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WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson will deliver remarks on Friday on the latter’s Senate confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House said on …

By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – An unidentified woman has withdrawn a civil lawsuit she filed against Snoop Dogg in which she accused the American rapper of sexual assault and battery …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. A total of …

By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD -Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to dissolve parliament was unconstitutional and ordered lawmakers to return, …

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON -The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to include four major hurricanes with sustained winds of at least 111 miles per hour (178 km per hour), …

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday asked the state’s top court to recognize the right to abortion under the state constitution ahead of a U.S. …

(Note: Some images in this story may offend or disturb.) By Simon Gardner BUCHA, Ukraine – Set in a quiet, tree-lined neighbourhood of the Ukrainian town of Bucha, an apartment …

By Daphne Psaledakis and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS -The United States will send new weapon systems to Ukraine, Washington’s top diplomat said on Thursday after NATO foreign ministers agreed to accelerate …

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO – Sri Lanka must urgently seek funds from multilateral lenders and aim to restructure a debt payment due in July, its outgoing finance …

By Nate Raymond BOSTON – A lawyer for a former University of Southern California water polo coach accused of playing a key role in the U.S. college admissions scandal by …

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -The Boy Scouts of America’s use of the word “Scouting” to advertise co-ed programs does not violate the Girl Scouts’ trademark rights, a Manhattan federal court …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Wednesday night, the White House said in a statement Thursday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said Thursday she had …

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council on Thursday with the U.S.-led push garnering 93 votes in favor, while …

By Sarah N. Lynch and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON -The U.S. Justice Department has launched an early-stage investigation into former President Donald Trump’s removal of official presidential records to his Mar-a-Lago …

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON -The United States’ latest round of sanctions on Russia includes two new targets: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters, Katerina and Maria, who U.S. officials …

WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump said he did not destroy records of phone calls from the official White House log or use so-called burner phones during his supporters’ deadly …

PARIS -A French court of appeals upheld a 150 million euro fine levied against Alphabet’s Google for abusing its power over the treatment of advertisers, a spokesperson for the U.S. …

By Nathan Layne and Jason Lange PHILADELPHIA – Republicans are registering formerly Democratic voters at four times the rate that Democrats are making the reverse conversion in the battleground state …

By Michael Kahn KRAMOLIN, Czech Republic – Alisa Artiukh and Yuliia Boiko sheltered underground for two weeks in the decimated, besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol before braving the fighting to …

SHANGHAI – The Shanghai government said on Thursday it was trying its best to improve the distribution of food and essential goods to locked-in residents, responding to growing public discontent …

(Reuters) -In one drawing, dozens of men sit crammed into a single room, hunched with their knees together, every inch of space occupied. In another, they lie back to back …

By Soo-hyang Choi (Reuters) – South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said on Thursday strong deterrence was crucial in the face of nuclear and missile threats from North Korea amid a …

DUBAI – Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who ceded his powers to a presidential council on Thursday, fell foul of foes and allies in his efforts to cling to power …

By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING -China warned on Thursday it would take strong measures if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and said such a visit would …

By Alasdair Pal and Mohamed Junayd MALE – A day after coal and fertilizer billionaire Andrey Melnichenko was placed on the European Union’s sanctions list on March 9, his superyacht …