SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday cast doubt on the 2020 election victory of U.S. President Joe Biden, just two days before they are due to meet for the first time during the Summit of the Americas. Bolsonaro, an outsp…
Exclusive – Musk’s Twitter deal threats put new financing on ice – sources
By Krystal Hu and Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s efforts to arrange new financing that will limit his cash contribution to his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc have been put on hold because of the uncertainty surrounding the deal, peopl…
India’s ruling party asks officials to exercise caution on religious issues after Islamic nations protest
By Rupam Jain MUMBAI (Reuters) – Leaders of India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party on Tuesday instructed officials to be “extremely cautious” when talking about religion on public platforms after derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad drew prote…
Spare ‘documented Dreamers’ from deportation, tech giants tell Biden official
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) -The Biden administration must protect young adults who could lose U.S. immigration status because of processing delays for permanent residency, tech companies including Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Tuesday….
Ukraine will fight for all territory, stalemate ‘not an option’, Zelenskiy says
By Pavel Polityuk and Abdelaziz Boumzar KYIV/DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine will fight to recover all its territory occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, as his troops battled street-to-street in Sievierodo…
Macron’s camp could miss absolute majority in parliament, polls show
PARIS (Reuters) – The centrist camp of French President Emmanuel Macron is not guaranteed to win an absolute majority in this month’s legislative elections, two polls showed on Tuesday. Macron won a second mandate in April as France’s centrist, pro-Eur…
Harvey Weinstein sues Stellantis unit over 2019 Jeep crash
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -The former Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein, now in prison after being convicted of sex crimes, on Tuesday sued the U.S. business of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles over a 2019 crash in which he flipped a Jeep…
Whistleblower sues Eli Lilly over drug manufacturing problems
By Dan Levine and Marisa Taylor (Reuters) -A former human resources officer at Eli Lilly and Co sued the drugmaker on Monday, alleging she was terminated after pointing out poor manufacturing practices and data falsification involving one of its blockb…
Stocks waver on Target profit warning, bond yields slip
By Herbert Lash and Danilo Masoni NEW YORK/MILAN (Reuters) -World shares wavered and bond yields slid on Tuesday after a surprise rate hike in Australia unsettled investors, but Target Corp’s warning on profit margins also included plans to slash price…
Schumer says more time needed for U.S. Senate gun legislation
By Richard Cowan and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipartisan negotiations in the U.S. Senate on gun control legislation, which follow massacres at a Texas elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last month, will continue amid some…