US and World News

By William James and Katy Daigle SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -The U.N. climate agency published a first draft on Thursday of a hoped-for final agreement from the COP27 climate summit, …

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – Tensions over Taiwan are expected to be on the agenda when U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meets Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr next week, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday disputed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s comment that missiles that landed in Poland were not of Ukranian origin. “That’s not the evidence,” …

DUBAI (Reuters) -An attack on a tanker off the coast of Oman on Tuesday was carried out by an Iranian-made drone, U.S. Central Command said in a statement, adding that …

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Karen Bass, a Democratic U.S. congresswoman, was projected on Wednesday to beat Rick Caruso in the race for Los Angeles mayor, becoming the first …

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -A Wisconsin man convicted of killing six people and injuring dozens more when he drove through a Christmas parade near Milwaukee last year was sentenced to …

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said he would not testify before the House of Representatives panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the …

By Ebrahim Harris KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – In a dining hall at Malaysia’s International Islamic University, 22-year-old undergraduate Hajar Wahab stood next to a makeshift polling booth, as she showed …

By Yimou Lee, Sarah Wu and Greg Torode TAIPEI (Reuters) – When Chinese authorities detained a Taiwanese citizen in China in August for an alleged violation of security laws, officials …

By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to advance a bill protecting federal recognition of same-sex marriage, prompted by concerns that a more conservative Supreme Court …

(Reuters) – With Republicans clinching control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, the party will need to elect a speaker when the new Congress is sworn in, normally …

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans will use their new majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to intensify Washington’s focus on China, and more closely monitor aid going …

By Gram Slattery and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell held off a challenge to his leadership on Wednesday as some of Donald Trump’s closest …

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, on Wednesday congratulated Republicans on their projected majority in the U.S. House of Representatives following last week’s midterm elections, saying he would …

By Ted Hesson and Bastiaan Slabbers PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) -Philadelphia emergency personnel took a child to hospital on Wednesday from a bus that had just arrived carrying migrants from the U.S.-Mexico …

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies on Wednesday criticized Russia in the United Nations Security Council over missile attacks on Ukraine in a meeting …

By Steve Holland and Andy Sullivan PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) -Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of U.S. voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans, who failed to win control of the chamber in last week’s midterm elections, on Wednesday voted to keep Mitch McConnell as their caucus leader, …

By Leroy Leo and Khushi Mandowara (Reuters) -A panel of advisers to the U.S. health regulator on Wednesday recommended the approval of Ardelyx Inc’s drug for chronic kidney disease patients …

By Jonathan Landay and Tom Balmforth KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Residents in Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson call the two-storey police station “The Hole”. Vitalii Serdiuk, a pensioner, said he …

By Luc Cohen and Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump, who on Tuesday announced he will run again for the White House in 2024, faces a series of …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A member of the far-right Oath Keepers told a jury on Wednesday that she got “swept up” in the moment when she stormed …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three environmental groups have sued the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources for exempting Venture Global LNG from needing an environmental permit to build a liquefied natural gas …