By Chris Prentice and Dhara Ranasinghe WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -World stocks rallied on Wednesday, with Wall Street rising again on a Big Tech boost and European shares gaining on strong earnings as investors put aside worries about rising interest…
Wall Street ends sharply higher, lifted by Big Tech
By Noel Randewich and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – Wall Street jumped on Wednesday, closing sharply higher as megacap growth stocks powered up thanks to a pause in rising interest rates, and upbeat earnings reports also encouraged investors to buy….
Bomb threats force evacuation at seven Washington schools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seven predominately Black schools in Washington were evacuated over bomb threats on Wednesday and later cleared, including a high school that was threatened a day earlier during a visit by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ husba…
Exclusive-New York pension fund to divest half its shale companies
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) -New York’s state pension fund will sell $238 million worth of stock and debt it holds across 21 shale oil and gas companies including Chesapeake Energy Corp, Hess Corp and Pioneer Natural Resources, saying they have not…
U.S. plans to roll out COVID-19 shots for children under 5 years in February
(Reuters) – The U.S. government is planning to roll out COVID-19 shots for children under the age of 5 as soon as Feb. 21, according to a document from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is …
New York eases COVID-19 rules, Massachusetts to drop school mask mandate
By Julia Harte and Brendan O’Brien NEW YORK (Reuters) – The governors of New York and Massachusetts announced on Wednesday that they would end certain mask mandates in their states, joining a growing list of U.S. state leaders planning to lift face-cov…
N.Y. Times ex-editor denies trying to blame Sarah Palin for mass shooting
By Jonathan Stempel and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) -The former New York Times editor who oversaw the 2017 editorial underlying Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the newspaper on Wednesday denied trying to blame the prominent Republican for th…
Saunas and fire pits: Ottawa’s truck protesters in it for the long haul
By Anna Mehler Paperny OTTAWA (Reuters) – Sleeping in trucks and staying warm at fire pits and portable saunas, protesters camped out in the frigid Canadian capital of Ottawa are digging in for a long stay, convinced they have momentum and right on the…
Fed hopes economy is on cusp of inflation slowdown as rate hikes loom
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy may be nearing a turn lower in inflation, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said on Wednesday, though he added he is still leaning towards a slightly faster pace of interest rate increases …
Vast drills spotlight Russia’s grip on Belarus during standoff with West
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia launches the active phase of vast military exercises in Belarus on Thursday, a display of strength that shows how Moscow’s tightening grip on Minsk has given it enhanced capabilities in its standoff with the W…