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By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to oust Federal Reserve officials to clear room for his own appointees have been stalled so far by the courts and political pushback in the Senate, but he may still have as many as four opportunities to try to beef up his influence over the central bank’s policy committee. Trump has so far stood behind Fed Chairman […]

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rein in a “surge” of violence by West Bank settlers and mass arrests of Palestinians by Israeli security forces in the occupied territory.  In the letter to Netanyahu, seen by Reuters and signed by 42 of the Senate’s 47-member Democratic caucus, the lawmakers noted increasing levels of “fatal violence by settlers.” They […]

By AJ Vicens Aug 26 (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are investigating a data breach at a small maker of water utility technology, highlighting infrastructure cybersecurity threats even though the Kansas firm was apparently not part of a suspected Iranian-affiliated campaign against water plants in Minnesota and other states starting in July. The company and the FBI confirmed the attack at Micro-Comm in Olathe, Kansas, which has not previously been reported. […]

By Waylon Cunningham Aug 26 (Reuters) – Taylor Farms, the produce company at the center of a U.S. cyclospora outbreak, frequently failed to submit federally required workplace injury logs in recent years, including for at least four facilities where workers suffered fatal or otherwise serious injuries, a Reuters review of federal records found.  Over the past five years, five to seven Taylor Farms facilities filed the annual report within the following year, […]

TAIPEI, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Taiwan must demonstrate its resolve to defend itself and pass a six-year, T$210 billion ($6.6 billion) special budget to buy military drones, President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday ahead of a crucial vote in the opposition-controlled parliament. Taiwan’s government says the plans to buy some 210,000 new military drones cannot wait, given the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have shown the importance of […]

(SRN NEWS) – President Donald Trump is escalating pressure on Canada in a high-stakes trade dispute, arguing that American workers and businesses have been disadvantaged for too long by Canadian trade barriers. The confrontation has produced retaliatory tariffs from Ottawa, but analysts say the two longtime allies still have time to negotiate a settlement. The United States and Canada are imposing steep new tariffs on each other’s products, bringing the world’s largest bilateral trading relationship closer to a broader trade war. President Trump has imposed new 50-percent tariffs on certain Canadian goods, citing what his administration […]

BEIJING, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Many people were feared dead or missing after a mudslide hit major border crossing between China and Nepal in Tibet’s Gyirong county on Wednesday, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. “At approximately 10:30 AM (0230 GMT) on August 26, due to a mudslide occurring on the Nepalese side, major casualties and missing persons were caused at the Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Shigatse City, Tibet,” […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A fire erupted early Wednesday in a nursery for newborns at a major government hospital in Pakistan’s capital, killing 14 babies, according to hospital officials and the government. The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad housed at least 15 newborns in the nursery when the fire broke out, hospital officials said. At least one baby was rescued, officials said, while Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal confirmed […]

Aug 26 (Reuters) – Australia’s Macquarie Group said on Wednesday it would retain PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as its auditor and will not recommend the appointment of KPMG at its 2027 annual general meeting, citing concerns about the latter’s audit practices. KPMG came under intense scrutiny from the Australian government and its blue-chip clients after ​whistleblower allegations in March stated that its staff used inside information to win lucrative audit contracts. The […]