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NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Monday rejected Elon Musk’s bid to modify or end his 2018 agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that required him to obtain prior approval from a Tesla Inc lawyer for some of his tweets. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected Musk’s claim that the SEC has used his consent decree to conduct bad-faith, harassing investigations of […]

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a challenge by an Alabama death row inmate who sued months before surviving a botched execution claiming that the state’s troubled lethal injection process would violate constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. In an unusual case that has returned to the justices because the execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Smith failed, they turned away an appeal by Alabama […]

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told members of his Security Council that their video meeting on Monday should discuss the benefits of cooperation among former Soviet states. The meeting is usually held on a Friday but was brought forward for undisclosed reasons. “We and the republics of the former Soviet Union have a whole range of significant competitive advantages,” Putin told the meeting, which was attended by top members […]

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a challenge by an Alabama death row inmate who sued months before surviving a botched execution claiming that the state’s troubled lethal injection process would violate constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. In an unusual case that has returned to the justices because the execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Smith failed, they turned away an appeal by […]

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a challenge by an Alabama death row inmate who sued months before surviving a botched execution claiming that the state’s troubled lethal injection process would violate constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. In an unusual case that has returned to the justices because the execution of convicted murderer Kenneth Smith failed, they turned away an appeal by […]

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a dispute involving a lawsuit against Bayer AG’s Monsanto Co that could rein in a common form of settlement in class action cases under which money is awarded to charities and third parties unrelated to the litigation. The justices turned away an appeal by Anna St. John, an attorney who opposed an agreement for Monsanto to pay […]

ROME (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz crashed to a humbling 6-3 7-6(4) defeat by Hungarian qualifier Fabian Marozsan in the third round of the Italian Open on Monday as his quest for a third straight title on clay before the French Open ended in disappointment. The 20-year-old had come into the tournament on the back of triumphs in Barcelona and Madrid and will replace Novak Djokovic as the world number one […]

By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell 68% in April from the previous year, preliminary government data showed on Friday, a positive reading for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as it represents the first major drop under his watch. Lula won last year’s election pledging to end deforestation after years of surging destruction under his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, but has faced continued challenges […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans enter a critical week for debt-ceiling talks hoping they can find common ground on spending levels and energy regulations to avert a devastating default. Though the two sides did not appear close to an agreement, the White House has not ruled out the annual spending caps that Republicans say must accompany any increase in the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt limit. Republicans […]