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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Wednesday struck another vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men. U.S. Southern Command posted video on social media showing a boat resting on the water before being struck by an explosion. The last few seconds of the video show smoke and fire …
The Asian elephant was put to sleep Tuesday at the zoo where she lived for almost a half-century. Zoo officials said some age-related conditions accelerated in recent weeks, and she showed signs of a falloff in kidney or liver function. A necropsy revealed arthritis and large, inoperable uterine tumors that are impossible to diagnose in …
A software engineer at Google is facing federal charges after allegedly betting on confidential company information on Polymarket, netting more than $1.2 million in profits, the second insider trading prosecution against a user of the popular prediction market service in recent months. In court papers released by the Justice Department, Michele Spagnuolo was accused of …
May 27 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is in talks to provide funding to some drone companies, including Unusual Machines and Sequoia Capital-backed Neros, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Drone dominance was described as a “presidential priority” in President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget request for fiscal …
BEIJING, May 28 (Reuters) – A passenger bus packed with 16 people, well above its nine-seat rated capacity, crashed into the back of a large truck in central China’s Henan province early on Thursday, killing 13 people, state broadcaster CCTV reported. • The collision took place at 2:40 a.m. (1840 GMT Wednesday) on a section …
PANAMA CITY, May 27 (Reuters) – Panama’s National Assembly approved a law that requires multinational entities domiciled in the country to demonstrate real local operations or face a 15% tax on passive foreign income, the Ministry of Economy and Finance said on Wednesday. • The law is intended to help satisfy European Union tax transparency …
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday issued new Iran-related sanctions by adding the Persian Gulf Strait Authority to its Specially Designated Nationals list, the Treasury Department’s website showed. The authority is a body Iran has set up to manage requests for passage through the Strait of Hormuz. (Reporting by Bhargav Archarya; …
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WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused U.S. President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The probe is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to two civil …