By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) – Tesla Inc top boss Elon Musk revealed a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc, worth nearly $3 billion, making him the micro-blogging site’s largest shareholder and triggering a more than 25% rise in the company’s shares. Musk’s move c…
Full U.S. Senate to decide on Supreme Court pick Jackson after panel deadlocks
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted 11-11 along party lines on U.S. President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, with the full Senate still expected to confirm h…
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) – Russia gave the most sombre assessment so far of its invasion of Ukraine, describing the “tragedy” of mounting troop losses and the economic hit from sanctions, as Ukrainians were evacuated from eastern cities before an anticipated major of…
Russia maintains gas deliveries as Europe considers fresh sanctions
By Nora Buli and Nina Chestney OSLO/LONDON (Reuters) – Russia maintained gas flows through key pipeline routes into Europe on Monday, despite uncertainty over payment terms and as European leaders urged further sanctions against Moscow amid allegations…
S&P 500 rises on megacap stock boost, Twitter surge
By Lewis Krauskopf, Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Praveen Paramasivam (Reuters) – The benchmark S&P 500 index rose on Monday, boosted by megacap tech and growth stocks and a surge in Twitter after Elon Musk revealed his stake in the company, amid cautionary…
U.S. pushes to suspend Russia from U.N. human rights body
By Michelle Nichols BUCHAREST (Reuters) -The United States will ask the U.N. General Assembly to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Monday, after Ukraine accused Russian troops of killing doz…
‘War crime’ killings near Kyiv raise international outcry, as frontline shifts
(Adds Ukraine foreign minister, U.S.-backed investigation) By Marko Djurica and Abdelaziz Boumzar BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) – International outrage spread on Monday over civilian killings in northern Ukraine, where a mass grave and tied bodies of people…
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she will not seek a second term
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam, who has governed the global financial hub through the unprecedented upheaval of anti-government protests and COVID-19, said on Monday she will not seek a se…
Shanghai to extend lockdown of 26 million people as it reviews COVID test results
By David Kirton SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai will remain under lockdown as it reviews results of an exercise to test all of its 26 million residents for COVID-19, authorities said on Monday. The city began its two-stage lockdown on March 28, initially …
U.S. poor died at much higher rate from COVID than rich – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans living in poorer counties died during the pandemic at almost twice the rate of those in rich counties, a study released Monday by the Poor People’s Campaign showed. The study, based on income and death data from over 3,…