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SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -North Korea fired a new model of long-range ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern Japan where residents were told to take cover, though there turned out to be no danger. A South Korean military official said the missile appeared to have been a new weapon displayed at recent North Korean military parades, and possibly used solid fuel. North Korea has criticised recent […]

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -North Korea fired a new model of long-range ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern Japan where residents were told to take cover, though there turned out to be no danger. A South Korean military official said the missile appeared to have been a new weapon displayed at recent North Korean military parades, and possibly used solid fuel. North Korea has criticised recent […]

By Andrew Chung and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Thursday the Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to intervene to stop restrictions set by a federal judge on the abortion pill mifepristone as President Joe Biden’s administration moves to defend access to the drug. The administration will seek emergency relief from the Supreme Court to defend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s “scientific judgment […]

By Joe Bavier and Jorgelina do Rosario WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Angola’s next sovereign debt issuance will be an ESG bond of up to $1 billion, its finance minister told Reuters on Thursday, but she added that the southern African oil producer’s government would not tap the market this year. Angola, like other African frontier market nations, has been frozen out of international capital markets since early last year. It last issued […]

By Omar Younis NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -Tennessee state Representative Justin Pearson was sworn in on Thursday after being reappointed to the legislature from which he and a Democratic colleague were expelled for leading a gun protest on the House of Representatives floor. To applause, whoops and cheers, Pearson stood before a crowd of about 50 supporters and media as he was sworn in on the steps of the Capitol. “We’ve […]

By Andrea Shalal (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Thursday welcomed the “continuous, ironclad and unprecedented support” of the United States as his country fights Russia’s invasion, and underscored Ukraine’s commitment to battling corruption. Shmyhal, speaking alongside U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, said it was critically important for Ukraine to begin reconstruction this year, and said Kyiv had identified a priority funding gap of $14 billion needed this […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States arrested Air National Guard employee Jack Teixeira on Thursday in connection with transmission of classified defense information, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said. “FBI agents took Teixeira into custody earlier this afternoon without incident,” Garland said at a brief statement at the Justice Department. (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch and Katharine Jackson; Editing by Doina Chiacu) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday there was a greater acceptance among Group of 20 member countries that any new regulations on the crypto assets need to be globally coordinated, and said crypto assets not backed by central banks can fall and cause macroeconomic instability. “The G20 and its members agree that it’s not going to be possible to have an independent, standalone country dealing […]

By Steve Holland, Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden urged Northern Irish political leaders to restore their power-sharing government with the promise that scores of major U.S. corporations were ready to invest in the region as he marked the 25th anniversary of peace in Belfast. Biden, who is fiercely proud of his Irish heritage, spent just over half a day in the UK region – where he met […]