Plus, Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni joins the Reuters World News podcast with takeaways from her interview with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
By Linda Noakes
Today’s Top News
People queue to vote at a polling station in Barmer, Rajasthan, India. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
India began voting in the second phase of the world’s biggest election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his rivals raise the pitch of the campaign by focusing on hot-button issues such as religious discrimination, affirmative action and taxes. Rahul Gandhi, the face of the opposition Congress party, was among the 1,200 candidates in the fray. Follow our live coverage here.
Donald Trump got another break when the US Supreme Court signaled some support for his immunity claim, even as more of his allies faced prosecution for the former president’s attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape was overturned by New York’s highest court, reopening the landmark case that fueled the #MeToo movement and highlighting the challenges of holding powerful men accountable.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concerns about China’s support for Russia’s military, one of the many issues threatening to sour the recent improvement in relations between the world’s biggest economies.
Haiti’s transition council took power in a ceremony, formalizing the resignation of former Prime Minister Ariel Henry as the Caribbean country seeks to establish security after years of gang violence wreaking chaos and misery.
Colombia has become the first country to officially restrict the import of beef and beef products coming from US states where dairy cows have tested positive for avian influenza. Here’s what to know about bird flu in dairy cows and the risk to humans.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is interviewed by Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters that US economic growth was likely stronger than suggested by weaker-than-expected data on first-quarter output and said the Biden administration was keeping all options open to respond to threats from China’s excess industrial capacity.
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates around zero and highlighted a growing conviction that inflation was on track to durably hit 2% in coming years, signaling its readiness to hike borrowing costs later this year.
US auto safety regulators said they have opened an investigation into whether Tesla’s recall of more than 2 million vehicles announced in December to install new Autopilot safeguards is adequate.
TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the Chinese company exhausts all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the US. Read our exclusive report.
Alphabet announced its first-ever dividend and a $70 billion stock buyback, cheering investors who sent the stock surging nearly 16% after the bell. The Google parent is returning capital while spending billions of dollars on data centers.
Shares of private equity group CVC Capital Partners gained as much as 25% on their first day of trading in Amsterdam in what is shaping up to be one of Europe’s largest initial public offerings this year.
The Week Ahead
A US Federal Reserve meeting and Apple and Amazon reporting results will keep investors’ focus in the days ahead on the global rates outlook and on tech earnings, while growth and inflation data from Europe and China are also coming out.
Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates
A view of a cell for minors at the Villepinte detention center near Paris. REUTERS/Layli Foroudi
A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024 Olympics is putting pressure on an overcrowded prison operating at almost double its capacity.
Villepinte is a grey, concrete detention center in the suburb of Seine-Saint Denis. It lies 2.5 km from the Paris Arena Nord, set to host boxing and fencing competitions during the Games beginning on July 26.
It is among the most crowded prisons in France.
The Week in Pictures
See a selection of some of our top photography from around the world this week.
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