US and World News

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ignited a courtroom shouting match on Thursday, railing against critics as he testified in a trial to determine how much he owes …

By Pavel Polityuk and Michelle Nichols KYIV/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some draft-age Russians rushed to leave the country on Thursday to escape their country’s biggest conscription drive since World War …

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution said on Friday it has signed agreements on lithium and cobalt sourcing with three Canadian mining firms in a bid …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Democrats on Thursday released a framework for legislation that would restrict lawmakers and other senior government officials, including the Supreme Court, from trading in stocks. …

By Daphne Psaledakis NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of Sudan’s ruling council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told Reuters late on Thursday that no fixed date had been set for …

By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Ann Saphir (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday delivered its third straight 75-basis point interest rate hike in its campaign to drive borrowing costs high …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some western countries expressed grave concern about the presence and operations of extremist groups in Afghanistan and said the Taliban were not meeting their counter-terrorism commitments. Special …

KYIV (Reuters) – The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence said on Thursday the percentage of released Ukrainian prisoners of war who had suffered torture while in Russian detention was “rather …

By Arshad Mohammed and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Iran’s morality police over allegations of abuse of Iranian women, saying it held the …

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva slightly boosted his lead over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro to 14 percentage points in a poll published on Thursday …

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal law prohibiting people under felony indictment from buying firearms is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Texas has concluded, citing a U.S. Supreme Court …

(Refiles to fix dropped word and repetition in first two paragraphs) By Lisa Baertlein and Nathan Gomes (Reuters) -FedEx Corp outlined cost cuts of up to $2.7 billion after falling …

By David French (Reuters) – Major Wall Street indexes ended lower on Thursday, falling for a third straight session as investors reacted to the Federal Reserve’s latest aggressive move to …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – An estimated 1 million homes and businesses remain without power in Puerto Rico Thursday morning after Hurricane Fiona hit on Sunday, causing an island-wide power outage …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A New Jersey man, who was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer and in May was found guilty of charges related to the Jan. …

By Luc Cohen (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump, three of his adult children and his family company were sued on Wednesday for what New York state’s attorney general …

By Isabel Woodford MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – International bondholders are considering taking legal action in Mexico to recoup losses from troubled non-bank lender Credito Real, four sources have told Reuters, …

By Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) -Costco Wholesale Corp topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly results on Thursday, helped by strong demand for its fresh food, candies and fuel offerings despite …

By Parisa Hafezi NEW YORK/DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that “acts of chaos” are not acceptable, in a warning to protesters who have taken to the …

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon on Thursday said it awarded Raytheon Technologies a $985 million dollar contract to develop prototypes for a hypersonic attack cruise missile, putting the …

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli officer killed a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out a stabbing attack at a traffic junction between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Thursday, Israeli police …

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will keep a close eye on currency market moves and act decisively against excessive fluctuations, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday, suggesting the government could act …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund’s board is expected to approve a new “food shock window” in the next few weeks that will allow the global lender …

By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States is significantly cutting back the number of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses it will buy for donation to poorer nations this …

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled a slew of measures on Thursday including the reversal of an increase in payroll tax in an effort to boost …