Inside the National Rifle Association's conventions - Reuters India
U.S. lifts global health coronavirus travel advisory - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention on Thursday lifted global advisories recommending U.S. citizens avoid all international travel because of the coronavirus pandemic, and instead issued a raft of high-level warnings for individual countries.
Pentagon chief expresses concern to Chinese counterpart about Beijing's activity in South China Sea - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper expressed concerns about Beijing’s “destabilizing” activity near Taiwan and the South China Sea in a call with Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, the Pentagon said on Thursday,
Ireland says rise in COVID-19 reproduction rate 'a serious concern' - Reuters
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A rise in the COVID-19 infection rate in Ireland is a “serious concern” but the country has not yet seen a significant resurgence in infections outside of identified clusters, a leading health official said on Thursday.
Ireland, which for several weeks had one of the lowest infection rates
U.S. Senate votes to ban TikTok app on government devices - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously voted to approve a bill banning federal employees from using video-sharing app TikTok on government-issued devices, amid threats from the White House to ban the company.
The app has come under fire from U.S. lawmakers and the
Hostage taker surrenders outside French bank, all six captives unharmed - Reuters
LE HAVRE, France (Reuters) - A gunman who took six people hostage in a bank in northern France on Thursday surrendered to elite police after a six-hour operation to free his captives.
The hostage-taker, a 34-year-old with a history of mental illness, emerged slowly from the building wearing a balaclava and with
Female politicians in the United States, Europe urge Facebook to protect women in politics - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc must step up and protect women in politics from threats of violence and sexism and hate on its platform, said a letter to the company from female members of the U.S. Congress such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top female politicians from the European Union.
Facebook has been heavily
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc ( TWTR.N ) will label the accounts of state-affiliated media outlets, their senior staff and some key government officials, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
The accounts of Russia’s Sputnik, RT,
Microsoft aiming to buy TikTok's entire global business: FT - Reuters
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp ( MSFT.O ) is chasing a deal to buy all of TikTok’s global business, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing five people with knowledge of the talks.
However, a source familiar with the discussions told Reuters that Microsoft had not raised the prospect of buying all of TikTok in its negotiations with ByteDance.
Microsoft
New York seeks to break up National Rifle Association, alleging financial mismanagement - Reuters
(Reuters) - New York state’s attorney general sued to dissolve the National Rifle Association on Thursday, alleging senior leaders of the non-profit group diverted millions of dollars for personal use and to buy the silence and loyalty of former employees.
The lawsuit filed in a Manhattan court by Attorney General Letitia James alleges NRA leaders paid for family trips to the Bahamas, private jets and expensive meals that contributed to a $64 million reduction in the NRA’s balance sheet in three years, turning a surplus into