OTTAWA (Reuters) – Police in the Canadian province of Alberta on Monday broke up a group that was supposedly prepared to use violence to back a truckers’ blockade at a border crossing with the United States, authorities said. The Royal Canadian Mounted…
U.S. Republicans try to out-Trump each other with tough border rhetoric ahead of election
(Corrects paragraph 22 to show Lake was an anchor for a local Fox affiliate, not Fox News) By Ted Hesson and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the past year, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has deployed thousands of National Guard troops to the sout…
Johnson & Johnson talc bankruptcy attacked by cancer claimants as ‘rotten’
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary came under attack in court on Monday for attempting to use the bankruptcy process to resolve tens of thousands of claims that its baby powder and other talc-based products caused cancer. The …
Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers used litany of racist slurs, hate-crimes trial hears
(Note offensive language in paragraphs 10, 15.) By Rich McKay and Brad Brooks BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) – A federal prosecutor in Georgia said on Monday that three white men on trial for hate crimes in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black ma…
U.S. stocks slide as Russia-Ukraine tensions come to boil
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street indexes turned sharply lower on Monday, as news that the United States is closing its Kyiv embassy in Ukraine heightened geopolitical tensions and prompted a sell-off in choppy trading. All three major i…
Canada’s Trudeau to invoke emergency powers to end protests; armed group broken up
By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to invoke rarely used special measures allowing him to tackle protests that have shut some border crossings and paralyzed downtown Ottawa, sources said …
Names of Canada truck convoy donors leaked after reported hack
By Raphael Satter and Anna Mehler Paperny LONDON/TORONTO (Reuters) -A website devoted to disseminating leaked data says it was given reams of information about donors to a Canadian movement opposed to pandemic health measures after a fundraising platfo…
Russia says it will keep talking over Ukraine; U.S. says threat building
By Darya Korsunskaya and Natalia Zinets MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) – Russia suggested on Monday that it was ready to keep talking to the West to try to defuse a security crisis, while the United States said Moscow was adding to its military capabilities by …
Olympics-Eileen Gu’s China choice pays off… for now
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -When Eileen Gu won Olympic gold in the Big Air, sales of her red Anta ski suit, complete with slipdrag reduction technology, surged 20-fold on Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com. Luckin Coffee sold out of Gu-endor…
NFL-Rams beat Bengals in thriller to win Super Bowl on home field
By Rory Carroll INGLEWOOD, Calif. (Reuters) -The Los Angeles Rams rallied late to beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 on Sunday to deliver a Hollywood ending to the Super Bowl, securing the franchise’s first championship since returning to the West Coast…