NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A criminal complaint charging former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with a misdemeanor sex offense was filed on Thursday in a court in Albany, the state capital, the first prosecution stemming from a misconduct scandal that led to his resignation.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s National Assembly yesterday approved a raft of laws broadening citizens’ legal rights even as the Communist-run country comes under fire at home and abroad for a crackdown on protests earlier this year.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Executives from some of the world’s biggest oil companies denied in U.S.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A criminal complaint charging former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with a misdemeanor sex offence has been filed in a court in Albany, the state’s capital, a spokesman for the New York state courts said today.
WASHINGTON/BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden told Southeast Asian nations yesterday the United States would stand with them in defending freedom of the seas and democracy and called China’s actions towards Taiwan “coercive” and a threat to peace and stability.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A sample of Sitting Bull’s hair has helped scientists confirm that a South Dakota man is the famed 19th century Native American leader’s great-grandson using a new method to analyze family lineages with DNA fragments from long-dead people.
KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – The World Bank halted disbursements for operations in Sudan yesterday in response to the military’s seizure of power from a transitional government, while state oil company workers, doctors and pilots joined civilian groups opposing the takeover.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India yesterday rejected calls to announce a net zero carbon emissions target and said it was more important for the world to lay out a pathway to reduce such emissions and avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures.
SIBU, Malaysia, (Reuters) – A Malaysian gynaecologist has created what he says is the world’s first unisex condom that can be worn by females or males and is made from a medical grade material usually used as a dressing for injuries and wounds.
PONGARA NATIONAL PARK, Gabon (Reuters) – The towering trees in Gabon’s impenetrable mangrove swamps have helped to make the Central African country one of the world’s few net absorbers of carbon as the plants sequester the greenhouse gas four times faster than forests on land.
SANTA FE, N.M., (Reuters) – A .45-caliber Colt revolver used on the set of the film “Rust” was not thoroughly checked before being given to actor Alec Baldwin, who fired a live lead bullet in an accidental fatal shooting last week in New Mexico, according to officials and a new court filing.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – The Salvadoran government acquired 420 more bitcoin yesterday, President Nayib Bukele announced on social media, as the Central American doubled down on its splashy cryptocurrency experiment.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia has awarded 11 new large-scale solar projects expected to bring investment of some 3.3 trillion pesos ($875 million) and enter operation in early 2023, the government said, as part of its efforts to promote use of renewable energy.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Congressional hearing this week into whether oil companies misled the public about climate change marks the start of a broad probe that may extend to other industries from advertising to social media, according to a lawmaker leading the effort.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s streets were unusually quiet yesterday and gasoline stations remained dry as gangs blocked the entrance to ports that hold fuel stores and the country’s main gang boss demanded that Prime Minister Ariel Henry resign.
OTTAWA/CALGARY, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday sparked concern in the country’s oil patch and hope among green advocates when he named two men with strong environmental records to lead his government’s fight against climate change.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba will open its borders and ease entry requirements next month after vaccinating most of its people with home-grown COVID-19 drugs, allowing it to welcome back overseas visitors and giving a shot in the arm to its ailing tourist industry.
KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Sudan’s armed forces chief defended the military’s seizure of power, saying he had ousted the government to avoid civil war, while protesters took to the streets yesterday to demonstrate against the takeover after a day of deadly clashes.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday signed an order imposing new vaccine requirements for most foreign national air travelers and lifting severe travel restrictions on China, India and much of Europe effective Nov.
GENEVA/GLASGOW, (Reuters) – Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is “way off track” in capping rising temperatures, the United Nations said yesterday in a stark illustration of the tasks facing UN climate talks in Scotland.
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