US and World News

 LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge seized cocaine in two separate incidents that totaled over $3,600,000 in …

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s armed forces will take control of the “protection” of key infrastructure, its defense minister said Tuesday, as protests that have led to at least …

By Jose Luis Gonzalez CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – About 1,500 people crossed the Rio Grande overnight from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, a Reuters witness said on Monday, amid …

By Marco Aquino and Adam Jourdan LIMA (Reuters) – As Peru careers from one political crisis to another, the country has exploded in protest, with at least seven dead in …

(Reuters) – Alabama and Utah on Monday joined other U.S. states prohibiting the use of Chinese-owned short-video sharing app TikTok on state government devices and computer networks due to national …

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal by a North Carolina man serving life in prison after being convicted of taking …

By Gram Slattery and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Negotiators in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they had reached agreement on funding the government through the end of its …

By Karolos Grohmann LUSAIL, Qatar (Reuters) -Lionel Messi earned a last shot at World Cup glory after his penalty and a double from Julian Alvarez helped Argentina sweep past Croatia …

By Hannah Lang and Tom Hals (Reuters) – FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday and charged by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday with …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Danske Bank pleaded guilty to bank fraud conspiracy on Tuesday and agreed to forfeit $2 billion as part of an agreement with the United …

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. scientists on Tuesday revealed a breakthrough on fusion energy that could one day help curb climate change if companies can scale up the technology …

By Krishna N. Das and Sudipto Ganguly NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian troops prevented Chinese soldiers from entering Indian territory last week during a border scuffle that led to injuries on …

(Reuters) – Louisville will pay $2 million to settle two lawsuits filed by the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed by police during a no-knock raid at her …

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pandemic-era border restrictions that have blocked hundreds of thousands of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border are set to end on Dec. 21 following a U.S. …

INDIANAPOLIS—In a 24-hour timeframe, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Express Consignment Operations hub in Indianapolis, seized 10 shipments containing a total of 56 types of gun …

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine, a decision that could be announced as …

By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Deforestation in the world’s most biologically diverse savanna, the Brazilian Cerrado, rose by around 25% in the 12 months through July from the previous …

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – A former employee of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose mold-tainted drugs sparked a deadly nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 was sentenced on Tuesday …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold a public meeting on Dec. 19 to vote on …

By Andreas Buerger and Charlotte Van Campenhout STRASBOURG (Reuters) -The European Parliament removed Greek MEP Eva Kaili as a vice president of the assembly on Tuesday after she was accused …

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday stopped an impeachment process from being launched against President Cyril Ramaphosa, as most of its …

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – The United Nations on Tuesday announced its top priorities for restoring ecosystems from South America’s Atlantic Forest to the Ganges River in India. With …

By John Irish and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – Some 70 countries and institutions worldwide pledged more than 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) in immediate aid to help Ukraine get …