Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Arizona Democrats seek to repeal 1864 abortion ban, but need Republican help
By Liliana Salgado and Daniel Trotta PHOENIX (Reuters) - Democrats in the Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday will seek to repeal an 1864 ban on abortion that is poised to become state law o...
Apr 17, 2024
Reformers hoped to curtail America's domestic spying; lawmakers are poised to expand it
By Raphael Satter and Zeba Siddiqui WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reformers had hoped that the debate over the reauthorization of a key U.S. domestic surveillance law would lead to new safeguards protecting ...
Apr 17, 2024
Trump's ex-fixer Michael Cohen to be key witness in hush money criminal trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, who once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump, is now poised to serve as a star prosecution witness in the former U.S. president's criminal tri...
Apr 17, 2024
European court rules drug lord Pablo Escobar's name cannot be trademarked
By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The name of late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar cannot be registered as an EU trade mark, the European Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday, after his brother tri...
Apr 17, 2024
Iran president to visit Pakistan 'very soon', PM Sharif says
By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Pakistan "very soon", Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday, as the Muslim neighbours look to mend tie...
Apr 17, 2024
France prepares to commemorate D-Day's 80th anniversary
ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS, France (Reuters) - Eighty years on, Normandy's beaches and fields still bear the scars of violence that erupted during World War Two on D-Day, history's largest amphibious invas...
Apr 17, 2024
Olympics-Opening ceremony in Stade de France only if major security risk, sports minister says
PARIS (Reuters) - France would only move the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games to a stadium if there was a major security risk, as this would mean scrapping the parade on the River Seine and...
Apr 17, 2024
Kremlin says Georgia's 'foreign agents' law is being used to stoke anti-Russian feeling
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a draft law on "foreign agents" currently being debated by lawmakers in Georgia is being used by outside actors to stoke anti-Russian sentiment an...
Apr 17, 2024
WIDER IMAGE-India's Gen Z voters seek jobs, harmony in world's biggest election
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - For 20-year-old Roushan Kumar, who sells flowers for a living in India's eastern state of West Bengal, more jobs and better education are priorities. And the first-time v...
Apr 17, 2024
Dutch deliver three more F-16s for training Ukrainian pilots in Romania
FETESTI, Romania (Reuters) - The Netherlands on Wednesday will hand over another three F-16 fighter jets to a training facility in Romania, where Ukrainian pilots and ground staff are being taught how...
Apr 17, 2024
