Biden announces $9 billion more in student debt relief
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that his administration has approved an additional...
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Death toll from Old Havana building collapse in Cuba rises to three
by Reuters
HAVANA (Reuters) -A residential building collapse in the Cuban capital of Havana on Tuesday night has killed at least three...
Kevin McCarthy’s wild ride as US House speaker ends in historic fall
by Reuters
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kevin McCarthy began his wild ride as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives...
Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan bid to fill top job in leaderless US House
by Reuters
By David Morgan, Moira Warburton and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The race to replace ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took...
Nasdaq leads Wall St rebound after weaker-than-expected data
by Reuters
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended higher and the Nasdaq gained more than 1% on Wednesday,...
Nobel Chemistry prize awarded for ‘quantum dots’ that bring coloured light to screens
by Reuters
By Niklas Pollard and Ludwig Burger STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Scientists Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Aleksey Ekimov won the 2023...
Theft or mistakes? Bankman-Fried jurors hear competing explanations for FTX collapse
by Reuters
By Luc Cohen, Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers and federal prosecutors clashed on Wednesday in opening statements...
Driver may have fallen ill before fatal Venice bus crash
by Reuters
By Claudia Greco VENICE, Italy (Reuters) -Italian authorities were investigating on Wednesday the cause of the horrific crash of a...
FIFA lifts ban on Russia under-17 competing in international football
by Reuters
(Reuters) – World soccer governing body FIFA announced on Wednesday that it had lifted Russia’s ban from international football by...
Games-Chopra wins javelin gold as India hail best Asian Games
by Reuters
By Ian Ransom HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) -Indian trailblazer Neeraj Chopra added Asian Games gold to his Olympic and world titles...