By Mrinalika Roy and Medha Singh (Reuters) – Retail investors have flocked to small biotech firms that make women contraceptives after the U.S. Supreme Court last week overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling that recognized the constitutional right to aborti…
Norway pledges 1 billion euros to support Ukraine
(Reuters) – Norway on Friday pledged 1 billion euros ($1.04 billion) to help Ukraine defend itself, support people in need and for reconstruction in the wake of Russia’s invasion. Addressing a news conference in Kyiv alongside Ukrainian President Volod…
As business booms for people smugglers using trucks in Texas, risks grow
By Ted Hesson, Laura Gottesdiener and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON/MONTERREY (Reuters) – Months before dozens of migrants died inside a sweltering tractor-trailer this week that had slipped through a Border Patrol checkpoint on a Texas highway, another tr…
U.S. basketball star Griner goes on trial in Russia on drug charges
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) -U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial in a court on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday to hear drug charges that could see her serve up to 10 years in a Russian jail. Griner, 31, was formally told at this first hea…
Second half begins with rally in stocks, fall in yields
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – The second half of the year started with gains in global stock indexes on Friday ahead of the long U.S. holiday weekend, while the 10-year Treasury yield fell the most since COVID-19 hit markets in March 20…
S&P 500 closes the book on its biggest first-half plunge since 1970
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street ended the session lower on Thursday, crossing the finish line of a grim month and quarter, a dismal coda to the S&P 500’s worst first half in more than half a century. All three major U.S. stock indexes …
Suspected truck driver in Texas migrant deaths was on meth, lawmaker says
By Jason Buch, Julio-Cesar Chavez and Ted Hesson SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) -The suspected driver of a truck packed with dozens of migrants who died in blazing heat during a Texas smuggling attempt was allegedly under the influence of methamphetamine when p…
Ecuador’s government, indigenous leaders reach agreement ending protests
By Alexandra Valencia (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government and indigenous groups’ leaders on Thursday reached an agreement to end more than two weeks of protests against the social and economic policies of President Guillermo Lasso which left at least eigh…
U.S. probes New York City police unit over ‘gender-biased policing’
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has opened a probe into a division of the New York City Police Department looking at whether it engages in gender-biased policing, including how it handles investigations of sexual ass…
Florida, Kentucky judges block states from enforcing abortion bans
By Nate Raymond and Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Judges in Florida and Kentucky on Thursday moved to block those states from enforcing bans on abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court last week overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had established a nati…