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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith has said former President Donald Trump will have a “speedy trial” in Miami on a 37-count indictment charging him with willfully retaining classified government records and obstructing justice. But the complexities of handling highly classified evidence, the degree to which Trump’s legal team challenges the government’s pre-trial motions, and the way the judge manages the schedule could all […]

By Sachin Ravikumar and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -British police said a man had been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were found dead on the street in the central English city of Nottingham and three others were in hospital after an attempt to run them over with a van. Police said two people had been found dead on one road in the centre of the city just […]

By Jack Queen and Jacqueline Thomsen MIAMI (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump was due to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday to face criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them. It will be the second courtroom visit for Trump since April, when he pleaded not guilty to charges in New York stemming […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will host a meeting of security advisers with the United States and South Korea in Tokyo on June 15, and with the United States and the Philippines on June 16, Jiji news agency reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Elaine Lies; Editing by Andrew Heavens) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Jack Queen and Jacqueline Thomsen MIAMI (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump was due to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday to face criminal charges that he unlawfully kept national-security documents when he left office and lied to officials who sought to recover them. It will be the second courtroom visit for Trump since April, when he pleaded not guilty to charges in New York stemming […]

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Jurors in an upcoming trial in the case of a man who said he suffered chronic pain and other injuries from hernia repair mesh made by Becton, Dickinson and Co’s C.R. Bard Inc unit will not be allowed to hear about a 2011 fire in one of the company’s factories, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus in Columbus, Ohio said in […]

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Many bond investors are keeping a defensive stance in managing their portfolios ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting, as they brace for the end of the monetary policy tightening cycle this year and possible interest rate cuts sometime in 2024. Investors widely expect the U.S. central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee will keep its benchmark overnight interest rate steady in the […]

By Takaya Yamaguchi and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to unveil on Tuesday a package of measures aimed at reversing the dwindling birthrate, by increasing payouts to families with children. The announcement of his flagship policy comes amid market speculation that Kishida will dissolve parliament this week and call a snap election, a move that could heighten calls from within his ruling party […]

By Sachin Ravikumar and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -British police said a man had been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were found dead on the street in the central English city of Nottingham and three others were in hospital after an attempt to run them over with a van. Police said two people had been found dead on one road in the centre of the city just […]