US and World News

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to approve a bill aimed at allowing news organizations to band together to negotiate with Alphabet Inc’s Google …

By Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his Philippine counterpart, Ferdinand Marcos, underscored their support for freedom of navigation and overflight in the …

By Xie Yu, Julie Zhu and Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) – Beijing has sent a team of regulatory officials to Hong Kong to assist the U.S. audit watchdog with …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. passenger airline flight cancellations in July fell to 1.8% from 3.1% in June, although air travel service complaints rose 16.5%, the U.S. Transportation …

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – FedEx Corp dented investor confidence in the new chief executive’s vision to deliver a long-awaited turnaround at the shipping company, sending its shares …

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -An Indiana judge on Thursday blocked the state from enforcing its new law banning most abortions while Planned Parenthood and other healthcare providers challenge it in …

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada on Thursday launched a review of the country’s legalization of recreational cannabis use four years ago to evaluate its impact on youth, indigenous minorities …

By Leika Kihara and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan intervened in the foreign exchange market on Thursday to buy yen for the first time since 1998, in an attempt …

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government estimated on Thursday it will post a primary surplus this year, the first since 2013, with public accounts benefiting from booming tax revenue and hefty …

By Pete Schroeder, Lananh Nguyen and Saeed Azhar WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The heads of the nation’s largest banks faced pointed criticism on Thursday from Republicans complaining the firms are inappropriately …

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A Georgia county has validated 15,000 to 20,000 registered voters whose status was challenged ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm election, officials said on Wednesday, …

By Kanishka Singh and Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday announced over $170 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, including those outside the country …

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms Inc said on Thursday that several users were having trouble accessing its social network, Instagram. “We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible,” …

By Francesco Canepa and Howard Schneider FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Global central banks continued raising interest rates on Thursday, following the U.S. Federal Reserve in a fight against inflation that is …

CAIRO (Reuters) – The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), bucking analyst expectations, left its overnight interest rates unchanged on Thursday, saying it believed inflation was under control over the medium …

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation is set to go higher and price growth is likely to be more persistent than earlier thought, European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives can consider the stop-gap government spending bill next week as soon as it passes the Senate, hopefully as soon as Tuesday night, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday pressed the U.S. energy industry to lower costs for consumers who had been stung by high gasoline prices, citing record company …

By Riham Alkousaa and Klaus Lauer BERLIN (Reuters) – The German economy minister on Thursday called for more government funds to support companies as a debate intensifies on whether Berlin …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has summoned 18 Cabinet secretaries and agency heads to the White House on Monday to further hash out plans to …

By Valentyn Ogirenko and Aziz El Yaakoubi KYIV/RIYADH (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed as “superheroes” the senior Ukrainian commanders, including those who led the dogged defence of Mariupol, who …

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – An LGBT student group has agreed to hold off on forcing Yeshiva University to formally recognize it while the Jewish school in New York City …

By Tim Hepher MARIGNANE, France (Reuters) – The head of Airbus Helicopters has urged Europe to back its domestic defence industry when launching major new military programmes, as a row …

PARIS (Reuters) – French car maker Renault has offered over 1,000 euros in one-off payments to a majority of its workers to help them cope with inflation, union sources told …