Tag: Reuters

Condition worsens of U.S. lawmaker shot last month

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Steve Scalise, shot and wounded during a baseball practice last month, developed an infection and was readmitted to an intensive care unit, MedStar Washington Hospital Center said on Wednesday.


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NATO allies look for reassurance from Trump in Warsaw

WARSAW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump meets eastern NATO allies in Warsaw on Thursday amid expectations he will reaffirm Washington’s commitment to counter threats from Russia after unnerving them in May by failing to endorse the principle of collective defense.


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Can U.S. defend against North Korea missiles? Not everyone agrees

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Not everybody asserts as confidently as the Pentagon that the U.S. military can defend the United States from the growing threat posed by North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile capability.


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Libya’s eastern commander declares victory in battle for Benghazi

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s eastern commander Khalifa Haftar said on Wednesday his forces had taken full control of Libya’s second city Benghazi from rival armed groups after a three-year campaign.


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Tesla shares dive 7 percent but remain above analysts’ target price

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tesla Inc shares slid more than 7 percent on Wednesday, the biggest percentage decline in more than a year, on poorer-than-expected delivery numbers, yet the luxury electric carmaker’s stock price remained above analysts’ median target.


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Exclusive: Kurdish YPG militia expects conflict with Turkey in northern Syria

QAMISHLI, Syria/ANKARA (Reuters) – The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Wednesday that Turkish military deployments near Kurdish-held areas of northwestern Syria amounted to a “declaration of war” which could trigger clashes within days.


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Fed minutes suggest increasing tensions on inflation shortfall

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – – Federal Reserve policymakers were increasingly split on the outlook for inflation and how it might affect the future pace of interest rate rises, according to the minutes of the Fed’s last policy meeting on June 13-14 released on Wednesday.


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Venezuelan copter attacker vows to fight on, violence at congress

CARACAS (Reuters) – The Venezuelan police officer who staged a helicopter attack on government buildings in Caracas last week appeared in an internet video on Wednesday vowing to continue fighting for the “liberation” of his country.


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Pro-Maduro groups burst into Venezuela congress: witnesses

CARACAS (Reuters) – Rowdy groups of government supporters burst into Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly on Wednesday, injuring several lawmakers and journalists, witnesses said.


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Most American voters support limited travel ban: poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Six in ten American voters support the new ban on people from six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States unless they can show they have a close relative here, according to opinion poll results released on Wednesday.


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‘Pharma bro’ Shkreli barred from discussing trial around courthouse

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered Martin Shkreli to stop talking about his fraud case in or around the Brooklyn courthouse where he is standing trial, five days after the former drug company executive burst into a room full of spectators and attacked the credibility of a government witness.


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