By Daniel Wiessner
Oct 30 (Reuters) - A US appeals court on Friday paused a judge's ruling that said Idaho's near-total ban on abortion is unconstitutional because it does not provide exceptions for when pregnancies pose risks to women's health.
The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-1 decision that a doctor who sued over Idaho's abortion ban is unlikely to prevail on claims that the US Constitution protects... (continue reading...)
ATLANTA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Atlanta on Friday and demanded the release of a Japanese national detained in Russia's Sakhalin region.
The rare high-level meeting between the two countries came amid strained ties over Ukraine and a long-running territorial dispute.
"Minister Motegi made a demarche and an argument... (continue reading...)
Oct 30 (Reuters) - Credit ratings agency Fitch on Friday revised France's outlook to "negative" from "stable", warning that deteriorating fiscal conditions and political fragmentation are undermining debt stabilization prospects.
The agency pointed to weaker growth, higher borrowing costs and a wider deficit since its August review, compounded by a fractured political landscape that is making sustained fiscal consolidation harder to deliver.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A top US housing regulator led by Trump appointee Bill Pulte refused to provide records to its internal watchdog, obstructing congressionally mandated reviews of its oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other housing lenders, according to a report reviewed by Reuters on Friday.
The assertions escalate the Federal Housing Finance Agency's confrontation with the watchdog,... (continue reading...)
SEOUL, Oct 31 (Reuters) - North Korea denounced a joint statement by a group of countries monitoring sanctions enforcement against Pyongyang as a "wanton violation of its sovereignty" born out of hostility by the US and the West, KCNA state news agency reported on Saturday.
A statement issued this week by the group that includes the US, Australia, the UK and South Korea called on UN member states to fully implement UN sanctions resolutions that... (continue reading...)
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