By Jack Queen (Reuters) – A friend of E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday backed up the writer’s account of being raped by Donald Trump, testifying during a civil trial that she received a phone call about the alleged attack minutes after it occurred. Author Lisa Birnbach told a jury in Manhattan federal court that she …
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(This May 2 story has been corrected to attribute 2022 SEC proposal following post-publication review in paragraphs 6 and 7) By John McCrank (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will decide on Wednesday whether to adopt new rules for advisors to hedge funds and private equity funds aimed at increasing transparency, competition, and …
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KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Dozens of police rescuers were scouring a remote area in northwest Nepal on Wednesday looking for five villagers who went missing after being hit by an avalanche while searching for a valuable aphrodisiac herb, an official said. Four women and one man were missing since Tuesday when an avalanche hit their camp …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China supports Myanmar in finding its own path to development and urges the international community to respect its sovereignty and help it achieve peace and reconciliation, China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Myanmar had been largely shunned by Western countries since its military overthrew an elected government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate …
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By Manya Saini, Niket Nishant and Koh Gui Qing (Reuters) -Hindenburg Research, the short investor whose reports on companies have erased a big chunk of their value, criticized Icahn Enterprises LP (IEP) on Tuesday over the reporting of its finances, leading to a 20% drop in the shares of activist investor Carl Icahn’s firm. The …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli jets struck targets across Gaza late on Tuesday as armed groups there fired rocket barrages toward Israel in response to the death of a Palestinian hunger striker in Israeli custody. Plumes of smoke spiralled into the night sky as the jets hit targets that the Israeli …
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By Chris Thomas, Dhanya Skariachan and Tanvi Mehta BENGALURU (Reuters) -Cash-strapped Indian airline Go First filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, blaming “faulty” Pratt & Whitney engines for the grounding of about half its fleet. The move marks the first major airline collapse in India since Jet Airways filed for bankruptcy in 2019, and underscores the …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police fired tear gas at a small group of protesters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday as the opposition took to the streets again in anti-government demonstrations following a one-month pause. Police said they had arrested 46 people “engaging in acts of criminality” and said the protests were unlawful. The Azimio La …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A sometimes-riled Ed Sheeran on Monday denied copying Marvin Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get it On” in his second day of testifying to jurors in a copyright trial in Manhattan federal court, calling the claim “insulting.” As he had last week, the British singer-songwriter played guitar and sang from the witness stand …
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By Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A conflict in Sudan that erupted on April 15 has killed hundreds of people, driven more than 100,000 to flee across the borders and displaced hundreds of thousands inside the country where many already relied on international aid before fighting began. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tension had been building …
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