US and World News

By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to announce as soon as Wednesday a new $300 million military aid package for Ukraine that will …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet with White House Homeland Security adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Tuesday morning in Mexico, Lopez Obrador’s office confirmed on Monday. …

By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s military vowed on Tuesday not to give up the pulverised eastern city of Bakhmut as it prepares to launch a long-promised counteroffensive against Russian …

By Valerie Volcovici, Timothy Gardner and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House will support Senator Joe Manchin’s bill introduced on Tuesday to speed energy project permits, because it would …

KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday passed one of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ bills mostly unchanged, including provision for long jail terms and the death penalty, after the president requested …

By Natalie Thomas and JEEVAN RAVINDRAN LONDON (Reuters) – Margaret Tyler’s fascination with the British royal family began as a child, when she would cut out photos of the now-King …

By Jonathan Allen and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was found guilty of aiding and abetting in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, a Black man …

By Andy Sullivan and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The divided U.S. Congress is running out of time to raise the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, with the Treasury …

By Vitalii and Hnidyi HRAKOVE, Ukraine (Reuters) – A Ukrainian farmer has come up with a novel way to remove mines left in his fields after Russia’s invasion — he’s …

By Ben Kellerman NEW YORK (Reuters) – An enormous fluffy, white, blue-eyed Burmese cat mascot ascended the Metropolitan Museum of Art steps on Monday in homage to Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved …

By Andrew Hay ACEQUIA DE LA SIERRA, New Mexico (Reuters) – Rivers are roaring in northern New Mexico after a big snowpack. But sacred pastures Jimmy Sanchez’s family has irrigated …

By Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India, backed by China, is trying to build a consensus within the G20 group to let countries choose a roadmap to cut …

By Hannah McKay and Natalie Thomas LONDON (Reuters) – Pamela Tawse was 18 and still in her nurse’s uniform and cap when she made her way to central London after …

(This May 1 story has been refiled to drop extraneous letter in the headline.) By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – Donald Trump should be able to talk about the evidence in …

By Trevor Hunnicutt and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For months, the U.S. crisis over the debt limit has been a political abstraction. Not anymore. The U.S. Treasury’s new June …

By Orhan Coskun, Ahmed Rasheed and Timour Azhari ANKARA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – ISIS leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi’s six-month rule ended when he detonated a suicide vest during a Turkish special forces …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The group representing Hollywood studios in labor talks with film and television writers said in a statement that negotiations had ended on Monday without the two …

DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – German arms makers Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann have settled a legal dispute over the intellectual property rights to the Leopard 2, one of the world’s most advanced …

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – On Savile Row, the London street long celebrated for turning out sharp suits, tailors have been racing to prepare the red and gold uniforms …

By Jeff Mason, Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden told his counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday that the U.S. commitment to the defense of its …

By Ben Kellerman and Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) -Serena Williams confirmed she is expecting baby number two on Monday, telling reporters at the star-studded Met Gala in New York …

By Ben Kellerman and Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – American basketball star Brittney Griner stepped onto the red carpet at the star-studded Met Gala on Monday, embracing a larger …

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian units have ousted Russian forces from some positions in Bakhmut amid fierce battles, a top Ukrainian general said on Monday, as the White House believes that more …

By Steve Holland and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Monday estimated that Russia’s military has suffered 100,000 casualties in the last five months in fighting in the …