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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -At least four people, including a suspect, were killed in a shooting on Monday, police said, in a New Mexico town that has experienced at least two other high-profile incidents of deadly gun violence in recent years.   The latest shooting unfolded in a residential area of Farmington, New Mexico, about 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Albuquerque, the state’s largest city, but few additional details […]

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. and Micronesia have agreed to renew a key strategic pact, U.S. presidential envoy Joseph Yun said, adding he hopes for similar progress with Palau, as the U.S. shores up support among Pacific island nations to counter competition from China. Yun said on Monday that the Compact of Free Association agreement (COFA) with Micronesia would be signed on May 22 at a ceremony […]

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -The U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of helping enable sexual abuses by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to a Monday court filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the Virgin Islands issued a subpoena to Musk on April 28. The filing said Musk, one of the richest people […]

(Corrects paragraph five to show that Yun will sign agreement with negotiating counterpart) By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. and Micronesia have agreed to renew a key strategic pact, U.S. presidential envoy Joseph Yun said, adding he hopes for similar progress with Palau, as the U.S. shores up support among Pacific island nations to counter competition from China. Yun said on Monday that the Compact of Free Association agreement […]

By Dan Peleschuk and Kylie MacLellan KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine on Monday hailed its first substantial battlefield advances in six months as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won pledges for new long-range drones in Britain to add to a haul of Western arms for a counteroffensive against Russian invaders. Since last week, the Ukrainian military has started to push Russian forces back in and around the embattled city of Bakhmut, its first […]

By Dan Peleschuk and Kylie MacLellan KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine on Monday hailed its first substantial battlefield advances in six months as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won pledges for new long-range drones in Britain to add to a haul of Western arms for a counteroffensive against Russian invaders. Since last week, the Ukrainian military has started to push Russian forces back in and around the embattled city of Bakhmut, its first […]

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -The U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of helping enable sexual abuses by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to a Monday court filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the Virgin Islands issued a subpoena to Musk on April 28. The filing said Musk, one of the richest people […]

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New Jersey’s two Democratic senators and the state’s governor said on Monday they are seeking to halt a plan by New York City to adopt a congestion pricing plan in Manhattan, which would be the country’s first. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker urged U.S. Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg not to grant final approval to environmental reviews needed to implement the congestion pricing […]

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. A barrage of Chinese economic data on Tuesday will give investors a clearer picture of whether their growing fears over the health of Asia’s largest economy lately are justified. If the April snapshots of retail sales, urban investment and industrial production come in weaker than expected – and consensus forecasts are for solid […]