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By Mariano Valladolid SILVES, Portugal (Reuters) -Police investigating the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in 2007 searched in and around a reservoir in southern Portugal on Tuesday. A source familiar with the investigation told Reuters the operation in Silves municipality, by the Portuguese police assisted by German and British officers, was being carried out at the request of German authorities. The source said it was likely linked to photographs […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Ranking Member Gregory Meeks will visit the U.S. State Department on Tuesday to view a classified cable related to the August 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, department spokesperson Matt Miller said. McCaul is investigating the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Republicans, and some Democrats, say there has never been a full accounting of the chaotic operation, in which 13 U.S. service […]

By Karen Freifeld and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat said on Tuesday he and President Joe Biden’s administration were engaging allies and businesses to address China’s ban on sales of memory chips made by U.S.-based Micron Technology Inc. The restrictions this week by China’s cyberspace regulator against Micron, the biggest U.S. memory chipmaker, were the latest in a widening trade dispute between the world’s two largest […]

By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Investors including well-known activist John Chevedden filed a shareholder resolution calling on Fox Corp to study using on-air branding to distinguish its news and opinion programming. The resolution meant for the media company’s annual meeting, traditionally held in the fall, cites its recent $787.5 million settlement of a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems over Fox’s coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 U.S. […]

By Karen Freifeld and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat said on Tuesday he and President Joe Biden’s administration were engaging allies and businesses to address China’s ban on sales of memory chips made by U.S.-based Micron Technology Inc. The restrictions this week by China’s cyberspace regulator against Micron, the biggest U.S. memory chipmaker, were the latest in a widening trade dispute between the world’s two largest […]

By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been referred to police by the government’s Cabinet Office over new allegations he broke lockdown rules during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cabinet Office, which is responsible for overseeing the operation of government, said it had made a referral to two regional police forces based on information discovered while preparing submissions for a public inquiry into the pandemic. The […]

By Karen Freifeld and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate’s top Democrat said on Tuesday he and President Joe Biden’s administration were engaging allies and businesses to address China’s ban on sales of memory chips made by U.S.-based Micron Technology Inc. The restrictions this week by China’s cyberspace regulator against Micron, the biggest U.S. memory chipmaker, were the latest in a widening trade dispute between the world’s two largest […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been referred to police by the government’s Cabinet Office over new claims he broke lockdown rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Times newspaper reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by William James; Editing by Chris Reese) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Mariano Valladolid SILVES, Portugal (Reuters) -Police investigating the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in 2007 searched in and around a reservoir in southern Portugal on Tuesday. A source familiar with the investigation told Reuters the operation in Silves municipality, by the Portuguese police assisted by German and British officers, was being carried out at the request of German authorities. The source said it was likely linked to photographs […]