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By Andrew Chung lWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday faces a self-imposed deadline to act before significant limits on access to the abortion pill mifepristone take effect in a challenge by anti-abortion groups to the drug’s federal regulatory approval. Conservative Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily halted lower court rulings setting the restrictions until 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday (0359 GMT Thursday) to give the top U.S. […]

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Fox News on Tuesday disposed of one legal threat with its $787.5 million defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, but the network still faces a $2.7 billion lawsuit from another voting technology company, Smartmatic USA, over its coverage of debunked election-rigging claims. Dominion accused Fox and its parent company Fox Corp of ruining its business by airing claims that its machines were used to rig […]

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Fox News on Tuesday disposed of one legal threat with its $787.5 million defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, but the network still faces a $2.7 billion lawsuit from another voting technology company, Smartmatic USA, over its coverage of debunked election-rigging claims. Dominion accused Fox and its parent company Fox Corp of ruining its business by airing claims that its machines were used to rig […]

By Manya Saini and Tatiana Bautzer (Reuters) -Morgan Stanley’s profit beat expectations as wealth management revenue climbed in the first quarter, offsetting slumps in investment banking and trading.  The bank earned $1.70 per share, beating analysts’ average estimate of $1.62 per share, according to Refinitiv data. But its shares fell 1% to $88.92 in early trading on Wednesday as investment banking revenue fell 24% to $1.25 billion and trading revenue also […]

By Manya Saini and Tatiana Bautzer (Reuters) -Morgan Stanley’s profit beat expectations as wealth management revenue climbed in the first quarter, offsetting slumps in investment banking and trading.  The bank earned $1.70 per share, beating analysts’ average estimate of $1.62 per share, according to Refinitiv data. But its shares fell 1% to $88.92 in early trading on Wednesday as investment banking revenue fell 24% to $1.25 billion and trading revenue also […]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees on Wednesday began trying to reshape Disney World’s governing body with proposals to eliminate a planning board and prohibit mask mandates and COVID-19 vaccine requirements in an evolving showdown between the Republican governor and the world’s best-known entertainment company. The five new board members of the governing body, which had been controlled by Disney up until February, had on […]

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy inspected the frontier with Belarus and Poland on Wednesday, and thanked border guards for their defence of the country since Russia’s invasion. The president posted video footage on the Telegram messaging app that showed him meeting border guards in woodland with barbed-wire fencing beside a river in the Volyn region of northwestern Ukraine. “It is an honour for me to be here today […]

By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) – Netflix Inc beat Wall Street earnings estimates for the first quarter but offered a lighter-than-expected forecast on Tuesday, demonstrating the challenges the mature streaming service faces in its pursuit of growth. The company said it shifted a wider launch of a plan to crack down on unsanctioned password sharing into the second quarter to make improvements, delaying some financial benefits, but said […]

KAMPALA (Reuters) – A third Ugandan minister was charged on Wednesday with corruption in a widening government scandal over the alleged theft of thousands of metal roofing sheets intended for a relief programme in the northeastern Karamoja region. On Wednesday Agness Nandutu, the state minister for Karamoja Affairs, was remanded in prison by a Kampala judge after pleading not guilty to “dealing with suspect property,” according to court papers seen […]