US and World News

By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin on Saturday praised the Russian Orthodox Church for supporting Moscow’s forces fighting in Ukraine in an Orthodox Christmas message designed to rally people …

LONDON (Reuters) – Justice ministers from around the world will gather in London to scale up the support being offered to the International Criminal Court in its investigations of alleged …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday his government was ready to provide whatever support was needed to residents of Western Australia state as record-breaking floods …

SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry discovered over $2 million worth of cocaine hidden in traveler’s vehicle. On January 4, …

YUMA, Ariz. – U.S Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) U.S. Border Patrol is scheduled to begin construction next week to close gaps in the border barrier near the Morelos Dam. …

By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s move this week to block migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border aims to reduce record crossings and shield him …

By Julie Zhu and Kevin Huang HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) -China is in talks with Pfizer Inc to secure a licence that will allow domestic drugmakers to manufacture and distribute a …

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden marked the second anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Friday by awarding the “Presidential Citizens Medal” to 14 …

By Gram Slattery and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives rejected Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid for an 11th time on Thursday, while his supporters …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York judge on Friday said former U.S. President Donald Trump must face a lawsuit by the state’s attorney general accusing him of …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Eisai Co Ltd and Biogen Inc’s Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab for the treatment of early forms of the fatal, brain-wasting …

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers said on Friday he plans to join other states in banning use of the popular video app TikTok on government-managed devices. Evers, …

By Herbert Villarraga NEAR KREMINNA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire at the front line in Ukraine on Friday, even after Moscow said it had ordered its …

By Gram Slattery and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Kevin McCarthy got a significant boost in his quest to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -An Italian man pleaded guilty on Friday in New York to impersonating editors and agents in order to steal more than 1,000 unpublished book …

By James Pearson and Christopher Bing LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according …

By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The United States announced on Thursday it will extend COVID-19 pandemic-era restrictions, known as Title 42, to expel migrants from Nicaragua, …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it does not expect AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 antibody cocktail Evusheld to provide protection against the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5. The subvariant …

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will provide more than $3.75 billion in military assistance to Ukraine and countries affected by the Russian invasion of its neighbor, U.S. …

By Ahmed Aboulenein, Gabriella Borter and Michael Erman (Reuters) – Pharmacies across the United States are weighing whether to sell mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortions, following the Food …

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – South Carolina’s Republican-created congressional map deliberately split up Black neighborhoods in Charleston to diminish their voting power and must be redrawn, a three-judge federal panel …

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – New Mexico police are investigating shots fired at an office of the state’s attorney general last month in connection with attacks on residences and the …