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LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Lawyers representing 100 survivors and family members of victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history have begun the formal process of suing the Army and an Army hospital for failing to act to stop the reservist responsible for the tragedy, attorneys announced Tuesday. The individual notices of claim say the Army was aware of the reservist’s mental health decline that left him paranoid, delusional and […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and Nevada voters will decide in November whether to ban forced prison labor by removing language from their state constitutions rooted in the legacy of chattel slavery. The measures aim to protect incarcerated people from being forced to work under the threat of punishment in the states, where it is not uncommon for prisoners to be paid less than $1 an hour to fight fires, […]

Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 15 people overnight, including six children and two women, Palestinian medical officials said Tuesday. In northern Gaza, where Israel has been waging an air and ground campaign in Jabaliya for more than a week, residents said families were still trapped in their homes and shelters. It’s been more than a year since Hamas-led militants blew holes in Israel’s security fence […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Shaken by multiple recent militant attacks, Pakistani authorities have locked down the capital in a major security move before senior officials from several nations arrive for an Asian security group meeting. A three-day holiday started Monday in normally bustling Islamabad and the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi, and Pakistan has deployed troops and blocked key roads, making it difficult even for ambulances to take patients to hospitals. […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Europe must cancel its plan to ban new fossil fuel-emitting cars from 2035 to reduce reliance on China’s battery supply chain and play to its technological strengths, BMW’s chief executive said on Tuesday. Oliver Zipse, who has long pushed for regulators to permit various technologies – including alternative fuels like e-fuels or biofuels and hydrogen fuel cell cars – said the mood in Europe was “trending towards […]

By Ben Blanchard and Greg Torode TAIPEI (Reuters) – China said its day of war games around democratically governed Taiwan on Monday was a warning against “separatist acts” and threatened more could be in the offing, drawing condemnation from the governments of Taiwan and the United States. Though apparently shorter than previous drills, they were intense in terms of swift simulated attacks and deployment of ships and aircraft. The previous […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Starlink boss Elon Musk said a move by India to auction satellite broadband spectrum, and not allocate it, would be “unprecedented”, reacting to a Reuters story that rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani was lobbying for the auction route. In what is seen as a battle between the two billionaires, Starlink argues administrative allotment of licences is in line with a global trend, while Ambani’s Reliance says an […]

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy is preparing to test the use of satellites produced by Elon Musk’s Starlink to offer internet connection services in some remote areas of the country, a government official was quoted as saying on Tuesday. The Starlink project was being discussed with some regional administrations, Undersecretary to the Prime Minister’s Office Alessio Butti said in an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore daily ahead of a Group […]

By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s cabinet will meet late on Tuesday to approve Rome’s 2025 budget, amid tensions within the ruling parties over a Treasury proposal to raise taxes on banks. Prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s government needs to find around 25 billion euros ($27.23 billion) to finance a raft of stimulus measures including cuts to income tax and social contributions for middle- and low-income earners. Rome has said […]

By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy is likely to expand 4.8% in 2024, undershooting the government’s target, and growth could cool further to 4.5% in 2025, a Reuters poll showed, maintaining the pressure on policymakers as they consider more stimulus measures. Gross domestic product is forecast to have risen 4.5% in the third quarter from a year earlier, slowing from 4.7% in the second quarter and hitting the […]