(Corrects paragraph 34 to attribute testimony about Trump throwing a plate to Cassidy Hutchinson, not Kayleigh McEnaney) By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his presidential limous…
Biden administration on lookout for states violating women’s rights after abortion ruling
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is watching closely for states violating women’s rights after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 ruling that made abortion a constitutional right and plans to take aggressive l…
Africa’s dream of feeding China hits hard reality
By Duncan Miriri and Joe Bavier THIKA, Kenya (Reuters) – Watching workers poke avocados from the treetops in an orchard owned by Kenyan agriculture firm Kakuzi, managing director Chris Flowers revels in the thought some might soon go to the crown jewel…
Finland, Sweden back on path to NATO membership as Turkey drops veto
By Humeyra Pamuk and Anne Kauranen MADRID/HELSINKI (Reuters) -NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the three nations agreed to protect each other’s security, ending a weeks-long dr…
Shopping mall attack sows fear far from Ukraine’s frontlines
By Simon Lewis and Anna Voitenko KREMENCHUK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Already displaced from the frontline region of Kharkiv that has been partially occupied since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Alia Skrypka, 35, believed that Kremenchuk, more than 170…
Dozens missing after Russian missile strike on mall kills 18
By Simon Lewis KREMENCHUK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Firefighters on Tuesday searched the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall where authorities said 36 people were missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18, as a regional governor reported…
Fifty migrants dead in sweltering Texas truck, more hospitalized
By Jason Buch, Evan Garcia and Ted Hesson SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) -At least 50 migrants died after being stuck inside a sweltering semi-trailer in San Antonio, U.S. and Mexican officials said on Tuesday, in one of the deadliest human trafficking incident…
Thomson Reuters names ex-Gannett CEO as Reuters News president
(Reuters) – Thomson Reuters Corp on Tuesday named Paul Bascobert as president of Reuters News, turning to a tech and media veteran to drive growth at the 171-year-old news organization. Bascobert, 58, is a former CEO of U.S. print giant Gannett Co Inc,…
‘Stacks of bodies’: 46 dead migrants found in truck in Texas
By Kaylee Greenlee Beal, Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) -The bodies of 46 dead migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, city officials said, in one of the most deadly recent incidents o…
Northern Ireland post-Brexit ‘protocol’ hurting some, a boon for others
By Amanda Ferguson and Clodagh Kilcoyne BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Irwin Armstrong, a former chair of Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party in Northern Ireland, has a simple message for the British Prime Minister when it comes to the province…