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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Canada on Thursday said it will deploy a military aircraft to Japan to support implementation of United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea. Deployment of the Royal Canadian Air Force CP-140 Aurora Aircraft was announced by Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand. For about six weeks, the CP-140 Aurora will monitor for suspected maritime sanctions evasion activities, in particular ship-to-ship transfers of fuel and other […]

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to let West Virginia enforce a state law banning transgender athletes from female sports teams at public schools, one of many Republican-backed measures across the country targeting LGBTQ rights. The justices denied West Virginia’s request to lift an injunction against the law that a lower court had imposed while litigation continues over its legality in a challenge brought […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jes Staley, the former JPMorgan Chase & Co private banking chief, wants a U.S. judge to sever the bank’s lawsuit against him for concealing what he knew about Jeffrey Epstein from other lawsuits over JPMorgan’s ties to the late financier. In a letter filed on Thursday in federal court in Manhattan, Staley also asked to delay the scheduled Oct. 23 trial to March 2024, saying the […]

By Steve Keating AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – A rusty Tiger Woods will need to find a little polish after he opened the Masters with a two-over 74 on Thursday that left the five-times Green Jacket winner in danger of missing his first ever cut as a professional at Augusta National. It was a disappointing afternoon among the towering Georgia pines for Woods who a year ago stunned the galleries when […]

By Cheney Orr and Brad Brooks NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -Republicans who control the Tennessee House of Representatives voted on Thursday to expel Representative Justin Jones, the first of three Democratic members facing expulsion for their role in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse last week. Republican Representatives Andrew Farmer, Gino Bulso, and Bud Hulsey filed three resolutions on Monday to expel their Democratic colleagues and all three resolutions have […]

By Nandita Bose and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday released a summary of classified reports that mostly blamed the chaotic U.S. pullout from Afghanistan on his predecessor, Donald Trump, for failing to plan for the withdrawal he had agreed on with the Taliban. The Democratic administration’s summary, drawn from top-secret State Department and Pentagon after-action reviews sent to Congress, ignited angry reactions from Republican lawmakers […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United Airlines said on Thursday it will temporarily cut some flights at three airports in the New York and Washington, D.C., areas after the Federal Aviation Administration gave carriers permission to cancel some flights this summer because of an air traffic controller shortage. United said it would reduce some flight frequencies at New Jersey’s Newark International Airport, New York’s LaGuardia Airport and Washington’s Reagan National Airport this […]

By Cheney Orr and Brad Brooks NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -Republicans who control the Tennessee House of Representatives voted on Thursday to expel Representative Justin Jones, the first of three Democratic members facing expulsion for their role in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse last week. Republican Representatives Andrew Farmer, Gino Bulso, and Bud Hulsey filed three resolutions on Monday to expel their Democratic colleagues and all three resolutions have […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jes Staley, the former JPMorgan Chase & Co private banking chief, wants a U.S. judge to sever the bank’s lawsuit against him for concealing what he knew about Jeffrey Epstein from other lawsuits over JPMorgan’s ties to the late financier. In a letter filed on Thursday in federal court in Manhattan, Staley also asked to delay the scheduled Oct. 23 trial to March 2024, saying the […]