Greek Firefighters Battle Wildfires for Second Day Amid Strong Winds
June 30 By Elias Marcou and Giorgos Moutafis ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek firefighters were battling two wildfires near Athens on Sunday amid strong winds, just hours after managing to contain blazes in a mountainous area also near the capital as well as on an island in…
US Prosecutors Meeting With Boeing, Crash Victims as Criminal Charging Decision Looms, Sources Say
June 29 By Mike Spector and Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors are meeting with Boeing and fatal-crash victims’ relatives as a July 7 deadline looms for the Justice Department to decide whether to criminally charge the planemaker, according to two people familiar with…
Ex-Employee of Boston’s Northeastern University Convicted of Hoax Bombing
June 28 By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A former employee of Northeastern University was convicted on Friday of U.S. charges that he staged a hoax explosion in 2022 and fabricated a story about being injured after opening a package delivered to the school’s campus…
Former Uvalde, Texas, School Police Chief Indicted Over Deadly Shooting
June 27 By Brad Brooks and Jasper Ward (Reuters) -A grand jury in Uvalde, Texas, indicted former school district police chief Pedro Arredondo over the police response to the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 students and two teachers, authorities said on…
Hollywood Workers Union Reaches Pay, AI-Use Deal With Top Studios
June 26 By Rishabh Jaiswal (Reuters) – A union representing Hollywood film and television crew said on Tuesday it has reached a tentative three-year deal with major studios that includes agreed-on pay hikes and guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The International Alliance…
US to Clarify Enforcement of Antitrust Laws in Meatpacking
June 25 By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -Livestock farmers in the U.S. would have a clearer path to bringing antitrust complaints against meatpacking companies for unfair business practices under a rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday. The proposed rule is the fourth…
US Northeast May Finally Get Relief From Punishing Heat Wave
June 24 By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Americans from New York to Washington may finally get a reprieve on Monday from the oppressive heat wave of the past week, although sizzling temperatures threaten much of the Southeast and Southwest, weather forecasters said. The heat wave…
Heat Wave Scorches US East Coast as Dangerous Temperatures Expand to West
June 23 By Tyler Clifford in New York (Reuters) – More than 100 million people across the U.S. were under heat warnings on Sunday, with cities on the East Coast bracing for record-breaking temperatures as the heat dome causing the dangerous conditions expands to the…
NASA Delays Return of Boeing Starliner for More Technical Checks
June 22 By Joey Roulette and Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) -NASA has further postponed the Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth from the International Space Station with its first crew of astronauts, to allow more time for review of technical issues encountered, the agency said on Friday….
Armenia recognises Palestinian statehood, says Armenian foreign ministry
June 21 By Andrew Osborn June 21 (Reuters) – Armenia has officially recognised a Palestinian state, the Armenian foreign ministry said on Friday, the latest country to do so despite opposition from Israel. Armenia supports a United Nations resolution on an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s…
Poland likely to sign another arms deal with S.Korea, minister says
June 20 By Alan Charlish WARSAW, June 20 (Reuters) – Poland will probably sign a contract with South Korea in September for the delivery of more arms, in particular K2 tanks, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz was quoted as saying on Thursday by the state news…
China eyes plan to connect Southeast Asian rail links
June 19 By Danial Azhar and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Reuters) – China said it was willing to study a plan to connect Malaysia’s $10-billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) to other China-backed railway projects in Laos and Thailand, potentially expanding Beijing’s Belt…