum in U.S. lawmaker talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of lawmakers said on Monday they have agreed on a proposal that would give the U.S. government sweeping new powers to block billions in U.S. investment into China, although the measure is part of a broader bill …
Takeaways from second day of Trump Jan. 6 hearings
By Richard Cowan and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top advisers to then-President Donald Trump told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were unfounded and would not reverse his election loss, but he refused to listen, according …
White nationalists accused of planning riot are bailed out of Idaho jail
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Thirty-one members of white nationalist group Patriot Front, arrested in Idaho over the weekend on suspicion of plotting to violently disrupt an LGBTQ pride event, were released from jail on bond and will make their initial cour…
U.S. bill to rein in Big Tech backed by dozens of small and big companies
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dozens of companies and business organizations sent a letter to U.S. Congress members on Monday, urging them to support a bill that would rein in the biggest tech companies such as Amazon.com and Alphabet’s Google….
Monkeypox DNA found in semen in handful of cases -researchers say
By Natalie Grover and Emilio Parodi LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) – Fragments of the monkeypox virus have been detected in semen in a handful of patients in Italy, raising questions over whether sexual transmission of the disease is a possibility, scientists …
Britain defies EU with ‘relatively trivial’ N.Ireland law
By Elizabeth Piper and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Britain published plans on Monday to override some post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland by scrapping checks and challenging the role played by the European Union’s court in a new clash with B…