By Brian Ellsworth and William James MIAMI (Reuters) -The British Virgin Islands should have its constitution suspended, its elected government dissolved and effectively be ruled from London, according to a highly critical report into governance in the…
Ghislaine Maxwell loses motion to toss U.S. sex trafficking conviction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday lost a bid to overturn her December 2021 conviction on sex trafficking charges for her role in helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. In a written ruling, U.S. Circuit J…
Tennis-From ‘Boom Boom’ to bust, Becker must now serve time
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Becker’s thunderous delivery earned him the nickname ‘Boom Boom’ as a 17-year-old Wimbledon winner in 1985 but on Friday, aged 54 and bust, the German great was told he must serve time in prison. Three times a c…
Biden’s ‘constructive’ talks with Mexico focused on migration -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s talks with his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador largely centered on migration and steps to reduce it, the White House said on Friday. The tone of the call was “very constructive,” said Wh…
Oath Keepers member pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy in U.S. Capitol attack
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Oath Keepers member on Friday admitted to engaging in seditious conspiracy during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and agreed to cooperate with investigators, handing a win to prosecutors as they prepa…
Islamic State ‘Beatle’ sentenced to life for murdering U.S. hostages
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday imposed a lifetime prison sentence on a member of an Islamic State militant group nicknamed “The Beatles” that beheaded American hostages, at a hearing where one victim’s mother told the defenda…
Ukraine says eastern battle taking toll on Russia, Mariupol fighters hope for evacuation
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine acknowledged on Friday it was taking heavy losses in Russia’s assault in the east, but said Russia’s losses were even worse, as U.S. President Joe Biden called on Congress to send as much as $33 billion to help…
‘It was a massacre’: Mariupol residents recall battle for Ukrainian city
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Residents of Mariupol recounted the horrors of the battle for their now devastated city this week as they sifted through the rubble for belongings, cooked meals by the roadside or just stared at the charred shells of build…
Ukraine seeks urgent WHO meeting on impact of invasion on health
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Ukraine, backed by dozens of other countries, has written to the World Health Organization’s regional chief calling for an urgent meeting on the impact of Russia’s invasion on health and healthcare, a letter obtained by…
Wall Street drops as investors dump Amazon following report
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Wall Street tumbled on Friday at the end of a volatile week, as Amazon slumped following a gloomy quarterly report, and as the biggest surge in monthly inflation since 2005 spooked investors alread…