(Reuters) -Abortion rights groups are flooding state courts with lawsuits seeking to stop the enforcement of bans that began taking effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. Meanwhile, …
With Israel’s Knesset set to dissolve, PM Bennett says he will not seek re-election
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel was headed on Wednesday toward its fifth election in less than four years, plunging it deeper into political uncertainty as it grapples with rising living costs amid renewed international efforts to revive a nuclear deal wit…
Doctors, bankers protest ‘impossible situation’ as Sri Lanka runs out of fuel
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Doctors and bankers were among hundreds of Sri Lankans who marched on Wednesday to demand the government resolve a severe fuel shortage at the heart of the Indian Ocean island’s worst economic crisis in decades o…
Families fret over fate of migrants trapped in Texas truck
(Corrects last name of mother of two Honduran migrants to Caballero from Castillo) By Jackie Botts OAXACA CITY, Mexico (Reuters) -Before he began the journey that ended in disaster, Jose Luis Vasquez lived in a remote mountainous community in southern …
Ex-Giuliani associate sentenced to 20 months for campaign finance violations, fraud
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Lev Parnas, a onetime associate of Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Wednesday for violating U.S. campaign finance laws during the 2018 elections and for wire f…
Salah Abdeslam found guilty of murder in 2015 Paris attacks trial
PARIS (Reuters) – Salah Abdeslam, who is believed to be the only surviving member of the group that carried out the most deadly attack ever seen in peacetime France, was found guilty of terrorism and murder charges by a criminal court on Wednesday. The…
Luggage piles join long airport lines in fresh woes for summer travel
By Allison Lampert (Reuters) – Piles of luggage beside baggage belts in airports from Canada to Europe are driving further demand for ground handlers, and adding to summer travel chaos as airlines scramble to bring back workers lost during COVID-19. On…
Analysis-Flight delays, cancellations mar U.S. summer travel
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) – Persistent staffing shortages, fewer flights and booming demand have cast a shadow on the busy July Fourth holiday weekend and the entire summer travel season. While the lifting of COVID-19 curbs and bottled-up…
NATO vastly expands troops at high readiness for long-term Russian threat
By Sabine Siebold MADRID (Reuters) – NATO agreed on Wednesday to put over 300,000 troops at high readiness from 2023, up from 40,000 previously, a new military line-up designed to better counter Russia, the country the alliance has designated as posing…
R&B singer R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex case
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -R. Kelly was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison, following the multiplatinum R&B singer’s conviction for exploiting his stardom and wealth over decades to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex. …