By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of 12 U.S. senators on Thursday reintroduced legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent, nearly a year after the Senate voted unanimously to end clock switching. The Senate in March 2022 voted to end the twice-annual changing of clocks in the United States in a …
US senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving time permanent Read More »
TBILISI (Reuters) – Protesters on Thursday disrupted committee hearings in the Georgian parliament on a controversial “foreign agents” bill backed by the ruling party, which critics have said represents an authoritarian shift in the country. Footage published by Georgian media also showed physical fights between opposition lawmakers and those from the ruling Georgian Dream party, …
Protests, fights break out in Georgian parliament over ‘foreign agents’ bill Read More »
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. will announce a new military aid package to support Ukraine on Friday, according to the White House. Aid for Ukraine is expected to be a major topic of discussion between President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz when the two leaders meet at the White House …
US to announce new military aid package for Ukraine on Friday -White House Read More »
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Warner Music Group Corp and Scottish rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain have agreed to end a lawsuit over the band’s attempt to terminate the music label’s rights in its music, according court papers filed Thursday. The parties said in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that they had …
Warner Music, rock band Jesus and Mary Chain end U.S. copyright lawsuit Read More »
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he will encourage countries to join peace talks to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. “I reaffirmed Brazil’s desire to talk with other countries and participate in any initiative related to building peace and dialogue. …
Brazil’s Lula discusses peace effort with Zelenskiy in video call Read More »
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Consumers suing Alphabet Inc’s Google LLC over its data collection practices have lost their early appeal to pursue money damages as a class action seeking billions of dollars. Plaintiffs sued Google in 2020, claiming that Google continued to collect data from users despite their use of private-browsing in Chrome’s “Incognito” …
Google ‘Incognito’ users lose appeal to sue for damages as class Read More »
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Argentine government has again asked the United Kingdom to restart negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, the Argentine Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The request to resume talks is the latest chapter in Argentina’s long-held claim over the British-run islands, which included the 1982 war. The islands are …
Argentina asks UK to resume negotiations over Falklands Read More »
By Angelo Amante STECCATO DI CUTRO, Italy (Reuters) – It was a Sunday that Italian fisherman Vincenzo Luciano will never forget. Well before dawn he ran to the beach near his house and started pulling bodies from the sea, victims of a deadly migrant shipwreck that has so far claimed 67 lives. It was not …
“I was unable to save them,” mourns fisherman after Italian migrant shipwreck Read More »
By Suban Abdulla and Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) -British homebuilder Taylor Wimpey said it had started a round of job cuts and more could be on the way as it seeks to reduce costs after flagging weaker sales and forecasting it would build about a quarter fewer homes this year than in 2022. Britain’s largest …
UK’s Taylor Wimpey cuts jobs amid housing slowdown Read More »
By Lefteris Papadimas Larissa, GREECE (Reuters) – Rescuers resumed a search for victims of Greece’s deadliest train crash on Thursday, combing through the buckled and crushed remains of carriages that derailed and then caught fire in a disaster that killed at least 42 people. The high-speed passenger train with more than 350 people on board …
Greek rescuers comb through train crash wreckage Read More »
