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By Jonathan Stempel, Carolina Mandl and John McCrank OMAHA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Warren Buffett on Saturday criticized the handling of recent tumult in the banking sector and said a debt ceiling showdown could bring “turmoil” to the financial system, even as he offered a vote of confidence in the United States and his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Speaking at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting, Buffett criticized how politicians, regulators and the […]

TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits Seoul on Sunday to meet South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, facing a sceptical public there as the leaders seek deeper ties amid nuclear threats from North Korea and China’s increasing assertiveness. Kishida’s bilateral visit, the first by a Japanese leader to Seoul in 12 years, returns the trip Yoon made to Tokyo in March, where they sought to close a […]

By Jack Queen (Reuters) – Fox News on Friday asked lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems to investigate whether they leaked controversial internal messages from ousted Fox host Tucker Carlson that were provided in evidence for their recent defamation lawsuit. The requests, which were made in letters released by Fox, came after multiple news outlets published racist and sexist remarks by Carlson contained in leaked internal messages and recordings. Fox News […]

By Rami Amichai TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests across the country on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bitterly disputed plans to tighten controls on the Supreme Court. The planned overhaul, which would give the government control over naming judges to the Supreme Court and let parliament override many rulings, was paused after opponents organised some of the biggest street protests ever seen in […]

(Reuters) – Police are responding to a shooting in a suburban Dallas mall on Saturday that has left multiple people injured, authorities say. There was no word on deaths or number of people injured inside the Allen Premium Outlets mall. The shooting took place at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, located about 25 miles northeast of Dallas. Mass shootings have become commonplace in the United States, with […]

By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Albertans have been forced to evacuate their homes as “unprecedented” wildfires rage on in Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith, head of the ruling United Conservative Party (UCP), said at a press conference on Saturday. As of Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Mountain Time (11:30 a.m. ET), 24,511 Albertans were evacuated from homes with 103 active wildfires across the province, burning 121,909 hectares. […]

(Reuters) – Police are responding to a shooting in a suburban Dallas mall on Saturday that has left multiple people injured, authorities say. There was no word on deaths or number of people injured inside the Allen Premium Outlets mall. The shooting took place at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, located about 25 miles northeast of Dallas. Mass shootings have become commonplace in the United States, with […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Shell shareholders should vote against a climate activist resolution seeking faster emissions cuts, proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) said on Saturday, while acknowledging the merits of the proposal. Shell investors will vote at an annual general meeting on May 23 on a resolution filed by the Follow This activist shareholder group which asks the energy giant to align with the 2015 Paris climate deal. Scientists […]

(Corrects WhiteCap to Whitecap in paragraphs 10 and 11) By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Albertans have been forced to evacuate their homes as “unprecedented” wildfires rage on in Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith, head of the ruling United Conservative Party (UCP), said at a press conference on Saturday. As of Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Mountain Time (11:30 a.m. ET), 24,511 Albertans were evacuated from homes with 103 […]