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By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday made it easier to challenge the regulatory power of federal agencies in two important rulings backing Axon Enterprise Inc’s bid to sue the Federal Trade Commission and a Texas accountant’s gripe with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A 9-0 ruling by the justices revived Axon’s lawsuit contesting the constitutionality of the FTC’s structure in a […]

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey summoned the Danish ambassador in Ankara to express its strong condemnation and protest over what it said had been attacks on the Koran and on the Turkish flag on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said. “It is unacceptable to allow these vile attacks under the pretext of freedom of expression, despite all our warnings,” the ministry said in a statement, without specifying what attacks it was referring […]

By Sinéad Carew and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed (Reuters) – Shares in U.S. banks were a mixed bag on Friday with JPMorgan Chase soaring 7.0% after its quarterly report impressed investors while PNC Financial was among regional bank decliners after it reduced growth expectations for 2023. JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. lender by assets, reported a first-quarter profit that beat estimates with interest income offseting weakness in dealmaking. Shares in Citigroup climbed […]

(Corrects the day of ruling from Thursday to Friday) (Reuters) – The Canadian Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Quebec’s provincial ban on cannabis grown in private homes is constitutional, in a blow to cannabis advocates who said it was at odds with a federal law allowing a small number of plants to be grown for personal use. The country’s top court sided with the Quebecois provincial government, who banned […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Nurses in England have voted to reject the government’s new pay deal, their trade union said, setting out further strikes that will put the National Health Service under more strain as nurses hold out for a higher wage offer. About 54% of nurses who took part in a ballot voted to reject the pay deal, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) – who had recommended members accept […]

By Elena Rodriguez MADRID (Reuters) -A 50-year-old Spanish extreme athlete emerged on Friday from a 500-day challenge living 70 metres (230 feet) deep in a cave outside Granada with minimal contact outside. Wearing dark glasses and smiling as she adjusted to the light of spring in southern Spain, elite mountaineer Beatriz Flamini told reporters that time had flown by and she did not want to come out. “When they came […]

SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) -The release and swap of nearly 900 detainees by the two sides in Yemen’s conflict began on Friday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, a significant confidence-building measure amid peace talks between Saudi envoys and the Houthi group. The first two simultaneous exchange flights landed in the government city of Aden, carrying 35 people, and in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, carrying 125, around midday on Friday, […]

By Blake Brittain and Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – A federal appeals judge in Washington, D.C. is under investigation by her own court for allegedly failing to carry out her duties and refusing to respond to other judges’ concerns, court officials at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said on Friday. An order signed by Federal Circuit Chief Judge Kimberly Moore said a three-judge committee had determined that […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Nurses in England have voted to reject the government’s new pay deal, their trade union said, setting out further strikes that will put the National Health Service under more strain as nurses hold out for a higher wage offer. About 54% of nurses who took part in a ballot voted to reject the pay deal, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) – who had recommended members accept […]