US and World News

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – Bird flu has infected a dairy herd in Ohio for the first time and was detected in additional herds in Kansas and New Mexico, …

By Vitalii Hnidyi and Anastasiia Malenko KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian drone attack struck residential buildings in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and an energy facility in the surrounding region …

CAIRO (Reuters) – Some 424 U.S. and British airstrikes on targets in Yemen have killed 37 people and wounded 30, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, said …

By Andrew Gray, John Irish and Simon Lewis BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO alliance members agreed on Thursday to scour their arsenals for more air defence systems to protect Ukraine from Russian …

NICOSIA (Reuters) – Spanish nongovernmental organization (NGO) Open Arms said it and U.S. charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) were suspending attempts to get aid to Gaza via sea after seven …

By Valerie Volcovici CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (EPA) Michael Regan on Thursday announced eight organizations that will oversee the spending …

By Parisa Hafezi, Laila Bassam, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Dan Williams DUBAI (Reuters) – Hounded by months of deadly Israeli attacks in Syria, Iranian military commanders thought it safe to convene …

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel braced on Thursday for the possibility of a retaliatory attack after its suspected killing of Iranian generals in Damascus this week, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said …

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased to a two-month high last week, though labor market conditions remain fairly tight. …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss criminal charges in the state’s 2020 election interference case against him, which the Republican former U.S. president …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Thursday issued final rules meant to protect the jobs of the government’s 2.2 million civil servants, as Republican challenger Donald …

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is scheduled to be deposed later this month by lawyers for co-founders of his social media company as …

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) – The Doctors Without Borders medical charity (MSF) said on Thursday it rejected Israel’s position that an airstrike which killed seven aid workers was a …

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s Congress on Thursday voted twice against formally debating the launch of a process to impeach under-fire President Dina Boluarte, who is facing a probe …

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nuclear proliferation experts who served under four U.S. presidents told President Joe Biden and his administration on Thursday that a pilot project to recycle …

By Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga ZVERNEC, Albania (Reuters) – Through binoculars, ornithologist Jon Vorpsi spies flamingos and pelicans that pause along their migration routes on a hook of protected …

By Yimou Lee HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) – When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s scenic and largely rural east coast county of Hualien on Wednesday, local official Chang Tung-yao knew …

By David Carnevali, Mike Stone, Allison Lampert and Tim Hepher (Reuters) – Boeing and Airbus are edging towards a potentially coordinated deal to split operations of troubled supplier Spirit AeroSystems, …

(Updates with video and pictures tags) OTTAWA (Reuters) -Jacob Flickinger, the Canadian aid worker killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza this week, was a former soldier who had …

(Reuters) – European low-cost airline Ryanair on Thursday said it would resume flights to Tel Aviv from June 3 with 40 weekly flights, following the re-opening of a terminal at …

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -A staunch friend of Taiwan’s will this summer take over as the top U.S. diplomat in Taipei, three sources briefed on the matter said, roughly …

By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) – Dan Ariens laid off workers, cut shifts, and halted nearly all hiring last summer after sales slumped at his company, best known for making bright …

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan on Thursday condemned China as “shameless” after Beijing’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations thanked the world for its concern about a strong earthquake on the …

DUBAI (Reuters) -Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on Thursday there has been no progress in Gaza ceasefire talks despite the Palestinian group showing flexibility. Hamdan said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …