Ghislaine Maxwell seeks to curb accusers’ testimony at sentencing
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – Ghislaine Maxwell urged a U.S. judge not to admit testimony from four female accusers at her sentencing next Tuesday for aiding the financier Jeffrey…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – Ghislaine Maxwell urged a U.S. judge not to admit testimony from four female accusers at her sentencing next Tuesday for aiding the financier Jeffrey…
LONDON – Russia’s finance ministry said on Thursday it had fulfilled obligations on two dollar-denominated Eurobonds “in full” by sending interest payments in roubles to its National Settlement Depository, in…
MOSCOW – Russia is increasing gasoline and naphtha supplies to Africa and the Middle East as it struggles to sell fuel in Europe, while Asia is already taking bigger volumes of Russian…
(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity and because “I no longer live with or wish…
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Ismail Shakil TORONTO -Canada’s federal government introduced a bill on Friday to hold some people criminally responsible if they harm someone else while extremely intoxicated.…
By Alexandra Valencia JOYA DE LOS SACHAS, Ecuador – Ecuador oil company Petroecuador says it is working to shut down gas flares in the Amazon to comply with a court-imposed…
By Gavin Jones ROME – Diana Parini left her waitressing job at an Italian Alpine resort last month because she was fed up with the pay and conditions: eight euros…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday requested information on the activities of financial information providers amid growing concerns over their influence on investment decisions, despite…
By Ceyda Caglayan and Ebru Tuncay ISTANBUL – The operator of Istanbul’s second-largest airport Sabiha Gokcen is seeking relief from its current contract after the pandemic hit and is close…
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner is seeking to revoke the bail of a man accused of being a planner of the January 6th protest at the U.S.…
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – LATAM Airlines Group SA, the largest air transport group in Latin America, on Monday asked a bankruptcy judge to approve $2.75 billion in new loans…
SINGAPORE -Singapore-listed Frasers Property Ltd, part of Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s TCC Group, proposes to take unit Frasers Hospitality Trust private in a deal that values it at S$1.35 billion…
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO – U.S. health officials are working to expand capabilities to test for monkeypox beyond a narrow group of public health labs, heeding calls from infectious disease…
TOKYO – Japan’s business community issued a joint statement on Friday seeking further relaxation of border controls, as the country begins a gradual easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions. The statement…
EXCLUSIVE: GOP Budget Proposal Seeks To Reverse Decades Of Anti-Family Policies Laurel Duggan on June 9, 2022 The Republican Study Committee (RSC) released a new budget proposal Wednesday for fiscal…
WASHINGTON – A moderate Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced legislation to require the U.S. Treasury to assess the inflationary impact of tariffs imposed by the…
By Clara Denina and Praveen Menon LONDON/SYDNEY – A top official at the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mining project in Mongolia has called for greater transparency and more power to…
(Reuters) – Progressive Jessica Cisneros on Monday requested a recount in her race against U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar, a moderate Texas Democrat who opposes abortion rights, after trailing him by…
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS – The European Union wants to accelerate efforts to finalise trade agreements with third parties after a six-month pause, as the bloc adapts to the Ukraine…
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO – Sri Lanka seeks to secure around $5 billion in funding this year to cover repayments for fuel imports and other items bought through credit lines,…
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech have completed the filing with the U.S. drugs regulator seeking authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine in children under 5 years of age. The filing…
LAKEWOOD, NJ – Instead of easing or eliminating bureaucratic red tape in municipalities overburdened by COVID-19 lockdown backlogs, Ocean County State Senator Robert Singer wants to allow municipal governments to…
SHANGHAI -State-backed Chinese property developer Greenland Holdings said on Friday it plans to extend the repayment of its $488 million offshore bond maturing in June by one year, according to…
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – Texas state regulators on Wednesday asked a judge to discipline the state’s top lawyer, Attorney General Ken Paxton, arguing he made “dishonest” claims of election…
BEIJING – China’s aviation regulator is seeking “whistleblowers” from the industry’s frontline workers to plug any safety loopholes, part of the government’s efforts to ensure safety after two recent major…