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Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events ... X X World WorldHome U.S.Politics UnitedStates UnitedKingdom China India Americas AsiaPacific Europe MiddleEast&Africa TheGreatReboot Business BusinessHome SustainableBusiness Legal Energy Environment Finance Media&Telecoms Healthcare&Pharmaceuticals Autos&Transportation Aerospace&Defense TheChangeSuite Retail&Consumer ReutersNext TakeFive Markets MarketsHome U.S.Markets EuropeanMarkets AsianMarkets Deals GlobalMarketData Stocks Bonds Funds Commodities Currencies Breakingviews Technology Investigations Lifestyle LifestyleHome Sports Science Wealth OddlyEnough Pictures Video Graphics International 中国 日本 SuspectedNorthKoreadamwaterreleasepromptsSouthKoreanstoevacuate NorthKoreaappearstohavereleasedwaterfromadamnearitsborderwithSouthKorea,promptingvacationersintheneighbouringcountrytoevacuateoverrisingwaterlevelsontheImjinRiver,officialssaidonTuesday. 10:11pmEDT AustraliafloodsworsenasthousandsmoreSydneyresidentsevacuate SYDNEY(Reuters)-TorrentialrainskeptbatteringAustralia'seastcoastonTuesday,intensifyingthefloodcrisisinSydneyasthousandsmoreresidentswereorderedtoleavetheirhomesafterriversswiftlyrosepastdangerlevels. 10:00pmEDT Basketball-WNBAstarGrinermakesfreedomappealtoBiden U.S.WNBAbasketballstarBrittneyGrinerhasmadeadirectpleatoPresidentJoeBidentostandupforherinanemotionallettersenttotheWhiteHouseonMondayassheremainsdetainedinRussiaondrugcharges. 9:41pmEDT IndonesiaschoolhelpsstudentsreciteKoraninsignlanguage ConcernedabouthowIndonesianstudentswithhearingimpairmentsoftenmissoutonreligiouseducation,clericAbdulKahfifoundedanIslamicboardingschooltohelpthemstudyandrecitescripturefromtheKoranusingsignlanguage. 9:06pmEDT UkraineandRussia:Whatyouneedtoknowrightnow UkrainianPresidentVolodymyrZelenskiysaidhisarmedforceswereundeterredintheireffortsto"break"Moscow'swilltopursuethenearlyfive-monthwar.RussianPresidentVladimirPutinhailedhismilitary'svictoryinthebattleofLuhansk. 8:23pmEDT RustingEiffelTowerinneedoffullrepairs,reportssay TheEiffelTowerisriddledwithrustandinneedoffullrepairs,butinsteaditisbeinggivenacosmetic60millioneuropaintjobaheadofthe2024OlympicGamesinParis,accordingtoconfidentialreportscitedbyFrenchmagazineMarianne. 8:11pmEDT Sudan'sarmywon'ttakepartinpoliticaltalks,leadersays CAIRO(Reuters)-Sudan'smilitaryleaderGeneralAbdelFattahal-BurhansaidonMondaythearmywouldnotparticipateininternationallyleddialogueeffortstobreakitsstalematewiththecivilianopposition,andurgedpoliticalandrevolutionarygroupstostarttalkstoformatransitionalgovernment. 7:42pmEDT Copenhagenshootingsuspectheldinpsychward,authoritiesruleoutterrorism COPENHAGEN(Reuters)-ThemanaccusedofkillingthreepeopleinashootinginaDanishshoppingmallwasorderedonMondaytobeheldinaclosedpsychiatricward,andauthoritiessaidtheydidnotsuspectthecrimetobeanactofterrorism. 7:09pmEDT Argentina'sfarmleadersworryaboutneweconomychief Argentina'sfarmsectorleaderssaidonMondaytheywereworriedaboutthenamingofaneconomyministerwhohasclosetiestoVicePresidentCristinaFernandezdeKirchnerwhopushedhigherexporttaxesonagriculturalgoodswhenshewaspresidentfrom2007-2015. 7:00pmEDT ElSalvadorwoman's50-yearjailsentenceoutragesabortionrightsgroup AwomaninElSalvadorhasbeensentencedto50yearsinprisonforaggravatedhomicideinacontroversialcaseinwhichauthoritiesarguedshehadkilledherbabyaftergivingbirth,whileherdefenderssaidshehadsufferedamiscarriage. 6:21pmEDT Earlier 00:58 'Wedon'thavethevotes'tonixfilibusterforabortionrights -Biden U.S.PresidentJoeBidensaidonFridaytherewerenotenoughvotesintheSenatetoscrapasupermajorityruleknownasthefilibustertoprotectabortionrightsaftertheSupremeCourtoverturnedthelandmark1973Roev.Waderuling. 01:24 Florida's'Don'tSayGay'billsettogointoeffect 01:29 SupremeCourtbacksending‘remaininMexico’policy OnJuly4,Bidensaysfreedomsunderassault;urges'principledpatriotism' CelebratingU.S.IndependenceDay,PresidentJoeBidenonMondaysaidfreedomsinAmericawereunderassaultandurgedcitizenstoengagein"principledpatriotism"whilethecountryfacedeconomicchallengesandnationaldivisions. Cheney:Jan.6panelcouldmakemultiplecriminalreferralsofTrump U.S.SupremeCourtasksMarylandtobarprotestsatjustices'homes