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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s fiery speech aimed at “MAGA Republicans” on Thursday at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall will be followed by a Saturday …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will request $11.7 billion in emergency funding from Congress to provide lethal aid and budget support to Ukraine, and $22.4 billion for COVID-19 relief …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow on Saturday, a State Department spokesperson said on …

By Michel Rose, Andrew MacAskill and Andreas Rinke PARIS/LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe is anticipating the prospect of Liz Truss as Britain’s next prime minister with a mixture of irritation and …

By Steven Grattan (Reuters) – Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was attacked late on Thursday by an assailant with a loaded gun that apparently failed to discharge. The …

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO(Reuters) -Updated COVID-19 booster shots for people aged 12 years and above to target the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus are on the way …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China granted emergency use authorisation to Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine as a booster, the company said on Friday, one of just two new products against …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German grid operators are close to releasing the results of power transmission system stress tests, factoring risks from an escalation in the Russian gas supply crisis, as …

By Steven Grattan (Reuters) – Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Thursday night survived an apparent assassination attempt after a gunman threatened her at near point-blank range and …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City agency overseeing workplace affairs said on Friday it sued Starbucks Corp because the coffee chain illegally fired a longtime …

LONDON (Reuters) – The result of the British Conservative Party leadership contest will be announced at 1130 GMT on Monday, the party said on Friday. Polls have projected foreign Secretary …

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) – A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier and was shot by another in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the army said, and the Palestinian health …

Texas Authorities Stop Smugglers From Flying Charter Plane Of Illegal Migrants To Houston Jennie Taer on September 2, 2022 The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) stopped two suspected smugglers …

Climate Activists Superglued Themselves Inside UK Parliament Using A Petroleum-Based Product Jack McEvoy on September 2, 2022 Extinction Rebellion, an international group of climate activists, announced on Friday that they …

Labor Market Remains Tight As Unemployment Ticks Up John Hugh DeMastri on September 2, 2022 The U.S. added 315,000 jobs in August, as unemployment rose slightly to 3.7%, according to …

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA aims to make a second attempt to launch its giant next-generation moon rocket on Saturday, Sept. 3, five days after a pair of technical …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Friday that there are some signs that inflation may be easing, as he responded to the Labor Department’s report that jobs increased …

By Brad Brooks UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) – Brett Cross had several questions for the Uvalde school board when it met this week, but went home with few answers. His nephew, …

‘Time To Make America Good Again’: CNN Host Says Biden ‘Not Wrong’ To Call Trump Supporters ‘Semi-Fascist’ Harold Hutchison on September 2, 2022 A CNN host defended President Joe Biden’s …

Broadcast Networks Ran Law And Order, Sitcom Reruns Instead Of Biden’s Speech Laurel Duggan on September 2, 2022 Several major broadcast networks ran reruns instead of carrying President Joe Biden’s …

POLL: Most Americans Are Dissatisfied With K-12 Education Reagan Reese on September 2, 2022 Most Americans are unhappy with the current K-12 education system, according to a poll released Thursday. …

SHEFFIELD: While Biden Blames Others For His Failures, America’s Economy Continues To Nosedive Carrie Sheffield on September 2, 2022 It’s official, America’s job market is slowing down, and we have …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday condemned the attempted assassination of Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner a day earlier. “The United States strongly condemns the assassination …

By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD/KARACHI (Reuters) -Pakistan’s armed forces rescued a further 2,000 people stranded by rising floodwaters, they said on Friday, while the country’s best-known charity …