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By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -Delta Air Lines on Thursday forecast higher-than-expected profit for the current quarter, citing “record” bookings for summer travel, even as the carrier missed first-quarter profit estimates due to higher fuel and labor costs. Shares of the carrier were initially up about 4%, but fell 3% in morning trade as investors parsed through the results for cues on risks to demand from rising costs. Rivals […]

(Reuters) – The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) said on Wednesday it wants to host the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups in 2035 and 2037. Japan reached the quarter-finals as hosts of the men’s showpiece in 2019, the first time the tournament was held outside the traditional powerhouse nations. Australia will host the men’s event in 2027 and the women’s two years later, while the United States will stage […]

(Reuters) – Jury selection began on Thursday in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox Corp in a process to choose 12 people from a heavily Democratic county in Delaware to decide whether Fox News knowingly aired false claims on vote-rigging in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis, presiding over the case in Wilmington, is questioning prospective jurors behind closed doors […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Washington, D.C., appeals court on Thursday refused to decide whether Donald Trump can be shielded from the first of two defamation lawsuits by E. Jean Carroll, a writer who said the former U.S. president raped her nearly three decades ago. The district’s highest local court, the Court of Appeals, said it did not have enough facts to decide whether Trump was acting as president when he […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s army on Thursday warned of a risk of confrontation following the mobilization of a powerful paramilitary group, in a sign of growing strains between the rival forces and a potential complication in moves to restore civilian rule. Here are details of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its path to prominence. * The RSF is commanded by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who currently holds the […]

By Padraic Halpin and Steve Holland DUBLIN (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, a proud Irish-American, took his three-day tour of Ireland to Dublin on Thursday where he met the country’s president and prime minister ahead of an address to parliament and banquet at Dublin Castle. Biden’s focus on one of his longest trips abroad as president shifted to celebrating his heritage from peace in Northern Ireland, where on Wednesday he […]

(Reuters) – The abortion pill mifepristone will remain available in the United States for now but with significant restrictions, including a requirement for in-person doctor visits to obtain the drug, a federal appeals court ruled late on Wednesday. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold part of last Friday’s order by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, that had suspended the U.S. Food […]

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – A slightly below-average 2023 Atlantic hurricane season lies ahead with an El Nino weather phenomenon damping the storm outlook, a top U.S. hurricane forecaster said on Thursday. El Nino, a weather system that forms from warm ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific, increases vertical wind shear, lessening or breaking up tropical storms. “If a robust El Niño does not develop, the […]

By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) -Fashion designer Mary Quant, often credited with popularising the miniskirt that helped define Britain’s “Swinging Sixties” era, has died aged 93. Born and brought up in Blackheath, south east London, Quant helped pioneer bold new styles during the 1960s – a decade in which fashion, music and art subculture challenged and forever changed Britain’s post-war national identity. “It’s impossible to overstate Quant’s contribution to fashion,” […]