By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Sinan Abu Mayzer GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police clashed with Palestinians at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque a second time on Wednesday, witnesses said, hours after the arrest and removal of more than 350 people in a police raid at the compound and despite a U.S. appeal to ease tensions. The confrontations, during …
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By Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said he does not agree with the criminal charges brought against former U.S. President Donald Trump. “Supposedly legal issues should not be used for electoral, political purposes,” Lopez Obrador told a regular news conference. “That’s why I don’t agree with what …
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(This April 4 story has been refiled to correct a typographical error in paragraph 9) (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump was charged in court on Tuesday with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, as prosecutors accused him of paying two women to suppress their accounts of sexual encounters with him. Here are some …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators opened a civil rights probe into last month’s fatal shooting of a Black teenager by a U.S. Park Police officer in Washington, they said on Wednesday, a day after body camera footage prompted the victim’s family to call for the shooter to be prosecuted and fired. Dalaneo …
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By Noel Randewich and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) – The S&P 500 dipped and the Nasdaq ended sharply lower on Wednesday after a growing wave of weak economic data deepened worries that the Federal Reserve’s rapid interest rate hikes might tip the U.S. economy into a recession. Nvidia Corp dropped 2.1% and was among the stocks …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Wednesday defended the Biden administration’s decision not to pursue traditional free trade deals and argued her approach of working to ease non-tariff barriers is better for workers, supply chains and the U.S. ability to compete with China. In a policy speech at American University’s …
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(Reuters) – Marvel Entertainment’s former chairman Ike Perlmutter on Wednesday said he will hold on to his Disney shares, a week after reports of his termination from the role. Reuters reported last Wednesday that Disney had laid off Perlmutter, 80, as part of a cost-cutting campaign. Perlmutter, however, told the Wall Street Journal that he …
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By Manya Saini and Siddarth S (Reuters) – Western Alliance Bancorporation said on Wednesday its first-quarter deposits were 11% lower than at the end of 2022, as customers spooked by the sudden collapse of two U.S. mid-sized lenders pulled out funds. The stock slumped as much as 19% earlier Wednesday after the company gave a …
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By Joseph Ax and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Wisconsin voters on Tuesday elected liberal Janet Protasiewicz to the state Supreme Court, flipping control to a liberal majority ahead of rulings on an abortion ban and other matters that could play a role in the 2024 presidential election. Protasiewicz defeated conservative candidate Daniel Kelly in what …
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(Reuters) -AbbVie Inc on Wednesday lowered its full-year and first-quarter profit expectations, citing a $150 million hit from acquired in-process research and development (IPR&D) and milestone expenses. The drugmaker’s shares were down nearly 1% at $159.50 in extended trade. The company estimated first-quarter adjusted earnings to be between $2.31 and $2.41 per share from an …
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