By JC Whittington, Gershon Peaks and Blake Brittain WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) – Workers stripped U.S. President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center early on Saturday, less than six months after it went up, complying with a judge’s ruling that the performing arts landmark cannot be renamed without an act of Congress. The work …
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Friday that the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. Mehta concluded that the plaintiffs likely don’t have legal standing …
BRASILIA, June 12 (Reuters) – Brazil’s government on Friday launched a subsidized credit program for app-based delivery drivers to purchase motorcycles, in a fresh move to boost demand and support a part of the workforce that has expanded rapidly in recent years. The program will offer annual interest rates of 11.5% and 12.5% for female …
By Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) – Negotiators for the United States and Iran are close to the finish line of a deal aimed at ending their three-month war and it could be signed in the coming days, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. A painstakingly negotiated agreement would include …
By Edward McAllister and Fatos Bytyci ZVERNEC, Albania, June 13 (Reuters) – When Kostaq Konomi approached what he says is his land on the seafront in southern Albania last month, he was met with a barbed wire fence and men in black uniforms who refused him entry. The land, he later learned from news reports, …
By Robbie Corey-Boulet, David Lewis and Portia Crowe DAKAR, June 13 (Reuters) – The meetings have become routine. Every few months, jihadists in Mali affiliated with al Qaeda summon the men of Poutchi to a mud-brick mosque to collect tax on their crops and cattle, and later distribute food, medicine and animals to the poor. …
BRUSSELS, June 12 (Reuters) – Ambassadors from the European Union’s 27 countries agreed on Friday to advance membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova, with the first phase of negotiations set to begin on Monday. Even as Ukraine continues to fight Russia’s invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has made EU membership a key strategic goal to anchor …
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine began counting ranked choice ballots on Friday to determine nominees for its open governor’s office and a pivotal race for the U.S. House of Representatives. Results are expected sometime next week, the secretary of state’s office said. Maine and Alaska use ranked choice voting for some statewide elections. Voters in …
Firefighters responding to a blaze that destroyed a massive medical equipment warehouse in Northern California that was still burning a day later were hindered by sprinklers and hydrants that weren’t working, authorities said Friday. The 1 million-square-foot (93,000-square-meter) warehouse in Tracy, a city about 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) east of San Francisco, supplied medical equipment …
MEXICO CITY, June 12 (Reuters) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino has failed to deliver on promises to secure full access for the Iranian soccer federation to attend the team’s three games in the United States, Iran’s World Cup team supervisor told Reuters. Mahdi Mohammad Nabi, who also served as Iran’s supervisor in charge of squad …