By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Russia should not close the U.S. embassy despite the crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine because the world’s two biggest nuclear powers must continue to talk, the U.S. ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying on Monday. President Vladimir Putin has cast the invasion of Ukraine as a …
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By Jeffrey Dastin and Paresh Dave (Reuters) -Taser-maker Axon Enterprise Inc said on Sunday it was halting work on a project to equip drones with stun guns to combat mass shootings, a prospect that a member of its AI ethics board told Reuters was prompting an exodus from the panel. The May 24 school shooting …
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will declare a 24-month tariff exemption on Monday for solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations after an investigation froze imports and stalled projects in the United States, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The move comes amid concern about the impact of the Commerce Department’s …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will issue a proclamation on Monday that will allow solar panels to be imported to the United States from Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam without risk of tariffs for a 24-month period, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The action comes amid concern about the impact …
By Kanishka Singh and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Shootings in three American cities killed nine people and wounded two dozen more on Saturday night and Sunday morning, the latest outbreaks of gun violence in the wake of three mass shootings that have rattled the United States. In Philadelphia, a confrontation between two men escalated into a …
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By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Players and coaches for the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics as well as the U.S. men’s soccer team on Sunday urged Congress to support stricter gun laws amid a surge in mass shootings in the United States. A shooting in Philadelphia left at least three people dead and …
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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Liz Cheney warned that the nation’s democratic system is threatened by ongoing efforts to deny the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. “People must pay attention. People must watch, and they must understand how easily our democratic system can unravel if we don’t defend it,” …
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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipartisan U.S. Senate negotiations on how or if to respond to the latest wave of mass shootings are focused on a range of options, including improving school safety and “red flag” laws to allow police to seize guns from people deemed dangerous. The talks will continue into early this week, …
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(Reuters) – Three people were dead and 14 wounded after a shooting near a bar in Chattanooga, Tennessee, police said on Sunday, adding that two people died from gunshot wounds and one person died from injuries after being struck by a vehicle while fleeing the scene. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington)
By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – “Top Gun: Maverick” has the box office sizzling… again. In its second weekend of release, Tom Cruise’s all-American action film collected a sensational $86 million from 4,751 North American theaters. Those returns rank among the top 10 highest-grossing second weekends in domestic box office history. Pandemic times or …
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