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- China, U.S. near deal on ZTE reprieve; Beijing cuts auto tariffs
- Tue, 22 May 2018 13:45:38 -0400 - BEIJING (Reuters) - Washington neared a deal to lift its ban on U.S. firms supplying Chinese telecoms gear maker ZTE Corp, sources said on Tuesday, and Beijing announced tariff cuts on car imports, further easing trade tensions between the world's two largest economies.
- Businessman who sold diseased human body parts gets nine years in prison
- Tue, 22 May 2018 15:15:08 -0400 - DETROIT (Reuters) - A Detroit businessman who sold and leased human body parts was sentenced to nine years in prison Tuesday for selling diseased remains to medical educators.
- Trump casts doubt on planned summit with North Korean leader
- Tue, 22 May 2018 14:31:49 -0400 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday there was a "substantial chance" his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not take place as planned on June 12 amid concerns that Kim is resistant to giving up his nuclear weapons.
- Republicans want new special counsel to investigate Trump-Russia probe 'misconduct'
- Tue, 22 May 2018 13:56:44 -0400 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of U.S. President Donald Trump's closest conservative allies in Congress called for the appointment of a second special counsel on Tuesday to investigate the probe into Trump's campaign, Russia and the 2016 U.S. election, as Trump ramped up his own criticism of the Department of Justice.
- U.S. officials warn Congress on 2018 election hacking threats
- Tue, 22 May 2018 14:34:02 -0400 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior Trump administration officials warned Congress on Tuesday of ongoing efforts by Russia to interfere in the 2018 midterm congressional elections as the federal government prepares to hand out $380 million in election security funding to states.
- Myanmar judge allows documents police say came from Reuters reporters' phones
- Tue, 22 May 2018 12:16:39 -0400 - YANGON (Reuters) - A Myanmar judge on Tuesday allowed the submission of evidence police say they obtained from the mobile phones of two Reuters reporters arrested in December for alleged possession of secret documents, in what has become a landmark press freedom case.
- Facebook's Zuckerberg apologizes to EU lawmakers over data leak
- Tue, 22 May 2018 14:50:45 -0400 - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg apologized to European Union lawmakers on Tuesday for a massive data leak, in his latest attempt to draw a line under a scandal that has rocked the world's biggest social media network.
- Americans report stronger finances in Trump's first year: Federal Reserve
- Tue, 22 May 2018 13:36:53 -0400 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The share of Americans who report they are doing "at least okay" financially rose in President Donald Trump's first year in office, according to Federal Reserve data published on Tuesday.
- Exclusive: Saddam's superyacht winds up as sailors' hotel
- Tue, 22 May 2018 11:44:55 -0400 - BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - The king size bed in Saddam Hussein's superyacht is made, the silk curtains around it have been drawn back and, in the gold-rimmed bathroom next door, a barber's chair awaits its occupant.
- As U.S. shrinks refugee operations, new arrivals in Kansas town lose a lifeline
- Tue, 22 May 2018 12:23:57 -0400 - GARDEN CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - In his first whirlwind weeks in the United States, Wimber Htoo, 23, racked up a list of accomplishments. He learned to use the bus, applied for a social security card and obtained a state ID, all new experiences for Htoo, a member of the Karen minority who fled Myanmar as a teenager for a refugee camp in Thailand.
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