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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil is offering to host a regional summit in early August to renew the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), bringing together countries containing parts of the Amazon rainforest along with senior officials from the U.S. and France. Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said on Thursday that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva aims to consolidate the region’s plans for the Amazon at the summit in the northern […]

By Frank Pingue AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) -Norway’s Viktor Hovland fired his lowest score in a major to grab the Masters clubhouse lead on Thursday while Tiger Woods mostly struggled and tournament favourites Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy went out with the late starters. Hovland, who stood out from the field as much for his play as the bold floral pattern on his shirt, fired a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 in ideal […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and France are joining the EU Commission’s infringement proceedings against Hungary over its anti-LGBT law, a German government spokesperson said on Thursday. The European Commission referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the EU in mid-2022 over the law banning the use of materials seen as promoting homosexuality and gender change in schools. The commission has said it considers the law violates the EU’s internal […]

By Ricardo Brito (Reuters) – Giants of the orange juice trade in Brazil have become defendants in a class-action lawsuit seeking billions in damages over an alleged price-fixing scheme that ran between 1999 and 2006, a prosecutor told Reuters. Federal Prosecutor Karen Kahn said the Sao Paulo Court of Justice will hear claims in a lawsuit filed against firms including Citrosuco, Cutrale and Louis Dreyfus Co (LDC), which account for […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) -The head of Sudan’s army said on Thursday he remained committed to a plan for a new transition towards elections, despite disputes over the integration of a paramilitary force that have twice delayed the signing of a final deal. The agreement, which provides for the formation of a civilian government and is strongly supported by the international community, is meant to end a political vacuum […]

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks reversed an earlier sell-off and Treasury yields steadied, as investors digested weak labor market data and awaited Friday’s jobs report for signs the Federal Reserve could pause its interest rate hikes to try to head off a recession. All three major U.S. stock indexes bounced back, turning green by early afternoon, with megacap momentum stocks putting the Nasdaq out front. Even […]

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown’s office on Wednesday released a redacted version of an investigative report that detailed sexual abuse accusations against clergy within the Archdiocese of Baltimore dating back to the 1940s. The report of more than 450 pages is the product of a grand jury investigation four years in the making. “What we learned is that the incontrovertible history uncovered by this […]

By Cheney Orr and Brad Brooks NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on Thursday on whether to expel three Democratic members for their roles in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse last week. Republican Representatives Andrew Farmer, Gino Bulso, and Bud Hulsey filed three resolutions on Monday to expel their Democratic colleagues. The resolutions on Monday passed in a preliminary vote along […]

(Reuters) – Rogers Communications Inc said on Thursday its customers in various parts of Canada are being impacted by power outages caused by a recent ice storm. More than a million people went without power on the day after an ice storm hit Canada’s two most populated provinces ahead of a holiday weekend, bringing freezing rain and strong winds that toppled trees and weighed down power lines. “Our wireless customers […]