By Pavel Polityuk and Abdelaziz Boumzar KYIV/SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces claimed on Thursday to have pushed forward in intense street fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, but said their only hope to turn the tide was mor…
U.S. says convicted R&B singer R. Kelly deserves more than 25 years in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday said the multiplatinum R&B singer R. Kelly deserves to spend more than 25 years in prison after being convicted of sex trafficking. In a filing in Brooklyn federal court, prosecutors said the 55-year-o…
More than 600 conservatives, mostly in Texas, call for gun reform
By Tim Reid and Joseph Ax (Reuters) – More than 600 conservative gun rights supporters, including several major Republican donors, are urging Congress to pass gun control measures in the wake of mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and elsewhere in the Uni…
UK’s John Lewis identifies rental home locations in diversification push
LONDON (Reuters) – British retailer John Lewis Partnership announced the first three locations where it wants to build rental homes, part of its diversification plan to generate 40% of profit from outside its core business by 2030. The employee-owned p…
U.S. unveils new Latin America economic plan at reboot summit dogged by dissent
By Humeyra Pamuk, Matt Spetalnick and Dave Graham LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The Biden administration unveiled a new proposed U.S. economic partnership with Latin America on Wednesday as regional leaders gathered for a U.S-hosted summit whose agenda has be…
Trump, adult children agree to testify in NY civil probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump and two of his adult children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, have agreed to testify starting July 15 in a New York state civil investigation into the former U.S. president’s business practices. The Trumps’ testimon…
CDC awards $215 million as part of Cancer Moonshot initiative revival
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it was awarding $215 million in first-year funding as part of reviving the erstwhile Obama administration’s Cancer Moonshot initiative aimed at prevention and control of the dis…
U.S. Capitol assault hearings to open with injured police officer and filmmaker
(Reuters) – A police officer hurt by Donald Trump supporters trying to overturn his election defeat and a filmmaker who recorded some leaders of the U.S. Capitol riot will be among the first witnesses when hearings into the assault begin on Thursday, o…
Tesla barred from pausing race bias case while challenging agency’s powers
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Tesla Inc cannot pause a California civil rights agency’s lawsuit alleging widespread race discrimination at an assembly plant while the electric carmaker separately challenges the agency’s ability to sue employers, a judg…
Man drives into Berlin crowd, killing teacher, injuring 14 students
By Madeline Chambers and Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) – A 29-year-old man drove into a crowd of people in Berlin on Wednesday, killing a teacher and injuring 14 of her students, as his car twice veered onto a pavement in a popular shopping district,…