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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House of Representatives Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday urged supporters and critics of former President Donald Trump to let his case “proceed peacefully in court” after he was indicted. U.S. prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Trump on Friday, accusing him of risking some of the country’s most sensitive security secrets after leaving office in 2021. […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic and world silver medallist Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia broke the world record in the men’s 3,000 metres steeplechase at the Paris Diamond League, the third world mark set on Friday. Girma pulled away over the final lap to cross in seven minutes 52.11 seconds, lowering the previous mark of 7:53.63 set by Qatar’s Saif Saaeed Shaheen on Sept. 3, 2004 in Brussels. (Reporting by Lori Ewing; […]

By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – While Alexander Zverev is leaving the French Open with a bitter taste in his mouth again, the German believes he is at a level where he can again challenge for an elusive Grand Slam title. The 22nd seed got his ‘ass kicked’ in a 6-3 6-4 6-0 drubbing by last year’s runner-up Casper Ruud in Friday’s semi-final but has plenty of hope for the […]

By David Shepardson and Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) -The largest U.S. business group on Friday urged President Joe Biden him to intervene immediately and appoint an independent mediator to address a protracted West Coast ports labor dispute. West Coast ports stretching from California to Washington state are critical to U.S. supply chains and the nation’s economy. More than 22,000 dockworkers at those trade gateways have been working without a contract since […]

By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has charged two Russian nationals in the hack of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, one of the world’s earliest, biggest and most widely publicized alleged bitcoin heists. The department in a statement said Alexey Bilyuchenko, 43, and Aleksandr Verner, 29, were charged with conspiring to launder approximately 647,000 bitcoins from their hack of Mt. Gox, which collapsed in 2014 after losing what […]

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Georgia-based slot machine operator Lucky Bucks filed for bankruptcy Friday, saying that it had reached a deal to cut $500 million in debt and turn over the company’s equity to its lenders. Lucky Bucks suffered from increasing interest rates on its debt, an inflationary environment that reduced consumers’ use of slot machines, and a regulatory crackdown on slot machine operators in Georgia, according […]

(Reuters) – Italy’s biggest telecoms company Telecom Italia (TIM) said on Friday it received two new offers for its landline grid, as companies bid to resolve the impasse over the asset’s sale process. U.S. fund KKR and separately a rival consortium comprising state lender CDP and Australian fund Macquarie submitted bids for Telecom Italia’s network, according to a statement. Debt-crippled TIM is seeking improved offers for its most valuable asset […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China is canvassing public opinion on draft guidelines to punish online abuse, authorities said on Friday, as concern grows over cyber bullying and attacks that have especially targeted women and children in the world’s largest internet community. The guidelines were drafted jointly by bodies including the Ministry of Public Security and the Supreme People’s Court, in response to the danger that online abuse poses to social order […]

By Sarah N. Lynch and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the former president of risking some of the country’s most sensitive security secrets after leaving the White House in 2021. Trump mishandled classified documents that included information about the secretive U.S. nuclear program and potential domestic vulnerabilities in the event of an attack, the federal indictment said. Trump also […]