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By Idrees Ali and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top defense and diplomatic officials from the U.S. and Philippines agreed on Tuesday to complete a road map on U.S. security assistance to the Philippines in the next five to 10 years, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday. Austin said the long-time allies discussed the delivery of “priority defense platforms” including radars, drones, military transport aircraft and coastal […]

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – A judge said Fox News had a “credibility problem” as it prepares for a $1.6 billion defamation trial after the company disclosed for the first time in nearly two years of litigation that Rupert Murdoch was an officer of the company. On Monday, Fox News and its parent company Fox Corp head to trial over Fox’s coverage of false election-rigging claims. Murdoch, chairman […]

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -No ships were inspected on Tuesday under the Ukraine Black Sea grain deal “as the parties needed more time to reach an agreement on operational priorities,” the United Nations said, adding that routine inspections were due to resume on Wednesday. “We urge all involved to meet their responsibilities to ensure that vessels continue to move smoothly and safely in the interest of global food […]

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China is expected to drop its demand for multilateral development banks to share losses alongside other creditors in sovereign debt restructurings for poor countries, breaking a major roadblock to debt relief, a source familiar with the plans said on Tuesday. The development is expected at a high-level sovereign debt roundtable on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Bank and International Monetary […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — They went to their churches on the evening after Easter — to cry, to light candles, to ask God why, on this holiday of rebirth, they must mourn so much death. Many in Louisville turned to their faith for impromptu services Monday night, hours after a gunman killed five of his co-workers at Old National Bank downtown and injured eight others. Hundreds gathered at Holy Trinity […]

By Julia Harte, Brendan O’Brien and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -Kentucky and Tennessee political leaders on Tuesday called for tighter controls on guns, including tougher laws preventing people in crisis from accessing firearms, after two mass shootings killed 11 people in Louisville and Nashville. A bank employee shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday. On March 27, three 9-year-olds and three […]

LISBON (Reuters) – Inter Milan scorer Romelu Lukaku said he understood the reasons for being left out of the starting lineup for Tuesday’s 2-0 Champions League win over Benfica but was delighted to contribute off the bench. The Belgian striker has struggled with injury and form this season and saw the 37-year-old Edin Dzeko preferred to him to lead Inter’s attack for the quarter-final, first leg tie at Lisbon’s Estadio […]

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. The world is bracing for U.S. inflation figures on Wednesday, but before that Asia gets to digest a mixed performance on Wall Street, another creep up in U.S. bond yields, and a major inflation report of its own. Indian consumer price inflation for March tops a regional economic calendar on Wednesday which also […]

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -No ships were inspected on Tuesday under the Ukraine Black Sea grain deal “as the parties needed more time to reach an agreement on operational priorities,” the United Nations said, adding that routine inspections were due to resume on Wednesday. “We urge all involved to meet their responsibilities to ensure that vessels continue to move smoothly and safely in the interest of global food […]