7+ hour, 17+ min ago   (337+ words) LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 (Reuters) – An ESPN interview on Saturday with a Republican U.S. senator did not violate the Federal Communications Commission’s equal-time rule, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr ​said, days after the agency issued a warning to ‌another network about a…...

14+ hour, 6+ min ago   (524+ words) Sept 12 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ruled that the Trump administration broke the law by ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its workforce in half. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco in a decision issued late Friday…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (288+ words) PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the European Commission to back a European Union-wide ban on social media for children under 15 after France failed to ​enact its own legislation, his office said on Tuesday. In a ‌letter…...

2+ day, 39+ min ago   (169+ words) SAO PAULO, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintained the numerical ​lead over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro ‌in a potential runoff of the October election, a Datafolha poll showed on Friday. • Lula is seen with 46% ‌of ​the vote…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (415+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Nearly one million Americans enrolled in Obamacare plans will receive $500 in payments as the Trump administration moves to refund those who were overcharged through the federal marketplace. The White House said on Thursday the Biden Administration overcharged…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (351+ words) Sept 10 (Reuters) – The Israeli military destroyed Hezbollah underground infrastructure at the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday, adding ​that the operation completed the consolidation of a security zone…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (210+ words) BRUSSELS, Sept 10 (Reuters) – JD.com’s concessions to ease EU subsidy concerns about the Chinese e-commerce giant’s $2.5 ​billion purchase of German electronics retailer ‌Ceconomy have prompted criticism from competitors, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. They said the European Commission,…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (310+ words) By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Better Markets, a Washington nonprofit that advocates for Wall Street reforms, sued the U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday, alleging the central bank has broken federal ​rules in its handling of a…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (304+ words) MADRID, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Spain’s lower house voted on Thursday to grant citizenship to Sahrawis born when Madrid administered the North African territory of Western Sahara as ​a colony, a move that could inflame delicate relations ‌with Morocco. The legislation, which…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (232+ words) BERLIN, Sept 10 (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday rejected French far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s plan to cancel ​a portion of France’s national debt, ‌calling it “financially dangerous” and legally impossible under EU law. Mélenchon has proposed cancelling…...