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By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – Evan Corcoran, a lawyer hired by Donald Trump to fend off a federal investigation into his handling of sensitive documents, is now a central figure in the U.S. Justice Department’s criminal case against the former president. The shift from lawyer to potential witness in the case is a sharp turn for Corcoran. The former Republican congressman’s son is described by former colleagues as soft-spoken and […]

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar held its ground on Monday but was still near multi-week lows against some of its major peers as traders were on guard ahead of central bank meetings this week, including the Federal Reserve’s where it will announce its rates decision. The U.S. currency was pinned near a one-month low against the British pound and the Aussie in early Asia trade at $1.25805 […]

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s wholesale inflation slowed for a fifth consecutive month in May because of sliding fuel and commodity prices, data showed on Monday, a sign cost-push pressure that has driven up consumer inflation may be subsiding. The data underscores the central bank’s view that consumer inflation will slow in coming months as global commodity prices slide from last year’s peak levels. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) […]

(Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday he hoped to get back on the right track after a conservative revolt paralyzed the Republican Party’s efforts to advance its agenda in Washington. The standoff between McCarthy and a hardline faction of his own Republican majority has forced the chamber into a holding pattern. “Hopefully this week we get back on the right track,” he told Fox News. (Reporting […]

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia’s southern jungle will tell their own story about the ordeal, the father of the two youngest siblings said on Sunday. The children, aged 1 through 13, survived a May 1 plane crash that killed their mother and two other adults and were found on Friday in Caqueta province after weeks of searching by the […]

By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) said on Sunday its candidate for the 2024 presidential election will be announced on Sept. 6 after polling to pick a winner. Five polls will be held, Alfonso Durazo, MORENA governor of the northern state of Sonora, said following a meeting of the leftist party’s leadership in Mexico City aimed at setting out […]

(Reuters) – The U.N. atomic watchdog said on Sunday that it needs wider access around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to check “a significant discrepancy” in water level data at the breached Kakhovka dam used for cooling the plant’s reactors. International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi, who is to visit the plant this week, said that measurements the agency received from the inlet of the plant showed that the dam’s […]

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. grappling start-up All Elite Wrestling (AEW) may need its Japanese partner to help fill London’s 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium for a show in August, its billionaire founder said, looking to wrest market share from its newly beefed-up rival. The Wembley show is on pace to be one of the biggest wrestling shows ever and the largest not staged by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Odey Asset Management Partnership has named replacements for Crispin Odey on key funds after severing “personal and economic involvement” with him following allegations of sexual misconduct, said a letter seen by Reuters on Sunday. The firm, which had $4.8 billion in assets under management as of September 2022, announced on Saturday Odey would be leaving the company. He denies the allegations of misconduct. Freddie Neave will take […]