Mikie Sherrill says she’s innocent, but won’t show anyone the file that could prove it
MONTCLAIR, NJ – Questions continue to surround Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s time at the U.S. Naval Academy, where she graduated in 1994 amid a major cheating scandal, but where definitive evidence of her…
Vatican foreign minister travels to Vietnam in unprecedented visit
HANOI (Reuters) – The Vatican’s foreign minister Paul Richard Gallagher began an unprecedented six-day visit to Communist-ruled Vietnam on Tuesday as the two sides work on closer relations. Gallagher’s trip, the first…
Thai PM says sensitive issues at play in Myanmar dialogue, must address all sides
BANGKOK (Reuters) -There were sensitive issues in initiating talks between Myanmar’s junta and anti-junta groups, Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said after a cabinet meeting that discussed the escalating conflict in its…
US to award Samsung up to $6.6 billion chip subsidy for Texas expansion, sources say
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration plans to announce it is awarding more than $6 billion to South Korea’s Samsung next week to expand its chip output in Taylor, Texas,…
US must boost Africa ties to secure key minerals, report says
By Felix Njini JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. must boost commercial ties with African countries to curb reliance on China for supplies of critical minerals, a Washington-based think tank said on Tuesday.…
US Republicans urge Ukraine aid vote, after ‘Russian propaganda’ warnings
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, added his voice on Monday to growing calls from prominent Republicans to pass billions of dollars…
US envoy to UN to visit Korean border, North Korean defectors
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will travel to the heavily armed Korean border and meet North Korean defectors in South Korea, her office said…
Trump loses last-ditch bid to delay hush money trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appellate judge on Monday denied Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money…
Trump says abortion laws should be decided by US states
By Doina Chiacu and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that abortion laws should be determined by U.S. states, stopping short of proposing a national ban…
US Justice Dept rebuffs Republican demand for audio of Biden interview
By Sarah N. Lynch and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday rebuffed demands by Republicans in the House of Representatives to hand over audio recordings of President Joe…
Former Ecuador vice president hospitalized but stable, prisons agency says
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s detained former Vice President Jorge Glas was taken to hospital on Monday after he fell ill at a prison in Guayaquil, prison authorities said, just hours…
Vatican rejects gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy in new document
By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican on Monday reaffirmed its opposition to gender-affirming surgery, “gender theory” and surrogate parenthood, drawing criticism from advocates for LGBTQ Catholics. The declaration by the…
Australia downplays Japan’s role in AUKUS, says no plans to add member to defence pact
By Lewis Jackson and Sakura Murakami SYDNEY/TOKYO (Reuters) -Australia downplayed reports Japan could soon join its AUKUS security pact with Britain and the United States, saying on Tuesday any cooperation would be…
Explainer-South Korea’s election: polls, key issues and how it works
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea will hold legislative elections on Wednesday to decide the make-up of its 300-strong National Assembly, with most polls suggesting an outcome that will do little…
Total solar eclipse: North Americans celebrate with cheers, music and matrimony
By Brendan McDermid and Joseph Ax NIAGARA FALLS, New York (Reuters) -Throngs of skywatchers across North America gazed upward at a blackened sun in the midday dusk on Monday, celebrating with cheers,…
Tesla settles case over fatal Autopilot crash of Apple engineer
By Abhirup Roy and Aditya Soni (Reuters) -Tesla has settled a lawsuit over a 2018 car crash that killed an Apple engineer after his Model X, operating on Autopilot, swerved off a…
UK’s Cameron to meet Blinken, Trump while pressing US Congress on Ukraine aid
By Alistair Smout and Kanishka Singh LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -British Foreign Minister David Cameron will meet Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday during his U.S. trip and press lawmakers in Congress to…
NAIA bans transgender athletes in U.S. collegiate sports
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics on Monday banned transgender women from competing in women’s sports, taking a more hardline stance than other athletic bodies that allow…
Anger boils over for some amid record floods in Russia’s Urals
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -At least 100 Russians asked for help from President Vladimir Putin on Monday in a city struck by the worst flooding ever recorded, chanting “shame on you”…
Wall St ends flat as investors await CPI, earnings
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks were essentially unchanged at the close of a choppy session on Monday, with a solar eclipse offering distraction ahead of crucial inflation data and…
Senate Republican leader backs legislation to force Chinese divestment of TikTok
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday called for legislation to force TikTok’s parent company, China’s ByteDance, to divest the short video app used by 170…
Ecuador ex-Vice President Glas taken to hospital -prison agency
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas was taken to a hospital in Guayaquil on Monday, the SNAI prison agency said in a statement, due to apparently becoming ill after…
US says SK Battery faces $77,200 in fines over employee health hazards
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Labor Department said on Monday that SK Battery America faces $77,200 in fines for five serious safety violations after workers in Georgia suffered potentially permanent…
Over 100 dead in Mozambique ferry incident, president says
By Manuel Mucari MAPUTO (Reuters) -More than 100 people died after a ferry boat sank off the northern coast of Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi said on Monday, and almost 20 others were…
Pelosi joins call for Biden to stop transfer of US weapons to Israel
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Representative Nancy Pelosi, former House speaker and a key ally of Joe Biden, signed a letter on Friday from dozens of congressional Democrats to the president and…
Loss of engine cover on Southwest Boeing 737-800 prompts FAA investigation
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An engine cover on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 fell off on Sunday during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap, prompting the Federal Aviation…
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