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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 […]

CAIRO (Reuters) -An Israeli air strike targeting the vicinity of Syria’s capital Damascus and the southern area left two civilians dead and “some material damage,” Syrian State Media reported early on Tuesday citing a military source. Syrian air defences intercepted missiles Israel launched at 12:15 a.m. from the Golan Heights and “shot down most of them,” the source added. The Israeli military declined to comment. Israel has for years been […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Virgin Islands wants to expand its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of aiding in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking in girls and young women, adding a new obstruction charge and a claim that bank executives joked about the late financier. In a Monday filing in Manhattan federal court, the territory said Epstein’s behavior had been “so widely known” at JPMorgan, where […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will soon unveil tax measures, including a crackdown targeting Asian e-commerce giants and curbs on some company tax benefits, as it looks to raise more than 100 billion reais ($20 billion), Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday. The e-commerce measures come in response to complaints from local retailers about unfair competition from Asian giants such as AliExpress, Shein, and Shopee. In an interview with local […]

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 Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Virgin Islands wants to expand its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of aiding in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking in girls and young women, adding a new obstruction charge and a claim that bank executives joked about the late financier. In a Monday filing in Manhattan federal court, the territory said Epstein’s behavior had been “so widely known” at JPMorgan, where […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s leftist government on Monday abolished a human rights medal that former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro had named after the daughter of the country’s last monarch, replacing it with a prize named after a Black writer and abolitionist. The medal will now be named after Luiz Gama, who was a leader of the movement to abolish slavery in Brazil in the 19th Century. When slavery was finally […]

By Steve Keating AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – As one of LIV Golf’s poster boys, Cameron Smith wasn’t sure what kind of reception he would receive when he arrived at Augusta National on Monday for his first Masters practice session -whether it would be the cold shoulder or warm embrace. While the feud between the PGA Tour and the rebel Saudi-backed LIV circuit has developed into a golfing Cold War, love […]

(Reuters) – Ukraine scorned Russian claims to have captured the eastern city of Bakhmut, saying its foes had raised a victory flag over “some kind of toilet” and that Ukrainian forces had repelled nearly 20 attacks there in the last 24 hours. DIPLOMACY * The West is trying to put a wedge between Russia and China’s friendship, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview. * Lavrov also said […]