By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Texas’s high court on Friday effectively ended a challenge by clinics to a state law that banned most abortions in Texas by ruling that state officials including those tasked with doctor licensing have no role in enforcing th…
Nasdaq, S&P 500 drop as tech drags at end of bumpy week
By Lewis Krauskopf, Devik Jain and Sabahatjahan Contractor (Reuters) – The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 fell on Friday as tech and growth shares weighed and investors worried about the conflict in Ukraine and higher inflation as attention turned to the Feder…
Trump cannot sue rape accuser to stop her defamation case, U.S. judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump cannot sue E. Jean Carroll, a writer who says he raped her in the mid-1990s, on the grounds that her defamation lawsuit against him violated a New York state law intended to protect free speech, a fe…
Russian strikes in west Ukraine aimed at halting use of airfields-US official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States assesses that Russian strikes in western Ukraine in the past 24 hours were aimed at preventing airfields from being used by Ukrainian forces, a senior U.S. defense official said on Friday. The mayor of the city o…
U.N. says no evidence to back Russian claim of Ukraine biological weapons program
By Jonathan Landay, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis (Reuters) -The United Nations on Friday said it had no evidence Ukraine had a biological weapons program while Washington and its allies accused Russia of spreading the unproven claim as a possible prel…
Biden, G7 revoke Russia’s favored nation trading status
By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday the G7 industrialized nations will revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status, and announced a U.S. ban on Russian seafood, alcohol and diamonds, the la…
Facebook owner defends policy on calls for violence that angered Russia
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta Platforms said Friday that a temporary change in its content policy, only for Ukraine, was needed to let users voice opposition to Russia’s attack, as Russia opened a criminal case after the compa…
Chile’s new president: ‘I’ll be a president for all Chileans’
By Alexander Villegas VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) -Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric was sworn in as president on Friday, vowing to listen to all sides while warning of the challenges ahead, as the Andean country marked the sharpest shift in its politics s…
Russia’s Putin shows no sign of engaging in diplomacy -U.S.’s Harris
BUCHAREST, Romania (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no sign of being willing to engage in diplomacy, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Friday during a visit to Romania in the third week of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Harris …
Factbox-What revoking Russia’s ‘most favoured nation’ status means
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States, the European Union, Britain, Canada and Japan were due to move jointly on Friday to revoke Russia’s “most favoured nation” (MFN) status over its invasion of Ukraine, people familiar with the situation told Reuter…