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WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday settled a civil lawsuit against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, subject to court approval, court records showed. The Justice Department is close to dropping related criminal fraud charges against Adani, who has promised to invest $10 billion in the U.S. economy, according to …
NEW YORK (AP) — The antipoverty nonprofit Global Citizen is no stranger to big stages. The advocacy group rallied more than 60,000 festivalgoers at its Central Park concert last year around issues of rainforest protection and energy access. Organizers aim to direct the tournament’s billions of projected viewers worldwide toward a humanitarian initiative launched alongside …
SEOUL, May 15 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will hold a summit in Lee’s hometown of Andong on May 19 to 20, Seoul’s presidential Blue House said on Friday. The meeting will be their second this year, after Lee visited Takaichi’s hometown of Nara in January …
WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he would not be much more patient with Iran as he urged Tehran to reach a deal with Washington while also suggesting that the quest to retrieve Iran’s enriched uranium was more about perception than about security. “I am not going to be much more …
May 14 (Reuters) – A bidder agreed to pay $9,000,100 at auction to dine with billionaire investor Warren Buffett and basketball superstar Stephen Curry in a charity fundraiser. The winning bid came in a weeklong auction on eBay that ended on Thursday, according to eBay’s website. The winner’s identity could not immediately be determined. Buffett, …
NEW YORK (AP) — As the song demands: “Let’s go!” It’s a mesh of their musical landscapes: Afrobeats and Latin rhythms, an undeniably global, multilingual pop track. In one verse, they name a number of the world’s most famous soccer players and countries competing in this year’s World Cup: “Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia,” Shakira cheers. …
BEIJING (AP) — As President Donald Trump wraps up his whirlwind visit to China on Friday, he’s insistent that relations between the world’s two biggest powers are good and getting better despite deep differences on Iran, Taiwan and more. Trump started his last day in Beijing by boasting on social media that Chinese leader Xi …
WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) – Muslim American groups said congressional hearings that Republican lawmakers cast as aimed at making the U.S. “sharia-free” are being weaponized against Muslim minorities in the United States by stoking fear against them. Republicans, who hold a majority in both chambers of Congress, titled a Wednesday hearing by a House Judiciary …
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Captain Nick Suzuki and Jake Evans scored 68 seconds apart late in the second period, and the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in their second-round playoff series. Montreal surged with a three-goal second period, and never led until Evans swept a …
U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his visit to Beijing on Friday with a private meeting at Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s official residence before he departs for Washington. Trump has taken a decidedly rosy outlook on the U.S.-China relationship during this trip. But that has collided with some difficult truths about the thorniest issues between …