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By Ahmed Elumami and Ayman al-Warfali DERNA, Libya (Reuters) – Sabreen Blil was on her hands and knees atop the rubble of her brother’s house, the wind beating at her black robe as she clawed with her bare hands at the flattened masonry in hope of somehow digging to the family buried below. She recited their names as she wept. “Taym, Yazan, Luqman, Salmah, Tumador, Hakim and his wife. Oh […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government on Monday cleared a bill that guarantees the reservation of 33% seats for women in India’s lower house of parliament and state legislative assemblies, according to four local TV news channels. The Women’s Reservation Bill was approved by the cabinet in New Delhi and will be tabled during the current special session of parliament called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, India Today […]

DERNA, Libya (Reuters) – Hundreds of people protested in the eastern Libyan city of Derna on Wednesday, venting anger against authorities and demanding accountability one week after a flood killed thousands of its residents and destroyed entire neighbourhoods. Protesters took aim at officials, including the head of the eastern-based Libyan parliament, Aguila Saleh, during the demonstration outside the Sahaba Mosque. Some sat on its roof in front of its golden […]

By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton, a Virginia Democrat, on Monday said she would not seek reelection after doctors updated her diagnosis to a more serious condition, which she likened to “Parkinson’s (disease) on steroids.” The 55-year-old congresswoman, who represents a suburban area of Northern Virginia near Washington, said she would serve out her current two-year term, which ends in January 2025, but would spend time with […]

DERNA, Libya (Reuters) – Hundreds of people protested in the eastern Libyan city of Derna on Wednesday, venting anger against authorities and demanding accountability one week after a flood killed thousands of its residents and destroyed entire neighbourhoods. Protesters took aim at officials, including the head of the eastern-based Libyan parliament, Aguila Saleh, during the demonstration outside the Sahaba Mosque. Some sat on its roof in front of its golden […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday that the release of five American detainees by Tehran was “purely a humanitarian action” as they left Iran under a Qatar-mediated deal that involved the release of $6 billion Iranian funds in South Korea. “This was purely a humanitarian action … And it can certainly be a step based upon which in the future other humanitarian actions can be […]

By Scott DiSavino and Nichola Groom (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to deploy 30,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind by 2030 is still possible, although not easy, the CEO of Orsted, the world’s largest offshore wind developer, said on Monday at the Climate Week NYC event in New York. The remarks by Orsted CEO Mads Nipper come as soaring costs and supply chain delays have increasingly cast doubt […]

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar edged down against a basket of currencies on Monday but remained near a six-month high, as traders looked ahead to decisions on interest rates this week from the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan. Currency moves were largely muted on Monday as investors were hesitant to make big directional wagers ahead of the week’s slew […]

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Options on the newly listed shares of SoftBank’s Arm Holdings, the year’s biggest initial public offering, started trading on Monday, at a brisk pace, as a drop in the share price prompted investors to take guard. Arm shares fell 5.3% to $57.50, after rising as high as $69 on Friday, its second day of trading. Some 29,000 Arm options contracts changed hands […]