By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine and a second man were arrested on charges they threw a burning Molotov cocktail at a Planned Parenthood clinic that provides abortions and other services in Southern California last year, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Chance Brannon, a 23-year-old Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton base …
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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -U.N. nuclear chief Rafael Grossi delayed a trip to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station on Wednesday for security reasons as Moscow and Kyiv reported heavy fighting in southern Ukraine. Grossi had been expected to visit the plant (ZNPP) in southern Ukraine on Wednesday following talks in Kyiv on Tuesday …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday suspended the head of the economic and financial crimes unit Abdulrasheed Bawa indefinitely for abuse of office, the presidency said in a statement. The move came a week after the president suspended the country’s central bank governor Godwin Emefiele. A spokesman for the economic and financial …
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By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – A voting rights lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday overcame fierce Republican opposition to secure U.S. Senate confirmation as a judge on the Manhattan federal district court. Dale Ho, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, was confirmed on a nearly party-line 50-49 vote. Sen. Joe Manchin …
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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada is freezing ties with the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) while it probes allegations it is dominated by the Chinese Communist Party, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday. Freeland said she did not rule out any outcome of the investigation, a clear hint that Ottawa could pull …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Fighting rocked several cities in western Sudan on Wednesday in an expansion of the country’s almost two-month-old war as a regional governor was killed after publicly blaming the deaths of civilians on the country’s paramilitary force. The conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has caused a humanitarian crisis in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday called on the U.S. government to urge India to end a media crackdown and release six detained journalists. A statement from CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg ahead of a state visit to Washington next week by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there had been an …
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By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could face two more defamation trials in 2023, under an agreement meant to put a price on lies that Jones told about school shootings in the U.S. Jones’ attorneys previewed the agreement at a Wednesday court hearing in Houston, telling U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez …
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By Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK (Reuters) -Citigroup Inc in the second quarter will book severance costs associated with around 1,600 job cuts, Chief Financial Officer Mark Mason said on Wednesday. Speaking at a conference in New York, Mason said the bank’s expenses in the second quarter will be $300 million to $400 million higher than …
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By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. A raft of economic data and a likely medium-term policy easing from China will give Asian markets direction on Thursday, but the main steer will probably come from investors’ reaction to the Federal Reserve’s ‘hawkish …
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