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By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas House on Saturday voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, a conservative firebrand and ally of former President Donald Trump who has been accused by his fellow Republicans of abuse of office. The 149-member House voted 121-23 to impeach Paxton after several hours of debate during which the chamber heard speeches from both proponents and opponents of impeachment. Paxton will now […]

By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) – French director Justine Triet became the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or on Saturday, beating out 20 other films in competition for the top prize. Triet used her award speech to criticize how the protest against pension reforms in France “has been denied and repressed in a shocking way” and also called for more room to be made for […]

By Moira Warburton, Katharine Jackson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy will have a phone conversation “soon” about the debt ceiling deal, a person familiar with their negotiations said. McCarthy said earlier on Saturday that he was making “progress” in negotiations on raising the federal government’s debt ceiling, as the nation faced risk of default in little more than a week. Time […]

(Reuters) – Germany reached the final of the ice hockey world championship on Saturday after holding on for a 4-3 win over the United States, who suffered their 12th straight semi-final loss. Germany secured the win in Tampere after equalising with 87 seconds left in regulation time before forward Frederik Tiffels scored in overtime. They will face Canada in the final The defeat extended the United States’ title drought to […]

By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) – French director Justine Triet became the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or on Saturday, beating out 20 other films in competition for the top prize. Triet used her award speech to criticize how the protest against pension reforms in France “has been denied and repressed in a shocking way” and also called for more room to be made for […]

DAKAR (Reuters) -A group of hackers called Mysterious Team made multiple Senegalese government websites go offline overnight on Friday by hitting them with denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, a government spokesperson said. The group claimed responsibility for the cyber attacks in a series of Twitter posts using the hashtag #FreeSenegal used by campaigners alleging political repression in Senegal. The attacks come at a time of heightened political tensions in Senegal. One person […]

KYIV (Reuters) -Russian troops have temporarily eased attacks in and around the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut to regroup and strengthen their capabilities, a senior Kyiv official said on Saturday. Separately, senior Ukrainian officials indicated their forces were ready to launch a long-promised counteroffensive to recapture territory taken by Russia since the start of the war. Russia’s Wagner private army began handing over positions to regular troops this week […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) -Khartoum was calmer on Saturday as a seven-day ceasefire appeared to reduce fighting between two rival military factions although it has not yet provided the promised humanitarian relief to millions trapped in the Sudanese capital. A truce signed on Monday by the two fighting parties – Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – aimed to secure […]

CANNES (Reuters) -French director Justine Triet became the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or on Saturday, beating out 21 other films in competition for the top prize. Triet used her award speech to criticize how the protest against pension reforms in France “has been denied and repressed in a shocking way” and also called for more room to be made for young filmmakers to make […]