US and World News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States rejected plans to hold referendums in Ukraine and will never recognize any Russian claims to annex parts of Ukraine, White House national security adviser …

(Reuters) – Spotify Technology SA is locking horns with Amazon.com Inc’s Audible, with the launch of its audiobook service in the United States. Spotify users in the country will have …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged rich countries to tax windfall profits of fossil fuel companies and use that money to help countries …

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) -Twitter Inc will question Elon Musk under oath in Delaware next week as part of the litigation in the billionaire’s bid to walk away …

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Echo Wang and Krystal Hu NEW YORK (Reuters) – Individual investors like Tony Alvarado have been a blessing and a curse for Donald Trump’s social media company. …

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday denied the Justice Department’s bid to stop UnitedHealth Group from buying Change Healthcare, in a blow to the U.S. administration’s …

By Giuseppe Fonte and Giselda Vagnoni ROME (Reuters) – ECB board member Fabio Panetta is resisting calls from Giorgia Meloni, the front-runner to be Italy’s next prime minister, to take …

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -Haleon believes it is not liable for any claims that may arise from U.S. litigation over the heartburn drug Zantac, the London-listed company’s CEO Brian …

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. homebuilding unexpectedly increased in August as rising rents boosted the construction of multi-family housing to the highest level in more than 36 years, …

By Shreyashi Sanyal and Susan Mathew (Reuters) -European shares closed at 11-week lows on Tuesday, extending declines to a sixth straight session, as expectations of another large interest rate hike …

By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican used-car platform Kavak on Tuesday said it had secured $675 million in financing from HSBC to back the company’s car loan offerings, …

(Reuters) -Prolific SPAC investor Chamath Palihapitiya is winding down two of his blank-check firms after failing to find suitable merger targets within deadline, as choppy markets dampen investor sentiment for …

By Katie Paul (Reuters) – Twitter is expanding how it recommends posts from accounts that users do not follow, the social media company announced on Tuesday. As part of the …

By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s annual inflation rate eased more than expected in August even as food prices rose at their fastest pace in 41 years, data showed on …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has been drastically under-counting the number of state prison and arrest-related deaths, including failing to count at least 990 …

By Ali Sawafta and Nidal al-Mughrabi NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) -Palestinian gunmen clashed with Palestinian Authority security forces in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and one man was killed …

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp on Tuesday announced new flagship chips for video gamers that use artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance graphics, saying it has tapped Taiwan Semiconductor …

By Jessica DiNapoli and Alexander Marrow NEW YORK/MOSCOW (Reuters) – PepsiCo Inc has stopped making Pepsi, 7UP and Mountain Dew in Russia nearly six months after the U.S. company said …

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine will push for unprecedented and bespoke International Monetary Fund and World Bank packages worth tens of billions of dollars in the coming weeks …

By Juliette Jabkhiro and Patricia Vicente Rua PARIS (Reuters) -The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday against the parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, saying that Portugal …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked Amazon.com Inc and iRobot Corp for more information on the e-commerce giant’s $1.7-billion buyout of the Roomba vacuum maker. In …

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron held face-to-face talks with his Iranian counterpart President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday with the French leader saying he hoped to be able …

By Philip Pullella and Charlotte Van Campenhout VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Flemish Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday issued a document effectively allowing the blessing of same-sex unions, in direct defiance of …