By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ghislaine Maxwell has been put on suicide watch at a Brooklyn jail, and may seek to delay her Tuesday sentencing for aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage girls, her lawyer said on Saturday night. In…
Biden urges G7 to stay together as leaders target Russian gold, oil price
By Matthias Williams and Thomas Escritt SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden told allies “we have to stay together” against Russia on Sunday as G7 leaders gathered for a summit dominated by war in Ukraine and its impact on food an…
WHO says monkeypox is not yet a health emergency
LONDON (Reuters) -Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak. “I am deeply concerned ab…
UK PM Boris Johnson seeks to stay in power until the mid-2030s
By Andrew MacAskill KIGALI (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he aims to remain in power until the middle of the next decade, despite calls for him to quit, which would make him the country’s longest continuously serving …
Factbox-Companies offering abortion travel benefits to U.S. workers
(Reuters) -A growing number of companies, including JPMorgan Chase & Co, Amazon.com Inc, Tesla Inc, and Walt Disney Co are rolling out policies to offer benefits to U.S. employees who may need to access abortion services. The U.S. Supreme Court on Frid…
Commonwealth ends summit with call for action on climate change, trade
By Ayenat Mersie KIGALI (Reuters) – The 56 members of the Commonwealth made broad commitments to addressing climate change and boosting trade on Saturday as they concluded a summit aimed at shoring up the relevance of a group that evolved from the Brit…
Abortion ruling raises stakes in key U.S. governor’s races
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Abortion is now front and center in November’s key governor’s races in Pennsylvania and Michigan, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that had recognized a constitutional right to abortion….
Dozens of migrants piled together at Melilla border fence – video
By Ahmed Eljechtimi and Graham Keeley RABAT/MADRID (Reuters) -Dozens of migrants were pictured lying by a Moroccan border fence, some bleeding and many apparently lifeless, in video showing the aftermath of an attempted mass crossing into a Spanish enc…
Iran-U.S. nuclear talks to resume ‘in coming days’, Tehran and EU say
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s indirect talks with the United States on reviving the 2015 nuclear pact will resume soon, the Iranian foreign minister said on Saturday amid a push by the European Union’s top diplomat to break a months-long im…
Pro-life is not just opposing abortion, Vatican says after U.S. ruling
By Philip Pullella (Reuters) – Anti-abortion activists should be concerned with other issues that can threaten life, such as easy access to guns, poverty and rising maternity mortality rates, the Vatican’s editorial director said on Saturday. In a medi…