US safety commissioners call for investigation into Shein, Temu
Two leaders of the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission are calling for the agency to investigate e-commerce retailers Shein and Temu after “deadly baby and toddler products” were sold on both websites, according to a letter posted on the U.S. CPSC website on Tuesday.
Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine damaged by lightning
ROME (Reuters) — The Arch of Constantine, a giant ancient Roman arch next to the Colosseum, was damaged after a violent storm hit Rome, conservation authorities said on Tuesday.
Western US braces for extreme heat; Phoenix passes 100 days over 100 degrees
(Reuters) — The West Coast of the United States is bracing for extreme heat with temperatures in desert towns expected to soar as high as 120 Fahrenheit (49 Celsius) and Phoenix likely to extend its streak of 100 days over 100 degrees, forecasters said on Tuesday.
Republican-led US states sue over new Biden student debt relief plan
Seven Republican-led states filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to challenge President Joe Biden’s administration’s latest student debt forgiveness plan, saying the U.S. Department of Education was taking steps to start canceling loans as soon as this week.
Kamala Harris to propose up to $50,000 tax deduction for new small businesses
Vice President Kamala Harris will propose a tax deduction of up to $50,000 for new small businesses on Wednesday, a tenfold increase over existing relief and her latest economic policy aimed at winning over middle-class Americans after jumping into the presidential race over a month ago.
Netanyahu won’t budge on war despite protests over hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sticking to his hard-line approach on Hamas, in the face of mass protests at home over the killing of six hostages and the suspension of some British arms licenses.
US voters targeted by Chinese influence online, researchers say
A Chinese social media influence operation is impersonating U.S. voters, denigrating U.S. politicians and pushing divisive messages ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election in the United States, new research by intelligence company Graphika showed.
US congressional committee subpoenas Blinken over Afghanistan
The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, saying he had refused to appear before the panel to testify on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
Putin gets a red-carpet welcome in Mongolia despite arrest warrant
President Vladimir Putin of Russia was warmly received by the leader of Mongolia on Tuesday in his first state visit to a member nation of the International Criminal Court since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year.
No time to run: Russian missiles hit Ukraine city just after sirens sound
Russian missiles struck a military academy in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday only minutes after air-raid alarms blared, killing more than 50 people, wounding many others and underscoring Moscow’s superior firepower in one of the war’s deadliest attacks. Ukraine’s president said a hospital was also hit.
UK suspends some arms sales to Israel
LONDON — Britain announced Monday that it would suspend the export of some weapons to Israel, a significant hardening of its position on Israel’s conduct of the war in the Gaza Strip under a new Labour government.
Netanyahu stands firm on cease-fire terms amid growing outrage in Israel
JERUSALEM — Brushing aside pleas from allies and the demands of Israeli protesters for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to keep an Israeli troop presence along the border between Egypt and Gaza, a contentious plan that appeared to dim, if not dash, prospects for a truce.
US seizes Venezuelan president’s plane in Dominican Republic
WASHINGTON — The United States has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Dominican Republic to Florida after determining that its purchase violated U.S. sanctions, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
Battered and unloved, Germany’s coalition likely to hang on after regional losses to far right
BERLIN — The far right’s first victory in a German state election in the post-war era prompted soul-searching in Berlin on Monday, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s battered and unloved coalition looked as if it would hold together.
4 killed in shooting on CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park
CHICAGO — Four people were killed in a Monday morning shooting on a CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park, the west suburban village’s police said.
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Trump says he had ‘every right’ to interfere in 2020 election
Starlink emerges as fresh battleground between Musk, Brazil
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) — Tensions between Brazil and Elon Musk’s business empire ratcheted up further as the country’s telecoms regulator threatened to sanction his satellite broadband company Starlink hours after its top court stood behind a controversial decision to ban social network X from the country.
Haley’s voters size up a scrambled presidential race
LANSDALE, Pa. — Nikki Haley had been out of the Republicans’ presidential race for more than a month when Linda Kapralick and Cathleen Barone cast their ballots for her in Pennsylvania’s primary, so eager were they for an alternative to former President Donald Trump.
Harris courts union vote with Biden at her side
PITTSBURGH — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said on Monday that U.S. Steel should remain in domestic hands, making a pitch alongside President Joe Biden to working-class voters in Pennsylvania who are also being courted by her rival.
Kharkiv struck by missiles after Ukraine launches mass drone attack on Russia
KYIV — At least 47 people, including five children, were injured on Sunday after Russian missiles struck a shopping mall and events complex in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv, officials said.
