2+ hour, 52+ min ago  (296+ words) ROME, May 12 (Reuters) " An Italian court decision has granted a 4-year-old child three legally recognised parents " two fathers and one mother " in a landmark ruling "that has angered conservative Catholics. The decision was reported "on Tuesday by several Italian media…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (408+ words) May 12 (Reuters) " The U. S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Kevin Warsh to a 14-year term as Federal Reserve governor, marking an important step toward his succeeding Jerome Powell as the U. S. central bank's "next leader. Here are some details and context: " The Senate…...

3+ hour, 46+ min ago  (171+ words) WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - Two key U. S. House Democrats asked "Paramount Skydance CEO "David Ellison on Tuesday to disclose if he or the company offered "to "make changes "to CNN's coverage "of President Donald Trump in exchange for approval of a ". .. House…...

6+ hour, 22+ min ago  (187+ words) WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) " U. S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Cuba was asking for help and "we are "going to talk," without providing any "more detail. "No Republican has ever spoken to me about Cuba, which is a failed country and…...

6+ hour, 10+ min ago  (167+ words) NAIROBI, May 12 (Reuters) " Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was sworn in on Tuesday for a "seventh term, extending his rule "in the east African country into a fifth decade. " The 81-year-old former guerrilla leader was declared the winner "of "a January…...

6+ hour, 31+ min ago  (651+ words) By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG, May 12 (Reuters) " South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces impeachment proceedings over a scandal dubbed "Farmgate" in which thieves stole bundles of foreign cash from a sofa on his ranch. Ramaphosa, who has been…...

6+ hour, 16+ min ago  (239+ words) DAMASCUS, May 12 (Reuters) " Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for an attack in eastern Syria that killed two Syrian army soldiers, the "jihadist group's first deadly operation against the Syrian "government since February. Monday's attack in the eastern province of…...

6+ hour, 44+ min ago  (355+ words) COPENHAGEN, May 12 (Reuters) " Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday expressed his thanks to the U. S. for its help in strengthening the island's defences and said Taipei would not give in to "pressure, ahead of a summit between the U. S. and Chinese "leaders…...

8+ hour, 59+ min ago  (308+ words) DUBAI, May 12 (Reuters) " Iran has expanded its definition of the Strait of Hormuz into a "vast operational area" far wider than before the Iran war, according to a senior "officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy. The strait…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago  (109+ words) GENEVA, May 12 (Reuters) " Antigua and Barbuda has nominated "Ecuador's Maria Fernanda "Espinosa as candidate to be the next United Nations Secretary-General, "a "U. N. official "told Reuters "on Tuesday. Espinosa, a former foreign affairs minister and defence minister "in Ecuador, headed the…...