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Spain's Socialist leader and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looks on as his wife Begona Gomez votes during the general snap election in Madrid, Spain, July 23, 2023.

Explainer-Why Spain's Prime Minister Sanchez is taking a break from public duties

Reuters |Updated just now |3 min read

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday said he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a preliminary probe of his wife. Sanchez, ...

A collective of groups organised by Jewish students at Columbia and Barnard in solidarity with Gaza and the protest encampment host Passover Seder at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 22, 2024,

‘Stop arming Israel’ Passover protest in Brooklyn harkens back to 1969 Freedom Seder

Aurora Ellis |Updated 1 minutes ago |3 min read

By Aurora Ellis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gathered around a banner emblazoned with the words “stop arming Israel,” thousands of protesters joined with Jewish-led peace groups in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday evening to attend a Passover protest that ...

An Amazon shopper and courier loads groceries into his trunk outside a Whole Foods Market grocery store in Pasadena, California, U.S., March 31, 2020.

Court revives Whole Foods worker's lawsuit over 'Black Lives Matter' masks

Daniel Wiessner, Jonathan Stempel |Updated 9 minutes ago |2 min read

By Jonathan Stempel and Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court revived a lawsuit accusing Whole Foods of illegally firing a worker who refused to remove her "Black Lives Matter" facemask and complained about racism at the upscale ...

The McKinsey & Company logo is displayed at the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 21, 2023.

McKinsey faces US criminal probe over opioids work, sources say

Mike Spector, Nate Raymond and Chris Prentice |Updated 11 minutes ago |3 min read

By Mike Spector, Nate Raymond and Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) - McKinsey & Co is under criminal investigation in the United States over allegations that the consulting firm played a key role in fueling the opioid epidemic, with federal ...

A train passes in front of Battersea Power Station as it enters Victoria station in London, Britain, February 10, 2023.

UK's Labour outlines plan to renationalise railways within 5 years

Reuters |Updated 20 minutes ago |2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party said it planned to renationalise the country's rail network within five years without paying compensation to private operators as it set out its plans to fix the troubled railway system. Labour ...

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US Air Force narrows list to General Atomics, Anduril to build autonomous aircraft

Reuters |Updated 21 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force (USAF) said on Wednesday that it narrowed down its list to choose General Atomics and Anduril, which will be funded for detailed designs, manufacture, and testing of production representative test vehicles for the ...

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Universal Health Services quarterly results beat on higher hospital admissions

Reuters |Updated 31 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Universal Health Services on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit aided by higher patient admissions, amid a resurgence in demand for some non-urgent surgeries and easing staff shortages. Shares of the company ...

American civil aviation and Boeing investigators search through the debris at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 12, 2019.

US to decide by late May whether Boeing violated prosecution deal, sources say

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department officials are planning to decide as soon as late May whether Boeing violated an agreement that shielded the planemaker from criminal prosecution over fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, people familiar with the ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets with NASA administrator Bill Nelson (not pictured), at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain May 30, 2023.

Spanish PM Sanchez shocks country again putting his continuity on the line

Belén Carreño and Jesús Aguado |Updated 1 hour ago |4 min read

By Belén Carreño and Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is no stranger to high octane political battles and has successfully fought for his career in public life several times. On Wednesday evening, Sanchez said ...

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro reacts at an event at the Municipal Theatre in Sao Paulo, Brazil March 25, 2024.

Brazil Justice says no evidence Bolsonaro sought asylum in Hungarian embassy

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday closed an investigation into whether former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro sought asylum at the Hungarian embassy in February, citing lack of evidence. The ...

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