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MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors in Miami to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to current and former U.S. law enforcement officials, in the latest sign of warming relations between the White House and the oil-rich nation. It’s unclear whether prosecutors had implicated Rodríguez in any crimes or whether investigators […]

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK, May 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission asked a judge on Wednesday to vacate the agency’s $5 million penalty against a cryptocurrency exchange founded by twin brothers who donated to President Donald Trump’s election campaign in 2024. The CFTC said regulators should never have accused Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss’ Gemini Trust Company of making false statements in connection with its bitcoin futures […]

By Jiaxing Li HONG KONG, May 28 (Reuters) – The dollar held firm near a one-week high on Thursday on a Reuters report that the U.S. had carried out new strikes in Iran targeting a military site, while the yen softened towards a level that  triggered central bank intervention last month. The strikes complicated peace talks underway between Washington and Tehran. Earlier on Wednesday, President Donald Trump had said he […]

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused U.S. President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The probe is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to two civil lawsuits that she won against Trump – one tied to her allegations […]

There are millions of chemical tanks around the U.S., and experts say it is exceedingly rare for them to fail as long as they are properly maintained and inspected. Yet this past week, there were two major hazardous chemical emergencies on the West Coast. A large tank containing a corrosive chemical at a Longview, Washington, paper mill ruptured on Tuesday, killing two and possibly nine others. And late last week […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Blocking someone from entering a house of worship, or acting in a way that makes worshippers entering the building fear for their safety, is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations outside synagogues. The law, signed Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, also expressly allows police to establish 50-foot security perimeters outside houses of worship where protests are […]

May 28 (Reuters) – Australia’s HealthCo Healthcare & Wellness REIT said on Thursday Healthscope has agreed to appoint Bethesda Health Care as the new operator of its Mount Private Hospital. Here are some details: • Unlisted Healthcare Fund (UHF) and HealthCo Healthcare own 11 Healthscope hospitals. Mount Private Hospital is a part of Healthscope’s network of hospitals • Healthscope, one of Australia’s largest private hospital operators, has a network of […]

By Greg Torode and Jun Yuan Yong SINGAPORE, May 28 (Reuters) – A conflict between the U.S. and China over Taiwan would risk a nuclear escalation with both militaries likely to stage sweeping operations targeting rival command and communications hubs, a leading defence research centre said on Thursday. In a strategic assessment ahead of Asia’s biggest annual defence meeting in Singapore this weekend, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies […]

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL, May 28 (Reuters) – South Korean exports likely rose for a 12th straight month in May, as a global boom in AI investment drove a surge in chip sales, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday. Exports from Asia’s fourth-largest economy, a bellwether for global trade, were projected to have risen 48.4% from a year earlier, according to a median forecast of nine economists. That would be […]