Mikie’s Millions: How Mikie Sherrill Got Rich Since Joining Congress
Key Points MORRISTOWN, NJ – Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s wealth has surged in recent years, with new financial disclosures showing the Democratic lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate now reporting a net worth of more…
Iran and Israel’s open warfare after decades of shadow war
(Reuters) -Israel launched a strike on Iranian soil on Friday, sources said, in the latest of the tit-for-tat exchanges between the regional arch foes whose long-running shadow war has broken into the…
US aims to begin new North Korea sanctions monitoring regime by next month
(Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that she hoped to find a new way to ensure sanctions enforcement on North Korea by next month after Russia…
Venezuela oil sector braces for loss of US license, Maduro hits back
By Marianna Parraga and Deisy Buitrago HOUSTON/CARACAS (Reuters) -The day after the United States announced it would reimpose costly limits on Venezuela’s oil sector, the South American nation braced for the consequences…
Pentagon chief Austin discusses Iran, Gaza aid with Israel’s Gallant
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to discuss Iran’s actions in the Middle East, other regional threats and…
Maine lawmakers pass gun bills in wake of October mass shooting
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Maine lawmakers on Thursday sent a draft of gun safety measures to the governor to sign into law, fulfilling a promise to take swift action designed to…
U.S. Steel deal security review to proceed normally, White House says
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Any national-security review of the deal for Japan’s Nippon Steel to acquire U.S. Steel conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United…
Ukraine seeks G7, NATO help for battered air defences
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante CAPRI, Italy (Reuters) -Ukraine warned foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major powers on Thursday they had to change strategy if they wanted Kyiv…
Biden taps Curtis Ried to be next US ambassador to OSCE, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday announced the nomination of Curtis Ried as the U.S. representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Ried serves as chief…
Stocks end near flat as investors assess earnings, data
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks closed near the unchanged mark on Thursday, as investors sifted through the latest corporate earnings, while economic data and comments from Federal Reserve officials…
In rebuke to RFK Jr, Biden wins Kennedy family endorsement
By Nandita Bose, Trevor Hunnicutt and Stephanie Kelly PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Fifteen members of the storied Kennedy political family endorsed U.S. President Joe Biden at a Philadelphia campaign event on Thursday, with some…
Walls collapse at Copenhagen’s blaze-hit Old Stock Exchange
By Tom Little and Louise Rasmussen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Large parts of the outer walls of Denmark’s landmark 400-year-old stock exchange building collapsed on Thursday afternoon, two days after a fire ripped through…
US stops UN from recognizing a Palestinian state through membership
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians…
BNP Paribas must face lawsuit over Sudanese genocide, US judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – BNP Paribas was ordered by a U.S. judge on Thursday to face a lawsuit accusing the French bank of helping Sudan’s government commit genocide between…
EU’s lending arm pledges to speed up Ukraine spending
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union’s lending arm, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a pledge to speed up the use of over 560 million euros ($595.90 million) it has ready…
J&J wins trial over Florida woman who claimed its baby powder caused her cancer
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Florida jury on Thursday concluded that Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder talc product did not cause the ovarian cancer of a Florida woman who…
Holtec files lawsuit against New York’s radioactive materials discharge law
(Reuters) – Holtec International, which is in charge of decommissioning the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York, on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the state over its rules regarding the…
US power, tech companies lament snags in meeting AI energy needs
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. electrical systems are not expanding fast enough to meet rapidly growing power needs of technology like Generative AI, prompting data center businesses to sometimes…
US raises Rafah concerns with Israel, discusses Iran attack
By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior U.S. officials raised concerns with their Israeli counterparts on Thursday about Israel’s plans for military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah,…
US will lease public lands for conservation under new policy
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday finalized new measures to protect the health of U.S. public lands, including by leasing acreage for conservation in much the same way as…
FBI says Chinese hackers preparing to attack US infrastructure
By Christopher Bing Nashville, Tennessee (Reuters) – Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure and are waiting “for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow,” FBI Director Christopher…
Gaza children yearn for their school days before conflict
By Doaa Rouqa GAZA (Reuters) – Traumatised 10-year-old students stare at their destroyed schools in Gaza, a grim reminder of the education and time with friends in the playground lost since the…
Donald Trump says Ukraine’s survival is important to US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Thursday the survival of Ukraine is important to the United States, a shift in tone days before the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is due…
US aid to Ukraine moves closer to possible passage
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress moved closer on Thursday to ending a months-long stalemate and voting on legislation to provide billions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine,…
In Serbian village, women fight to escape encroaching mine
By Ivana Sekularac and Marko Djurica KRIVELJ, Serbia (Reuters) – Before dawn, 78-year-old Vukosava Radivojevic prepared breakfast for her husband then walked into her village in eastern Serbia to guard a barricade…
World Bank sets goal of expanding healthcare to 1.5 billion people by 2030
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank Group on Thursday unveiled a new goal to help countries deliver affordable healthcare to 1.5 billion people by 2030 by expanding services to…
Breaking News
