GUATEMALA CITY -Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei reappointed the country’s attorney general to a new term on Monday, prompting U.S. sanctions, just months after the prosecutor was accused by the U.S.…
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) -A former Republican minority leader of the Colorado legislature is among the recipients of a trove of sensitive voting data leaked by a county official working…
By Jenna Zucker and Gabriella Borter BUFFALO, N.Y. -The 18-year-old man accused of the deadly mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, visited the city in March and the day before…
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Air Force said on Monday it had conducted a successful test of a hypersonic weapon, which flew at five times the speed of sound. The test was…
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON -President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that there was no threat to Russia if Sweden and Finland joined NATO but cautioned that Moscow would respond if…
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – New Zealand has long been seen as the moderate, even absent, voice on China in the “Five Eyes” western alliance, so much so that its…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The largest U.S. labor organization said on Monday it wants lawmakers negotiating a measure to boost funding for semiconductor chips production and U.S. competitiveness to…
By Jenna Zucker BUFFALO, N.Y. – For many people in the neighborhood, the Tops Friendly Market was an answer to prayers when it opened for business 19 years ago, providing…
By Daphne Psaledakis, Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON -The United States on Monday announced a series of steps to revise its policy toward Cuba, including easing some Trump-era restrictions…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to advance $40 billion more aid for Ukraine in its war against Russia, setting the stage for a vote…
By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO -Sri Lanka’s new prime minister said on Monday the crisis-hit nation was down to its last day of petrol, as the country’s power…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON -U.S. Representative Liz Cheney called on fellow Republicans to reject white supremacism, days after a teenage gunman motivated by the right-wing “great replacement” theory allegedly killed…
By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) -Abbott Laboratories said on Monday it had reached an agreement with the U.S. health regulator to resume production of baby formula at its troubled Michigan plant,…
(Reuters) -U.S. health regulators are expected to authorize a booster shot of Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 as soon as Tuesday, the New York Times reported…
By Natalia Zinets KYIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine -Troops holed up in the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol began evacuating on Monday, appearing to cede control of the once…
By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Attorneys for actor Johnny Depp began their questioning of Amber Heard in the couple’s defamation trial on Monday and challenged the “Aquaman” star’s claims that she…
By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, the leading Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in the state, will skip his election night party on Tuesday as…
By Kate Lamb SYDNEY – After some of the worst fires and floods ever to hit Australia, a new cohort of climate-conscious independents are threatening to shake up the federal…
By Laila Bassam, Timour Azhari, Maya Gebeily and Tom Perry BEIRUT -Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies are likely to lose their majority in Lebanon’s parliament, three sources allied to the…
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kathy Barnette, a conservative commentator who has surged into contention ahead of Tuesday’s primary election in Pennsylvania, was photographed marching toward the…
By Ross Kerber and Simon Jessop BOSTON/LONDON -Big Oil has enjoyed an easier ride at shareholder meetings so far this year compared with last year’s punishing run of hostile investor…
By Humeyra Pamuk ABU DHABI -President Joe Biden sent a high-powered U.S. delegation to the United Arab Emirates on Monday to offer condolences after the death of its ruler, in…
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday further undermined campaign finance restrictions, striking down as a free speech violation part of a bipartisan 2002 law challenged by…
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has…
By Leroy Leo and Michael Erman (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has decided not to authorize the antidepressant fluvoxamine to treat COVID-19, saying that the data has…