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By Julia Harte (Reuters) – South Carolina’s state House on Tuesday began a days-long debate over a bill to ban most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, while state lawmakers in North Carolina and Nebraska took up separate legislation to restrict abortion in those states. In North Carolina, the Republican-controlled state Senate voted to override Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill banning most abortions after 12 weeks. The […]

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a military satellite station on Tuesday, state media KCNA reported. The report also said Kim has approved the next steps of the plan by the non-permanent satellite-launching preparatory committee, a group dedicated to launching North Korea’s first military intelligence satellite. KCNA did not elaborate when the launch is scheduled for. Kim said successfully launching the military reconnaissance satellite is an “urgent […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s Kim Jong Un inspected a military satellite facility on Tuesday, state media KCNA reported. The report also said Kim has approved the next steps of the action plan by the non-permanent satellite-launching preparatory committee. Earlier this year, KCNA reported Pyongyang has completed building its first military spy satellite and final preparations to launch the satellite were underway. (Reporting by Hyunsu Yim; Editing by Chris Reese) […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s Kim Jong Un inspected a military satellite facility on Tuesday, state media KCNA reported. The report also said Kim has approved the next steps of the action plan by the non-permanent satellite-launching preparatory committee. Earlier this year, KCNA reported Pyongyang has completed building its first military spy satellite and final preparations to launch the satellite were underway. (Reporting by Hyunsu Yim; Editing by Chris Reese) […]

By Nandita Bose and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy edged closer to a deal to avoid a looming U.S. debt default Tuesday, as the threat of an economic nightmare prompted Biden to cut short an Asia trip this week. After an hour of talks, McCarthy, the speaker of the House of Representatives, told reporters the two sides remained far apart on […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Norfolk Southern Corp was sued on Tuesday by bondholders who said they lost hundreds of millions of dollars because the railroad concealed safety risks prior to the February derailment in Ohio of a train carrying hazardous chemicals. The proposed class action filed in Manhattan federal court covers investors who own $4.75 billion of Norfolk Southern senior notes and bonds from eight offerings between […]

By Daina Beth Solomon and Jose Luis Gonzalez CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – After hours of waiting on the U.S. side of the border and hoping the Texas National Guard would let them seek U.S. asylum, a group of 15 migrants crossed a shallow green river back to Mexico, their faces drawn in disappointment. After traveling from countries including the Dominican Republic and Guatemala, they were among the first people […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A measure of the cost to insure exposure to U.S. government debt declined on Tuesday as Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy edged closer to a deal to avoid a debt default. Spreads on U.S. one-year credit default swaps, market-based gauges of the risk of a default, declined to 155 basis points from 164 basis points on Monday, according to S&P Global […]

By Milana Vinn NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ed Wehle, a senior Barclays Plc technology banker, has resigned to join U.S. rival Citigroup Inc in New York, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters, adding to an exodus of top investment bankers from the London-based bank. An investment banking veteran of nearly three decades, Wehle will join Citigroup as its global head of technology services, Mark Keene, Citigroup’s global head of […]