Harvard settles lawsuits over antisemitism on campus
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Harvard University will provide additional protections for Jewish students under a settlement announced on Tuesday that resolves two lawsuits accusing the Ivy League school of becoming a hotbed of rampant antisemitism. Harvard said it will adopt the International
Trump’s anti-wind policy hits European companies
By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – European wind shares fell on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump axed support for new offshore wind power on his first day in office, adding to pain in an industry that had turned to the
Can LA wildfires prompt new focus on community mitigation efforts?
By Carey L Biron WASHINGTON( Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) Foundation) -The devastation of the Los Angeles wildfires has resonated far beyond Southern California, as local officials and residents across the United States have watched the flames, started among dry vegetation, rapidly
Economists ramp up projections for Brazil’s interest rates to above 15%
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) – Economists have launched a fresh wave of upward revisions to projections for Brazil’s interest rate this year, citing deteriorating inflation expectations, a weaker currency and lingering concerns over the fiscal outlook of Latin America’s largest
Bessent nomination to US Treasury clears Senate Finance Committee
(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to send the nomination of billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as President Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary on to the full Senate for approval. The committee voted 16-11 to send the