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Stocks eyed a broader comeback from a steep sell-off as investors digested results from Bank of America and other heavyweights.
A renowned Venezuelan activist was arrested for his alleged involvement in a reported assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro last month, the country's Attorney General Tarek Saab said late on Monday. Carlos Julio Rojas, a journalist, was arrested on Monday night in central Caracas "for being linked and directly identified as an instigator and logistical operator in the assassination attempt" against Maduro on March 25, the prosecutor said in a post on X. On March 25 authorities reported the arrest of two men near to where Maduro gave a speech after registering as a candidate for this year's presidential election.
A barge operator believes it has found a sunken barge in the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, one of 26 that broke loose and floated away during weekend flooding, company officials said Tuesday. Crews used sonar to locate an object in a stretch of river north of the city, which Campbell Transportation Company Inc. said it presumes to be its missing barge. The river remained closed to maritime traffic while the company worked to salvage the runaway barges.
Changing course, a Democratic Florida prosecutor suspended from office by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he will seek reelection while a court battle continues over his 2022 removal from the post. DeSantis cited those statements in suspending Warren, contending he was improperly refusing to uphold and enforce certain laws.
House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a plan to advance foreign aid to Israel, Ukraine and Tawain in separate bills and move a fourth piece of legislation wrapping other Republican national security priorities together.
Anti-tourism movements are multiplying in Spain, the world's second most visited country, prompting authorities to try and reconcile the interests of locals and the lucrative sector.- 'Social revulsion' - Similar anti-tourism movements have sprung up elsewhere in Spain and are active on social media.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a controversial law Tuesday, days after it was passed by parliament, potentially helping Kyiv to boost conscription to replenish depleted forces to fend off Russia's continued aggression. The mobilization law, published on Ukraine’s Parliamentary website, is expected to take effect in a month and make it easier to identify every draft-eligible man in the country. Many have dodged conscription by avoiding contact with authorities.
The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday called on Israel to halt its support of attacks by settlers in the occupied West Bank, which has seen an uptick of raids by Israel since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack. The call came a day after Israeli settlers shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank on Monday, after Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager during a military raid. "Israel, as the occupying power, must take all measures in its power to restore, and ensure, as far as possible, public order and safety in the occupied West Bank," said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Police say the Sydney stabbing that left four people injured including a bishop was an act of terrorism. During a riot, officers were attacked.
During her 49 days as Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, Liz Truss sparked mayhem on the financial markets and turmoil within her Conservative Party. In interviews and a new book, Truss robustly defends her economic record, blaming the “deep state,” “technocrats,” “the establishment,” civil servants and the Bank of England for her downfall. “I’m not saying I’m perfect,” Truss told the BBC.
The IMF has raised its outlook for the global economy this year, while maintaining a gloomy forecast over the medium term, according to fresh data published Tuesday."The global economy continues to display remarkable resilience, with growth holding steady and inflation declining," IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas told reporters on Tuesday.
The University of Southern California has been accused of “censorship” after canceling Asna Tabassum’s commencement address in the name of safety concerns.
Lawyer Omar Ushari still remembers the hope that gripped Khartoum after the uprising that overthrew dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019.- 'Hopes were high' - Bashir's ouster in April 2019 ushered in a civilian-led transition that saw an outpouring of "hope, inspiration and vibrancy" among young Sudanese, said Samah Salman, who worked in corporate venture capital at the time.
The UK parliament on Tuesday kicked off its first debate on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's planned flagship legislation to prevent young people from smoking, despite opposition from many in his own Conservative Party.Smoking is the UK's biggest preventable killer and opinion polls show that around two-thirds of people in the UK back a phased smoking ban.
The court ruled 7-2 that the Department of Veterans Affairs improperly calculated the educational benefits for James Rudisill, a retired Army captain who lives in northern Virginia. Rudisill, who's now an FBI agent, is in a category of veterans who earned credit under two versions of the G.I. Bill.
The United Nations on Tuesday said it was seeking to raise $1 billion to boost humanitarian aid to Ethiopia, which has been hit by conflict, drought and floods. A U.N.-hosted pledging event, organised along with the governments of Ethiopia and the United Kingdom and held at the United Nations in Geneva, is designed to increase life-saving assistance to 15.5 million people and food aid to 10.4 million. "The emergency has been building up through cycles of droughts and floods, and conflict," the U.N. humanitarian office (OCHO) said.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun via video teleconference Tuesday, the Pentagon said, in the first substantive talks between the superpowers' defense chiefs in nearly 18 months.Wei was subsequently replaced by Li Shangfu, who shook hands and spoke briefly with Austin at a defense conference in Singapore last June, but did not hold a formal meeting with the Pentagon chief.
The operations of the European Union's naval mission to the Red Sea have not been affected by Iran's first-ever direct attack on Israel but the force needs more combat ships to protect merchant vessels sailing through "a vast area", its commander told Reuters on Tuesday. The EU's Red Sea naval mission, dubbed Eunavfor "Aspides", was launched in February to protect vessels from attacks launched by Iranian-aligned Houthi militants as part of their stated campaign of solidarity with Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. "So far, there is no evidence that... the situation has worsened," the commander of the operation Rear Admiral Vasileios Gryparis told Reuters at the headquarters of the mission in the Greek city of Larissa.
Senate Democrats are planning to reserve $79 million in fall airtime for key battleground races, which, paired with plans by a top Democratic super PAC to spend hundreds of millions more, would give Democrats more than $300 million in fall reservations as they fight to defend their Senate majority.
This spring, some cicadas will be turned into sex-crazed zombies, thanks to a strange fungus called Massospora cicadina.
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