WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he had authorized another $800 million in military aid for Ukraine, citing a “critical window” in the conflict as Russia sets…
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will put $420 million of funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law towards rehabilitating dams, preventing floods, and restoring watersheds in…
By Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI – India’s Supreme Court will soon rule on whether the demolition of shops in a residential area on the outskirts of New Delhi is legal…
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden plans to announce an additional $800 million security assistance package for Ukraine on Thursday, a U.S. official said. (Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Doina…
ZURICH – More than 600,000 additional people were internally displaced in Ukraine in the first 17 days of April, the International Organization for Migration said on Thursday, pushing the total…
(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has once again promoted Russia’s nuclear might against the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict, saying on Wednesday that a new ballistic missile system should make…
By Chris Kirkham, Richa Naidu, Sergiy Karazy and David Gauthier-Villars (Reuters) – A longtime Russian business associate of American tobacco giant Philip Morris International Inc – a billionaire whose holdings…
By Matt McKnight BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The San Francisco Bay will soon have a new fossil fuel-free ferry floating in its waters, propelled completely by hydrogen fuel cells, and officials…
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil a new strategy for dealing with drug addiction and overdoses on Thursday that aims to expand access to medications…
By Brenda Goh and Ella Cao SHANGHAI -Shanghai authorities said on Thursday tough restrictions would remain in place for now even in districts which managed to cut COVID-19 transmission to…
By Ingrid Melander, Elizabeth Pineau and Tassilo Hummel PARIS -French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday accused his far-right rival Marine Le Pen of being in thrall to Russian President Vladimir…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday appealed a judge’s ruling ending a mask mandate on public transportation and airplanes after the Centers for Disease Control and…
By Kanishka Singh and David Shepardson WASHINGTON -A security scare at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday prompted evacuation of Congress after a small airplane from the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights…
By Nathan Frandino OAKLAND, Calif. -Walking into the Good Hop craft beer bar in Oakland, California, Alison Heller looks like any other patron thirsting for happy hour. But instead of…
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will pick Arizona’s top prosecutor, Gary Restaino as the interim director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives until a permanent leader is…
By Lisa Richwine and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -Actor Johnny Depp, testifying in a defamation case against his former wife Amber Heard, said on Wednesday that she was the one who…
WASHINGTON – G7 finance ministers said they have provided and pledged together with international community additional support to Ukraine exceeding $24 billion for 2022 and beyond, adding that they were…
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) -South Carolina’s Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily halted the execution of a condemned man planned for next week that would have been the first firing-squad execution…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON – A two-year federal probe into the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman Farm has found that unsafe state prison conditions – including solitary confinement and a…
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden convened U.S. military leaders on Wednesday in an annual White House gathering taking on special significance as the war in Ukraine enters…
By Natalia Zinets (Reuters) – Ukraine proposed talks with Moscow over evacuating troops and civilians from Mariupol after a Russian surrender-or-die ultimatum expired on Wednesday, leaving many trapped at a…
(Reuters) – The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would eliminate Walt Disney World’s self-governing status in response to the company’s opposition to a new state law limiting…
(Reuters) – U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky was taken into custody in connection to a November 2021 shooting as he arrived from Barbados at the Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday,…
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is still working with Congress on marijuana policy, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday, adding that President Joe Biden was reviewing his…
By Andrew Hay -New Mexico on Wednesday fined Rust Movie Productions LLC the maximum amount possible and blasted the company for “willful” safety lapses leading to the fatal shooting of…