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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday denied an exemption request by JetBlue and Spirit to operate under common ownership, citing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit filed earlier this month seeking to block the deal. The Transportation Department said a denial was warranted in light of a White House executive order that it “coordinate competition efforts, DOJ’s conclusion that the proposed merger would have anti-competitive effects, […]

(Reuters) – Russian forces attacked northern and southern stretches of the front in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region on Friday, pressing on with their offensive despite assertions from Kyiv that Moscow’s assault was flagging near the city of Bakhmut. WAR ZONE * Some 10,000 Ukrainian civilians, many elderly and with disabilities, are clinging on to existence in horrific circumstances in and around the besieged city of Bakhmut, the International Committee of […]

By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -Britain’s King Charles on Friday cancelled a state visit to France next week after social unrest over President Emmanuel Macron’s new pension law erupted into some of the worst street violence seen in years across the country. The postponement – at Macron’s request – will be a major embarrassment to the French leader, who had hoped the monarch’s visit would mark […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday denied an exemption request by JetBlue and Spirit to operate under common ownership, citing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit filed earlier this month seeking to block the deal. The Transportation Department said a denial was warranted in light of a White House executive order that it “coordinate competition efforts, DOJ’s conclusion that the proposed merger would have anti-competitive effects, […]

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, marking the end of a tumultuous week as U.S. Federal Reserve officials calmed investor fears over a potential liquidity crisis in the banking sector. While all three major U.S. stock indexes started the session sharply lower on the heels of a sell-off among European banks, those losses reversed by closing bell, repeating the intraday roller coaster ride […]

OTTAWA, ONTARIO (AP) — President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to announce an agreement aiming to stem the flow of asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings from the U.S. to Canada. The agreement on Friday comes as Biden makes his first visit to Canada as president. Wide-ranging Trudeau-Biden talks also were touching on the 13-month old war in Ukraine, military spending, shared concerns about China’s […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday denied an exemption request by JetBlue and Spirit to operate under common ownership, citing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit filed earlier this month seeking to block the deal. The Transportation Department said a denial was warranted in light of a White House executive order that it “coordinate competition efforts, DOJ’s conclusion that the proposed merger would have anti-competitive effects, […]

By Doina Chiacu and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Partisan sniping over raising U.S. borrowing authority ratcheted up on Friday when House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy accused President Joe Biden of ignoring the issue, even as Republicans have failed to detail budget cuts they want before allowing a debt limit increase. At a news conference in the U.S. Capitol, the Republican speaker attacked the Democratic president for not holding negotiating […]

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The United States and Canada must together build a North American market on everything from semiconductors to solar panel batteries, in the face of growing competition, including from an “increasingly assertive China,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. Trudeau, speaking in the Canadian parliament ahead of a speech by U.S. President Joe Biden, also expressed unity in supporting Ukraine and said the two allies must continue […]