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SEOUL, June 9 (Reuters) – South Korea’s cabinet approved on Tuesday a presidential decree as part of the process to allow $350 billion of strategic investments in the United States to proceed under a trade deal struck between the countries last year. The decree specified some terms and conditions in the investment plan, including the definition of “commercial reasonableness,” which will serve as the basis for $200 billion in direct […]

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, June 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday repeated claims that California’s elections are rigged, disputing without evidence voter tallies showing the Republican candidate he endorsed in the Los Angeles mayor’s race appeared headed for defeat. Trump’s attack on California’s election system and what he called the excessive amount of time it takes the Democratic-controlled state to count votes was the latest twist […]

SYDNEY, June 9 (Reuters) – China’s Tencent Holdings has drawn more than $6 billion in orders for its planned dual-currency bond, according to updated orderbook messages reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday. Combined order books for the Chinese technology company’s 10-year and 30-year offshore yuan bonds exceeded 20.5 billion yuan ($3.02 billion), the messages showed. Orders for Tencent’s 10-year and 20-year dollar bonds exceeded $3 billion, a separate orderbook update showed. […]

Pope Leo XIV’s weeklong visit to Spain has brought him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi officials are working to identify the victims of a bus crash that killed 21 people, a provincial official said Monday. A passenger bus crashed and burst into flames Sunday in southern Iraq, in the latest deadly accident on the country’s poorly maintained roads. Fourteen of the bodies were burned beyond recognition and have not been identified, said Ahmad Saleem, spokesperson for the Thi Qar provincial […]

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Protesters in Bolivia demanding the resignation of conservative President Rodrigo Paz hurled firecrackers, stones and sticks at police who responded with tear gas on Monday, leading to dozens of arrests as road blockades continue to paralyze the Andean nation. The renewed clashes in the central city of Cochabamba erupted after President Paz signed a measure that could pave the way for a hard-line government crackdown […]

Attorneys for the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque say he is being denied basic medical care for diabetes and has lost 30 pounds in the two months since he was detained by immigration officers. Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident of the United States, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in April. His attorneys say he is being detained on baseless claims that he […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan acknowledges that sharing a name and party affiliation with the incumbent Republican gives him “an instant megaphone” in the crowded primary race. But Sullivan said his campaign isn’t a sham or something Democrats put him up to doing. He said friends for years have jokingly referred to him as senator and asked if he has ever thought about running. He […]

One of the top young prospects in golf is heading to his first major championship at 17 years old. Miles Russell played his way into the U.S. Open when he emerged from a playoff that decided the last two spots at one of the USGA’s 10 final qualifying sites Monday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Russell and another amateur, Ryder Cowan, outlasted Tyler Collet in a 3-for-2 playoff after the […]