(Reuters) – News that his ship would be allowed to leave the Ukrainian port of Odesa carrying grain was the “best feeling” of the year, a joyful crew member said on Monday, adding he was worried about mines. The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni left Odesa b…
Trump fundraiser says UAE investment was not ‘quid pro quo’
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump said prosecutors were wrong to imply that his firm sought investment from United Arab Emirates sovereign wealth funds as a “quid pro quo” for lobbying for the Gulf co…
Wall Street recedes after biggest month since 2020
By Aniruddha Ghosh and Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Wall Street fell on Monday, with declines in energy companies weighing against gains in Boeing as investors digested the U.S. stock market’s biggest monthly gains in two years. Stocks gave up some of a …
Man arrested with rifle outside New York home of Iranian-American journalist
By Luc Cohen and Joel Schectman NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An Iranian-American journalist and women’s rights activist said it was “shocking” to learn that a man had been arrested last week with a loaded AK-47 rifle outside her Brooklyn, New York, h…
Kentucky floods kill at least 35 as more storms forecast
By Kanishka Singh and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -Floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky have killed at least 35 people, including four children, Governor Andy Beshear said on Monday while warning that more dangerous weather is approach…
Texas far-right militia member faces sentencing over Jan.6 Capitol riot
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An associate of the far-right Three Percenters militia could be sentenced to more than a decade in prison on Monday for joining the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while armed and threatening to harm hi…
Myanmar junta chief to extend emergency rule for 6 months -state media
(Reuters) -The head of Myanmar’s junta, Min Aung Hlaing, will extend the state of emergency in the country for a further six months, state media said on Monday, reporting that the junta’s national defence and security council had given its approval. Th…
New Zealand’s borders fully open after long pandemic closure
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s borders fully re-opened to visitors from around the world on Monday, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic closed them in March 2020. New Zealand’s borders started reopening in February first…
Even as China becomes more assertive, there are still shared interests, New Zealand’s prime minister says
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that even “as China becomes more assertive in the pursuit of its interests”, there are still shared interests that the two countries can and should co-opera…
Soccer-England clinch Women’s Euro with 2-1 extra time win over Germany
By Christian Radnedge LONDON (Reuters) -An extra time strike from forward Chloe Kelly gave England a 2-1 win over Germany in the Women’s European Championship final on Sunday to claim their first ever major title in front of a record crowd on home soil…