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By Jacqueline Thomsen and Jack Queen MIAMI (Reuters) -Supporters of Donald Trump gathered on Tuesday outside a Miami courthouse where the former U.S. president faces criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them. Trump was expected to be fingerprinted and to submit a plea during an arraignment scheduled for 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT). It will be […]

(Reuters) -Shares of Manchester United jumped 13% to hit a two-month high on Tuesday after a report hinted that Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani was likely to succeed with his takeover bid for the English football club. Qatar’s Al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday that Sheikh Jassim, son of a former prime minister of the country, was poised to be announced as the preferred bidder of the Premier League soccer […]

By Manya Saini (Reuters) – Shares of U.S. banks rose on Tuesday after inflation data backed the view that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday while leaving the door open for more hikes later that will further boost interest income. U.S. consumer prices barely rose in May and the annual increase in inflation was the smallest in more than two years, though underlying price pressures remained […]

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices climbed 3% on Tuesday, recovering from steep losses the previous session, after China’s central bank lowered a short-term lending rate for the first time in 10 months. The rate cut, aimed at adding momentum to a hesitant post-pandemic recovery in the world’s second-largest economy and biggest crude importer, is likely increase oil demand. Brent crude futures climbed $2.18, or 3%, to $74.02 […]

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu met the head of the upper house of the Czech parliament on Tuesday as part of a European trip that has angered China. Wu, on a second trip to the central European NATO and European Union member country after a 2021 visit, met Milos Vystrcil, who has been at the forefront of Czech efforts to build closer relationship with Taiwan and visited […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia was considering withdrawing from the Black Sea grain deal, saying that Moscow had been “cheated” over implementation of the parts of the accord that concerned its own exports. In a televised meeting with pro-Kremlin war correspondents, Putin said the deal was intended to help “friendly” countries in Africa and Latin America, but that Europe was the largest importer of Ukrainian […]

PRAGUE (Reuters) – Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu met the head of the upper house of the Czech parliament on Tuesday as part of a European trip that has angered China. Wu, on a second trip to the central European NATO and European Union member country after a 2021 visit, met Milos Vystrcil, who has been at the forefront of Czech efforts to build closer relationship with Taiwan and visited […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Retired pastor Rick Warren, author of the publishing phenomenon, “The Purpose Driven Life,” has been intensifying a media blitz in what he acknowledges may be a lost cause. He is trying to get the Southern Baptist Convention to reverse its ouster of the California megachurch he founded, Saddleback Church, for having women pastors. With animated social media posts complete with all-capitalized words, Warren has even issued […]

(Removes erroneous word ‘will’ in paragraph 2) BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang told his Palestinian counterpart that China attaches great importance to the Palestinian issue and will continue to support peace talks during a meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, according to a statement from his ministry. China has always firmly supported the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate rights and can contribute “Chinese […]