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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, a Republican running for U.S. president, said he would not have pursued the hush-money case against former President Donald Trump, but said his 2024 rival bore “significant responsibility” for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and should exit the race. In an interview with Reuters, Hutchinson called the Manhattan criminal probe into hush money paid to a porn […]

(Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp and BAE Systems Plc won a F-35 jet maintenance support contract worth 161 million pounds ($200 million), creating 140 jobs in Britain, the country’s Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday. The contract was signed by the U.S. Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin as F-35 prime contractor, with BAE Systems to carry out the work as a sub-contractor, the government said in a statement. Of […]

By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Up by both a goal and a player, Tottenham Hotspur should never have allowed an equaliser in their 1-1 draw with Everton on Monday, interim manager Cristian Stellini said. “The approach of the game was good… The only problem?” Stellini said. “When you find the way to score, and you are leading the game 1-0, you have one extra player, you have to […]

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL(Reuters) – North Korea criticized the U.S. for refusing to extradite a man who was accused of staging a break-in at North Korea’s embassy in Spain in 2019, saying Washington was protecting terrorism, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. The North Korean embassy in Madrid issued a statement marking the fourth anniversary of the raid, during which a group of men bound and gagged staff for hours […]

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A federal jury in San Francisco on Monday ordered Tesla Inc to pay about $3.2 million to a Black former employee after he won a racial harassment lawsuit against the electric-vehicle maker, far less than the $15 million he rejected last year in opting for a new trial. The verdict came after a week-long retrial in the 2017 lawsuit by plaintiff Owen Diaz, who in 2021 […]

By Bhanvi Satija and Mariam Sunny (Reuters) – About one in six adults globally have experienced infertility at least once in their life, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report on Monday, urging countries to actively collect more consistent data on the disease. The report analyzed existing studies conducted from 1990 to 2021 and showed that about 17.5% of adults across the world were affected by the inability […]

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A federal jury on Monday ordered Tesla Inc to pay about $3.2 million to a Black former factory worker who won a lawsuit accusing the electric car maker of tolerating severe racial harassment at its flagship Fremont, California, assembly plant. The case is one of several involving working conditions at Tesla and other companies run by billionaire Elon Musk. Here is a look at what […]

(Reuters) – AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc shares tumbled 24% in extended trade on Monday, while its preferred shares jumped 21% after the movie theater chain said it agreed to settle litigation and proceed with converting its preferred stock into common shares. AMC said in a filing it had entered into a binding settlement with some investors and that it would ask a judge to lift a related status quo order, […]

By Noel Randewich and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) – The S&P 500 ended higher on Monday, lifted by energy stocks following surprise cuts to the OPEC+ group’s oil output targets, while Tesla tumbled after its electric vehicle deliveries for the first quarter disappointed investors. Tesla Inc dropped 6.1% after disclosing March-quarter deliveries rose just 4% from the previous quarter, even after CEO Elon Musk slashed car prices in January to boost […]