(Reuters) – Texas can keep a 1,000-foot (300 meters) long floating barrier in the Rio Grande to deter illegal border crossings by migrants at the river separating the United States and Mexico, a U.S. appeals court has ruled, rejecting a challenge by President Joe Biden’s administration. The full New Orleans-based …

(Reuters) – Pinterest shares tumbled more than 12% premarket on Wednesday after a muted third-quarter outlook dashed Wall Street’s expectations for a stabilization in its revenues amid a rebound in the digital ad market. The photo-sharing platform on Tuesday projected current-quarter revenue below analysts’ estimates, as it struggles to keep …

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s embattled military government extended a state of emergency on Wednesday for another six months, state media said, as the junta struggles to maintain its grip on power with fighting flaring on multiple fronts and the economy in crisis. Army-run Myawaddy media said the military-controlled National Defence and …

CAIRO (Reuters): Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran on Wednesday, the Palestinian group Hamas and Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said in separate statements. Hamas mourned the death of Haniyeh, who it said was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”. Hanieh attended Iran’s new …

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan will consider raising interest rates on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter said, a move that would accompany a quantitative tightening plan in a sign of its resolve to steadily unwind a decade of massive stimulus. The decision comes as the U.S. Federal Reserve …

(Reuters) – At least 973 Native American children died at Indian Boarding Schools from 1819 to 1969, according to a federal report that calls on the U.S. government to apologize for the 150-year-long forced assimilation policy used to separate children from families and destroy tribal identity. Many of the children …

TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (Reuters) – Did that just happen? The Paris Olympics surfing community awoke in Tahiti on Tuesday with a collective sense of disbelief after unquestionably the greatest day of Olympic surfing competition went down at Teahupo’o on Monday. In fact, men’s round three action – just eight head-to-head heats …

SINGAPORE: Social media platforms have responded positively to the need for licensing under the new regulatory framework for safer Internet use by children and families, set to be implemented next year, according to Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications Minister said in his meetings with various platforms during his three-day working visit …