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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the bribery conviction of Joseph Percoco, an ex-aide to Democratic former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in a ruling that further limits the ability of federal prosecutors to pursue corruption cases. The justices ruled 9-0 in favor of Joseph Percoco, Cuomo’s former executive deputy secretary who was charged in 2016 as part of a corruption crackdown by federal prosecutors […]

By Giancarlo Navach MILAN (Reuters) -A van transporting oxygen gas canisters exploded in a Milan street on Thursday, injuring one person and setting nearby cars and motorbikes ablaze, local officials said. The city’s mayor, Giuseppe Sala, ruled out foul play and confirmed that no-one had died in the incident. Sala said the driver of the van had told the fire brigade that the blaze had started in his engine. “He […]

(Reuters) – Mads Pedersen of Trek–Segafredo held his nerve to win stage six of the Giro d’Italia in the final sprint on Thursday after the peloton caught up with a breakaway duo of Simon Clarke and Alessandro De Marchi 300 metres from the finish. After a rain-sodden stage five that was marred by crashes, including one caused by a dog, the 162-km sixth stage in Naples was a far more […]

(Reuters) -Billionaire investor Carl Icahn came under pressure again on Thursday as short seller Hindenburg Research began shorting bonds in Icahn Enterprises LP (IEP) and said Icahn’s firm has failed to address every key issue it had raised. Hindenburg’s latest move comes after IEP reported a surprise loss on Wednesday and said it was contacted by U.S. prosecutors on May 3, a day after Hindenburg accused IEP of over-reporting its […]

(Reuters) -Mads Pedersen of Trek–Segafredo held his nerve to win stage six of the Giro d’Italia in the final sprint on Thursday after the peloton caught up with a breakaway duo of Simon Clarke and Alessandro De Marchi 300 metres from the finish. After a rain-sodden stage five that was marred by crashes, including one caused by a dog, the 162-km sixth stage in Naples was a far more pleasant […]

By Emma Farge and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday narrowly passed a motion to increase monitoring of human rights abuses in Sudan where hundreds of civilians have been killed since a conflict erupted last month. The Western-led motion, which passed with 18 in favour and 15 against, had been backed by Britain and the United States to condemn abuses by Sudan’s warring military factions. […]

By Samia Nakhoul ISTANBUL (Reuters) – For more than two decades, President Tayyip Erdogan has been the lord of all elections in Turkey.     With Sunday’s presidential vote putting him in a tight race with opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu, it is hard to believe the feisty politician who has ruled Turkey with a strong arm graciously admitting defeat and quietly bowing out of office.     Uncertainty, anxiety, anticipation and tension […]

By Carien du Plessis , Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The United States envoy to South Africa said on Thursday he was confident that a Russian ship had picked up weapons in South Africa, in a possible breach of Pretoria’s declared neutrality in the Ukraine conflict. The rand and South Africa’s 2030 government bond extended losses after the U.S statement as currency traders said they were worried […]

By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration’s top security adviser met with China’s top diplomat this week and pledged to keep lines of communication open, the White House said on Thursday, in one of the countries’ first high-level meetings since a dispute over an alleged Chinese spy balloon dented relations in February. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi met in Vienna on Wednesday and […]