US revokes Intel, Qualcomm's export licenses to sell to China's Huawei, sources say | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Jared Kushner pitching donors on father-in-law Trump, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Virginia school board considers restoring Confederate names to schools (www.reuters.com)
Suffering worst drought in decades, Costa Rica orders electricity rationing (www.reuters.com)
Republican clerk charged in Michigan voting-system breach (www.reuters.com)
A Michigan township clerk was charged with multiple felonies on Wednesday, the latest turn in a state inquiry into efforts by Donald Trump supporters to tamper with voting machines to prove his false claim that he lost the 2020 election due to fraud....
Poland says Russian cyberspies targeted government networks (www.reuters.com)
Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah (www.reuters.com)
May 8 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday publicly warned Israel for the first time that the U.S. would stop supplying it weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a refugee-packed city in southern Gaza....
Ascension warns of suspected cyberattack; clinical operations disrupted (www.reuters.com)
Reaction to US decision to pause weapons shipment to Israel (www.reuters.com)
US revokes Intel, Qualcomm's export licenses to sell to China's Huawei, sources say | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Philippine military chief accuses China of 'malign influence effort' to distract from 'the China coast guard's ongoing aggressive behaviour' (www.reuters.com)
The Philippines’ military chief accused China of a “malign influence effort” on Wednesday, after a local newspaper reported a Filipino vice admiral had made a deal with Beijing to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea....
Philippine military chief accuses China of 'malign influence effort' to distract from 'the China coast guard's ongoing aggressive behaviour' (www.reuters.com)
The Philippines’ military chief accused China of a “malign influence effort” on Wednesday, after a local newspaper reported a Filipino vice admiral had made a deal with Beijing to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea....
Clashes break out in pro-Palestinian rally in Greece (www.reuters.com)
Police fired teargas to disperse a small group of protesters who climbed up the gate of the Egyptian embassy opposite parliament. The clashes were brief.
Exclusive: In Tesla Autopilot probe, US prosecutors focus on securities, wire fraud (www.reuters.com)
China's exports and imports return to growth, signalling demand recovery (www.reuters.com)
Bankrupt Steward Health puts its hospitals up for sale, discloses $9 bln in debt (www.reuters.com)
Bankrupt Steward Health Care has put all of its 31 U.S. hospitals up for sale, hoping to finalize transactions by the end of the summer to address its $9 billion in total liabilities, its attorneys said at a Tuesday court hearing in Houston....
Chinese election meddling could undermine Canada democracy, says spy agency (www.reuters.com)
Persistent Chinese election meddling has the potential to undermine Canadian democracy, Canada’s main spy agency said on Tuesday in the latest official warning about clandestine activity by Beijing....
Biden administration to miss deadline for report on Israeli weapons use, sources say (www.reuters.com)
The Biden administration will miss a Wednesday deadline to report to Congress on whether Israel is violating international humanitarian law in Gaza, four sources said on Tuesday, findings that could fuel concerns over its use of U.S.-supplied weapons against the Palestinian enclave....
Baseball star Ohtani's ex-interpreter agrees to plead guilty to bank fraud (www.reuters.com)
Japanese baseball great Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges he illegally transferred nearly $17 million from the athlete’s bank account, without Ohtani’s knowledge, to pay off his own gambling debts.
Trump documents trial start delayed indefinitely, judge orders (www.reuters.com)
Trump documents trial start delayed indefinitely, judge orders (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump’s trial in Florida on charges of illegally keeping classified documents after leaving office has been indefinitely postponed, a judge decided on Tuesday, greatly reducing the odds he will face a jury in either of the two federal criminal cases against him before the Nov. 5 U.S. election.
Apple interrogation of NYC worker about union drive was illegal, US labor board rules (www.reuters.com)
The manager of an Apple Inc retail store in Manhattan violated U.S. labor law by asking an employee whether he supported a union campaign, a federal labor board has ruled in its first decision involving the tech giant.
US probe finds widespread sexual misconduct at FDIC (www.reuters.com)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation must make sweeping changes to address widespread sexual harassment and other misconduct, according to an independent report released on Tuesday that raises questions about the future of the banking regulator’s leadership....