Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is satisfied so far with India's moves to ensure accountability in alleged assassination plots against Sikh activists, but many steps are still needed, the U.S. ambassador to India said on Thursday, calling it a "red line for America" for which there must be consequences.

Eric Garcetti was asked at a U.S. think tank event what effect the recent discovery of assassination plots against Sikh nationalists in Canada and the... (continue reading...)

HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil refiner Citgo Petroleum on Thursday reported its first quarter net fell 56% to $410 million, from $937 million in the same period a year ago.

The Venezuela owned company said it throughput rose to 830,000 barrels per day, the third highest in its history, up from 814,000 bpd in the year-ago quarter.

"We achieved these results with turnaround activities underway at two refineries while successfully restarting two... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Italian tyre-maker Pirelli said on Thursday its adjusted operating profit rose 5.8% in the first quarter of the year, as the group benefited from efficiencies.

The company, the sole supplier of tyres for Formula One cars, said adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) came in at 262.2 million euros ($282.36 million) in the January-March period, topping a 257 million euro analyst consensus provided by the company.

By Amanda Perobelli and Leonardo Benansatto

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) -The death toll from severe flooding in southern Brazil has risen to 107, civil defense said on Thursday, as rescue operations continued and authorities began to see the cost of recovering from the devastation in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

In a dramatic symbol of the disaster, rescuers saved a horsethat had been trapped precariously for two days on a rooftop in a... (continue reading...)

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Supreme Court has ordered the country's interior minister to testify in a corruption probe and the Constitutional Court struck down the creation of the equality ministry in a double blow for the government of President Gustavo Petro.

The courts' decisions - released late on Wednesday - topped a torrid 24 hours for Petro, Colombia's first leftist leader, after two magistrates from the National Electoral Council called for... (continue reading...)