By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Noel Randewich (Reuters) – The S&P 500 ended higher on Wednesday following a steep drop the day before, with strong revenue forecasts from Microsoft and Visa helping to alleviate worries about slowing global economic growth …
Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela Maduro government unlikely to be invited to regional summit -U.S
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government are unlikely to be invited to the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas to be held in June in Los Angeles, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday. “T…
York strips its duke, Prince Andrew, of ‘freedom of city’ honour
LONDON (Reuters) – The northern English city of York on Wednesday stripped Britain’s Prince Andrew, who is the Duke of York, of the freedom of the city. Local councillors voted en masse to rescind the honour bestowed on Andrew, Queen Elizabeth’s second…
Textbook launch as Musk’s SpaceX sends 4 astronauts to space station
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX launched four more astronauts into orbit on Wednesday en route to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, including a medical doctor turned spacew…
U.S. identifies possible wind power areas off Oregon, Atlantic coasts
(Reuters) – The Biden administration on Wednesday identified new areas for potential offshore wind development off the coasts of Oregon and several central Atlantic states, its latest step toward bolstering the nascent U.S. industry. Offshore wind is a…
U.S. Supreme Court hears Oklahoma tribal dispute in Breyer’s last case
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, in Justice Stephen Breyer’s last scheduled oral argument before retirement, is set to consider limiting the scope of its own 2020 ruling that greatly expanded Native America…
Biden praises ‘force of nature’ Madeleine Albright at funeral
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden called former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright a “force of nature” on Wednesday at a memorial service attended by former presidents in honor of the first woman to serve a…
Biden to visit Lockheed plant producing weapons provided to Ukraine – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Alabama on Tuesday to visit a Lockheed Martin Corp facility that is manufacturing weapons being provided to Ukraine, including Javelin anti-tank missiles, the White House said on Wednesday….
Trump appeals New York contempt ruling, fine over failure to comply with subpoena
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump has appealed a contempt ruling and a $10,000-per-day fine over his failure to comply with a subpoena by New York state’s attorney general about his business practices, his lawyer said …
Russia halts gas to Poland and Bulgaria, exposing EU divisions
By Marek Strzelecki, Tsvetelia Tsolova and Pavel Polityuk WARSAW/SOFIA/KYIV (Reuters) -Russia halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland on Wednesday for rejecting its demand for payment in roubles, taking direct aim at European economies in a move tha…