By Richard Cowan, Moira Warburton and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a $1.66 trillion government funding bill that provides record military funding…
By Ismail Shakil and Rod Nickel OTTAWA/WINNIPEG (Reuters) -Strong winds, freezing rain and heavy snowfall closed schools, cut power to homes and cancelled flights across Canada on Friday as a…
By Steve Holland, Dan Peleschuk and Olena Harmash WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Friday to a $45 billion aid package for Ukraine, as…
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – City officials and outreach workers across the United States were rushing to get people off the streets this week, turning sites such as libraries and…
By Jose Luis Gonzalez and Daina Beth Solomon CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -Hundreds of migrants bundled in coats and blankets formed a long line in cold winter air at the…
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s currency hovered near a historic low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial foreign exchange market on Friday amid renewed street protests in the restive southeast,…
By Katy Daigle and Julia Janicki (Reuters) – Nature is in crisis, and it’s only getting worse. As species vanish at a rate not seen in 10 million years, more…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Friday it would delay a new rule requiring more extensive reporting by gig workers and others who are paid through…
Meta Agrees To Record-Breaking Settlement In Data Privacy Lawsuit John Hugh DeMastri on December 23, 2022 Facebook parent Meta signed on to a $725 million settlement to potentially close out…
Did The FBI Violate The First Amendment When It Colluded With Twitter? Alexa Schwerha on December 23, 2022 The FBI has repeatedly flagged Twitter accounts for the social media platform…
Kristi Noem Suggests Conservative Group’s Leader Should Be Fired For Criticizing Her Response To Kids’ Drag Show Laurel Duggan on December 23, 2022 Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem suggested…
Japan Signs Off On Record Defense Budget, Including Billions For American Weapons Micaela Burrow on December 23, 2022 Japan’s leadership put final approval to a historic defense budget increase, including…
REP. BOB GOOD: Weak And Compromised Republicans Have Unleashed A Spending Monstrosity Rep. Bob Good on December 23, 2022 In their final hours as a narrow majority in a lame…
Major Med School Pushes ‘Diversity, Equity And Inclusion’ Requirements For Faculty To Earn Promotion Or Tenure Alexa Schwerha on December 23, 2022 Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) requires professors…
Russia Plots New Oil Production Cut To Starve The West Of Fuel Jack McEvoy on December 23, 2022 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Thursday that Moscow may cut…
Putin Says Russia Is At ‘War’ For The First Time As Moscow Touts Progress In Demilitarizing Ukraine Micaela Burrow on December 23, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin ditched his euphemistic…
(Reuters) – The highly-contagious Omicron subvariant XBB has surged to more than 50% of COVID-19 cases in the northeastern United States and risks spreading fast as millions of Americans begin…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Friday, the South Korean military said, the latest in an unprecedented…
By Bernard Orr and Casey Hall BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China is expecting a peak in COVID-19 infections within a week, a health official said, with authorities predicting extra strain on the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed the Defense Authorization Act, but he voiced concerns about several of its provisions, including one that he said could hamper…
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police on Friday said they had arrested one of the U.S. FBI’s Ten Most Wanted fugitives, who was staying at a hotel in Madrid under a…
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistani militants thought to have been on the verge of carrying out a suicide bombing in Islamabad’s government district blew themselves up on Friday as…
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Egyptian-American national, detained in the United Arab Emirates after criticising Egyptian president and calling for protests ahead of a climate meet there, has been released from…
(Reuters) – More than a million homes and businesses were without power on the U.S. East Coast, Midwest and Texas on Friday as winter storms battered much of the country,…
Life Expectancy Is At A Two-Decade Low, And COVID Isn’t The Only Reason Why Kate Anderson on December 22, 2022 U.S. life expectancy is at a two-decade low and drug…