By Lisa Richwine
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lyle and Erik Menendez face a Los Angeles court on Tuesday for a key hearing in their bid to cut short the life prison terms they are serving for the shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home 35 years ago.
Defense lawyers are seeking a reduced sentence for the brothers, now 57 and 54, that would allow for their immediate release or make their eligible to be considered for... (continue reading...)
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia remains committed to its plan to join the European Union and wants to speed up its membership bid, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday after his recent trip to Moscow drew Western criticism.
Vucic travelled to Russia on May 8 and 9 for a parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory in World War Two. He also met Russia's leader Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping there.
After meeting... (continue reading...)
By Libby George
LONDON (Reuters) -Iceland launched the sale of nearly half of its 45.2% stake in Islandsbanki on Tuesday, as its finance minister told Reuters that recent global market turmoil has not dented investor interest in the country.
Bookrunners put a 20% stake in the lender on sale on behalf of the government on Monday in a process that would prioritise domestic retail investors. The offering could be increased to cover the full... (continue reading...)
By Dietrich Knauth
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Five American small businesses will ask a U.S. court on Tuesday to halt President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, arguing the president overstepped his authority by declaring a national emergency to impose across-the-board taxes on imports from nations that sell more to the U.S. than they buy.
Tuesday's hearing before a panel of three judges at the New York-based U.S. Court of International... (continue reading...)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will announce who is attending proposed peace talks in Turkey on ending the war in Ukraine when President Vladimir Putin sees fit to, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, declining to say at this stage whether or not Putin will attend himself.
Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine, and, after U.S. President Donald Trump publicly told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to accept, Zelenskiy said he would go but that... (continue reading...)
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