Author: Reuters
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Israeli strikes kill two in Gaza, destroy medicine storage warehouses
By Mahmoud Issa and Alexander Cornwell Deir al-Balah, GAZA/TEL AVIV, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Israel’s military on Saturday killed two Palestinians in Gaza and destroyed two warehouses near a hospital that were said to be storing medicine in separate strikes, amid uncertainty over whether Israel has accepted a deal reached with Hamas over the group’s…
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Migrants say hunger and hostility drove them back from Spain’s Ceuta to Morocco
By Ahmed El Jechtimi and Corina Pons FNIDEQ, Morocco/CEUTA, Spain, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Migrants who swam or jumped over fences to rush into Spain’s African enclave of Ceuta this week were returning home on Saturday, with many saying hunger, exhaustion and hostility from locals had crushed their hopes of a new life in Europe.…
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EBay, former executives to pay $56M to settle couple’s harassment case
EBay and three former top executives have agreed to pay $55.7 million to resolve a lawsuit by a Massachusetts couple who fell victim to a bizarre stalking and harassment campaign carried out by several of its employees in retaliation for their coverage of the e-commerce company in a newsletter they publish. David and Ina Steiner…
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Pentagon says it won’t finish spending Ukraine funds until 2029
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration has told members of Congress it will not finish spending $400 million Congress has authorized for aid to Ukraine until fiscal year 2029, even as Kyiv runs critically low on weapons it needs to fend off Russian missile attacks. In May, the Department of Defense sent a letter to…
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DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow mail-in ballot restrictions
President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow nationwide implementation of his executive order aimed at tightening rules for mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections that will decide control of Congress. In a filing, the Justice Department requested that the justices put on hold a judge’s ruling preventing the…
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Ex-JPMorgan Chase banker expands harassment, racism lawsuit
NEW YORK — The former JPMorgan Chase banker whose lurid sexual harassment lawsuit went viral added new claims and defendants on Monday, saying the largest U.S. bank’s acceptance of racism and sexual coercion irreparably destroyed his career. Chirayu Rana said racism was ingrained in the culture of his otherwise all-white leveraged finance team, where his…
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Suspect in Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police
By Markus Wacket, Miranda Murray and Kirsti Knolle BERLIN, July 26 (Reuters) – German police said a 21-year-old man with a record of Islamist extremist activity was shot dead on Sunday, a day after he allegedly drove a minivan into people near Berlin’s Pride celebrations, killing one person. The ramming attack happened in the Tiergarten…
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Vehicle drives into crowd at Berlin Pride festival, killing 1, injuring 17
By Kirsti Knolle, Michele Sani and Martin Schlicht BERLIN, July 25 (Reuters) – One person has been killed and 17 injured, with some in life-threatening condition, after a vehicle mowed down a crowd near Berlin’s Pride celebrations on Saturday evening, setting off a manhunt for the driver, the police and fire brigade said. Hours after…
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Tens of thousands flee fires in France, blazes merge outside Madrid
By Michael Francis Gore and Stephane Mahe NAVALUENGA, Spain/LEGE-CAP-FERRET, France, July 24 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people fled wildfires in southwest France by car and boat on Friday and Spain declared a national emergency as huge blazes merged outside Madrid and searing heat left tinder-dry conditions across the region. French authorities ordered the…
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U.S. says Saudi nuclear deal off without Israel recognition
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump conditioned a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia on Thursday on Riyadh normalizing relations with Israel, an action the kingdom has so far refused to take. Trump said the deal would take effect only if Saudi Arabia joined the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords under which several Arab states established ties…