19+ hour, 56+ min ago  (130+ words) WKZO Three of Brazil's nine central bank seats to be empty at policy meeting SAO PAULO, April 28 (Reuters) " Brazil's central bank said "on Tuesday "that director Rodrigo Alves Teixeira will not attend this week's "monetary "policy meeting " due to " the…...

11+ hour, 15+ min ago  (130+ words) WKZO Panama Canal sees spike in vessel traffic due to war in Middle East PANAMA CITY, April 28 (Reuters) " The Panama Canal Authority, "an autonomous "agency that runs the major freight channel through Central America, "on "Tuesday said " the U. S. -Iran " war…...

8+ hour, 6+ min ago  (40+ words) By Julien Pretot VANCOUVER, April 29 (Reuters) - FIFA will increase payments to teams taking part in the 2026 World Cup to almost $900 million, world soccer's governing body said "on Tuesday, citing the commercial success of its ‌expanded flagship men'. .....

9+ hour, 41+ min ago  (37+ words) By Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has mandated what it calls "enhanced" security checks for immigration applicants, according to internal guidance sent to "the employees of the U. S. .....

10+ hour, 43+ min ago  (346+ words) WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) " The Republican-led U. S. Senate on Tuesday blocked a Democratic-led resolution that would have barred President Donald Trump from military action against Cuba without "congressional approval. The Senate voted 51 to 47, almost entirely along "party lines, on a procedural measure…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (918+ words) Jose Fermin's two-run double with one out in the ninth inning capped a four-run rally as the St. Louis Cardinals overcame a near-shutout and beat the host Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Monday. St. Louis, which had lost four straight and five…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (391+ words) WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) " The U. S. Department of Homeland Security said on Monday that past statements espousing what it labeled extremist views from immigrants applying for green cards and naturalization would "warrant closer scrutiny," causing free speech advocates "to raise concerns that…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (439+ words) WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) " Legislation to fund the U. S. Secret Service and other agencies in the Department of Homeland Security will have to be modified before it can pass the House of Representatives, Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday, raising the possibility…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (41+ words) By Rohith Nair April 26 (Reuters) - FIFA is in discussions with national associations to increase prize money for all 48 teams participating in the 2026 World Cup, soccer's global governing body said "on Sunday. The proposal must be approved at Tuesday. .....

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (427+ words) April 25 " The United States has agreed to modify its sanctions on Venezuela to allow the South American country's government to pay Nicol's Maduro's defense lawyer, backing off a restriction that had threatened to derail "the drug trafficking case against the…...