By David Morgan and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON -The Republican National Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates, saying the group that has run the…
WASHINGTON – The United States would not be concerned that an expansion of a defense alliance would do anything other than promote stability in Europe, State Department spokesman Ned Price…
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -An elderly couple died in their home as they tried to evacuate a wildfire in Ruidoso, New Mexico, that has destroyed hundreds of houses and forced…
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Abortion providers including Planned Parenthood on Thursday sued to block a sweeping new Kentucky law that forces them to stop offering the procedure until they can…
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have opened an investigation into the identity verification contractor ID.me, saying that they have “serious concerns” about the efficacy, privacy and…
By Emma Farge GENEVA -Some of the estimated 1,000 seafarers trapped in Ukraine have escaped, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and industry officials told Reuters, while voicing concern for those…
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said on Thursday that top U.S. officials are deciding soon whether to send a senior official to Kyiv in a show of support for Ukraine.…
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Wednesday released three videos of a police officer shooting a Black man dead as the two men fought in…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris condemned attacks in Israel that have killed 14 people and said U.S. support for Israel’s security was unwavering in a call…
By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) -A third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech produced significant protection against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in healthy children ages…
(Reuters) -New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating whether the oil industry has engaged in gas price gouging, a representative from her office said on Thursday. The New York…
By Ted Hesson and Lizbeth Diaz (Reuters) -A federal-state dispute over U.S. immigration policy heated up on Wednesday, as the White House lambasted Texas’ governor over state inspections that have…
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a restriction the U.S. Supreme Court could…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – A federal appeals court said Devin Nunes, the former California congressman and an ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, cannot revive his defamation…
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s powerful military on Thursday dismissed ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s accusation that the United States had conspired to topple him in a parliamentary vote…
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON – Elon Musk’s takeover bid for Twitter has prompted speculation that he would restore Donald Trump’s account if he succeeds in purchasing the social-media platform. But…
WASHINGTON – The White House released an action plan on Thursday aimed at advancing racial and gender equity across the federal government to improve diversity. The strategy is aimed at…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said Thursday it will sharply cut back on “Do Not Travel” advisories for international destinations after public health officials announced a change…
By Marco Trujillo and Ingrid Melander LE HAVRE -Marine Le Pen’s plan to ban wind turbines is an “aberration”, Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday as France’s presidential election campaign moved…
TAIPEI – A group of six U.S. lawmakers, including chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez, landed in Taiwan on Thursday for a previously unannounced visit, in…
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO -At an auspicious time early on Thursday, Dilani Jayaratne lit a small wood fire to boil a small pot of milk to mark…
By David Kirton SHANGHAI -China’s financial hub Shanghai reported over 27,000 coronavirus cases on Thursday, a new high, a day after President Xi Jinping said that the country must continue…
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended by three months its review of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc’s application for the full approval of its COVID-19 antibody therapy, the U.S.…
By Kavya B and Aparupa Mazumder (Reuters) – Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 500 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as the highly contagious BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron surges…
By Tyler Clifford, Jonathan Allen and Rami Ayyub NEW YORK -The man suspected of setting off smoke bombs and spraying gunfire inside a New York City subway car, injuring 23…