US judge in Texas rules minority business agency must serve all races (www.reuters.com)
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the U.S. Minority Business Development Agency, founded during the Nixon administration, must avail itself to disadvantaged entrepreneurs of all races and ethnicities, including whites....
Jury finds armorer guilty in fatal 'Rust' shooting (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump posts $91.6 million bond for E. Jean Carroll's defamation verdict (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump on Friday posted a $91.6 million bond to cover the defamation verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll, and began his appeal of the case that arose from his branding her a liar after she accused him of raping her decades ago....
Trump tightens grip on US Republican Party as daughter-in-law takes key post (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump cemented his grip on the Republican National Committee on Friday after his daughter-in-law and another ally assumed top leadership posts amid a debate among members over whether the organization should help pay his legal bills....
US aid policy on Gaza 'absurd' given military support for Israel, UN expert says (www.reuters.com)
A U.N. expert on Friday criticised U.S. efforts to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, such as plans for a temporary port and recent air drops, which he said were “absurd” and “cynical” methods so long as military aid to Israel continues....
US embassy warns of imminent attack in Moscow by 'extremists' (www.reuters.com)
MOSCOW, March 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Russia warned that “extremists” had imminent plans for an attack in Moscow, hours after Russian security services said they had foiled a planned shooting at a synagogue by a cell from the Afghan arm of Islamic State
'I forced her to go to school', Nigerian mother cries after mass school abduction (www.reuters.com)
After speech, Biden launches major tour plus $30 million ad buy (www.reuters.com)
Safety at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant worsening, Ukraine says (www.reuters.com)
Safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine is worsening daily, Ukraine’s energy minister said on Friday, pledging to keep pressuring Russia at the U.N. nuclear watchdog to withdraw from the site....
US Supreme Court sets April 25 Trump criminal immunity argument (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court has set April 25 as the date it will hear Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution on charges related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss - the last day of oral arguments of its current term....
Israeli military review of Gaza aid convoy deaths finds most killed in stampede (www.reuters.com)
US NTSB probes 'stuck' rudder pedal issue on Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight (www.reuters.com)
Gunmen kidnap 227 pupils from school in Nigeria (www.reuters.com)
India deports first group of Myanmar refugees who fled 2021 coup (www.reuters.com)
India deports first group of Myanmar refugees who fled 2021 coup (www.reuters.com)
What happens to coins tossed in Trevi fountain (www.reuters.com)
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Six people killed in Canadian capital in rare case of mass murder (www.reuters.com)
Japan household spending logs biggest drop in 35 months in January (www.reuters.com)
China's top legislators pledge to safeguard sovereignty, security interests (www.reuters.com)
Six people killed in Canadian capital in rare case of mass murder (www.reuters.com)
As Gaza's hunger crisis worsens, emaciated children at hospitals (www.reuters.com)
Two Palestinian toddlers with sunken eyes and emaciated faces, one in a yellow cardigan and the other in a stripy top, were lying side by side on a bed in a Gaza clinic, their thin, bony legs protruding from diapers that looked too big for them....
South Korea moves to suspend licenses of 7,000 doctors, health official says (www.reuters.com)
Dutch government scrambling to keep ASML in Netherlands (www.reuters.com)
Israeli tank in 'likely scenario' fired machine gun at reporters after deadly shelling, report finds (www.reuters.com)
BEIRUT/THE HAGUE, March 7 (Reuters) - An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters reporter in Lebanon in October by firing two shells at a clearly identified group of journalists and then “likely” opened fire on them with a heavy machine gun in an attack that lasted 1 minute and 45 seconds, according to a report into the incident...