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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that the Senate needs to pass a new aid package for Ukraine today, after the House of Representatives this …

Biden Cancels More Oil And Gas Leases As Fuel Prices Skyrocket Thomas Catenacci on May 12, 2022 The Biden administration canceled all three remaining offshore oil and gas lease sales …

WASHINGTON – Social media companies including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok must act now to blunt the effect of false information – including Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that his 2020 …

LIMASSOL, Cyprus -A new dynamic has emerged in protecting the rights of the LGBTQ+ communities across Europe, but significant difficulties remain and youngsters are particularly vulnerable, activists said on Thursday. …

(Reuters) – Vancouver-based quantum computing firm D-Wave Systems Inc said on Thursday it has deployed its latest quantum computer to the University of Southern California. D-Wave’s most powerful machine, called …

HONG KONG – Hong Kong police said on Thursday they had filed complaints to the city’s main professional legal bodies over a national security case involving a fund that had …

By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING -Beijing denied it was heading for lockdown as panic buying gripped the capital on Thursday, while Shanghai combed the city for lingering …

By Andrius Sytas TALLINN – When Pavel fled his home region of Kherson in southern Ukraine he set his sights on reaching Portugal, where his sister-in-law lives – but like …

By Natalia Zinets and Max Hunder KYIV – Ukrainian officials issued dire warnings on Wednesday about the fate of civilians and the last fighters in Mariupol after weeks of Russian …

By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. – Facial recognition is making a comeback in the United States as bans to thwart the technology and curb racial bias in policing come under …

By Leonardo Benassatto and Alessandra Prentice ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine – Since Russia invaded Ukraine, doctors at a military hospital in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia have stayed on the job for …

By Joori Roh and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL -North Korea reported its first COVID-19 outbreak on Thursday, calling it the “gravest national emergency” and ordering a national lockdown, with state media …

By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has drafted an executive order that would give the Department of Justice vast powers to stop foreign adversaries like …

NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France -The Russian military’s failure to seize the Ukrainian capital was inevitable because in the preceding years they had never directly faced a powerful enemy, according to a former …

LONDON – One of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies warned the West on Thursday that the increasing military support given to Ukraine by the United States and its allies risked …

By Elaine Lies TOKYO -European Union leaders said on Thursday that the EU wants to become a bigger actor in Asia, which they termed a “theatre of tensions”, warning of …

(Reuters) – Moderna Inc has made all necessary submissions required by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents and children, it …

By Maria Caspani NEW YORK -The United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after …

By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe WEERAKETIYA, Sri Lanka – His beloved villa has been daubed in graffiti by protesters, and a museum dedicated to his father ransacked. Now former …

By Andrew Hay BLACK LAKE, N.M. -Firefighters in northern New Mexico labored under an apocalyptic orange sky, and vehicles streamed out of the ski area of Angel Fire on Wednesday …

By David Stanway and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI – Last week, Elizabeth Liu and her husband were excited about the prospect of leaving their Shanghai residential compound for the first time …

By Moira Warburton and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON – A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday advanced a bill requiring the Supreme Court to adopt an ethics code and strengthen …

FAJARDO, Puerto Rico— US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) found Sunday 475 pounds (215.5 kilos) of cocaine concealed inside a vessel being removed from the …

LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized methamphetamine in one enforcement action that totaled over $18,000,000 in street value.  “Officers assigned to CBP …