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US VP Harris hosts Kim Kardashian to discuss criminal justice reform
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will host reality-television star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian at the White House on Thursday to discuss criminal justice reform, after President Joe Biden granted ...
Reactions to court overturning Harvey Weinstein NY rape conviction
(Reuters) - Reactions were widespread to the overturning of Harvey Weinstein's 2020 New York conviction for sexual assault and rape on Thursday: DOUGLAS WIGDOR, LAWYER FOR EIGHT WEINSTEIN ACCUSERS: “Today’s decision is a major step back in ...
Exclusive-ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say
By Kane Wu and Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer shutting down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in ...
UN chief calls for swift deployment of security mission to Haiti
(shortens headline) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls on the new authorities in Haiti "to expedite the full implementation of the transitional governance arrangements" and for the swift deployment of an ...
US judge rejects Trump bid to throw out writer's $83.3 million defamation verdict
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's bid to throw out a $83.3 million defamation verdict in favor of the writer E. Jean Carroll, who said the former U.S. president defamed her after she accused him of raping ...
Columbia University inspires national protest wave, swift response by authorities
By Jonathan Allen and Brendan O'Brien NEW YORK (Reuters) - A stalemate at Columbia University over removing a student encampment to protest Israel's war in Gaza has spawned a wave of similar demonstrations on college campuses across the U.S., but ...
US ban on worker noncompetes faces uphill legal battle
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's ban on "noncompete" agreements commonly signed by workers is likely vulnerable to legal challenges, experts said, as some courts have grown increasingly skeptical of federal ...
Canada exemption for Airbus from titanium sanctions is time-limited, says source
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The sanctions exemption that Canada granted Airbus to allow it to use Russian titanium in its manufacturing is available only for a limited time, a Canadian source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The ...
Guysborough County man charged with child pornography offences
A 36-year-old Boylston, Guysborough County man has been charged with child pornography offences after an investigation by the RCMP’s provincial internet child exploitation unit. Police say they were directed to a home on Antigonish Guysborough Road ...
Burkina Faso army executed over 220 villagers in February, HRW says
DAKAR (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's military in February summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said ...