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By Brendan Pierson and Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling eliminating the nationwide right to abortion that it had recognized nearly 50 years ago …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday criticized the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision on abortion, saying the health and life of American …

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL -Afghanistan lacks the medical supplies to treat those injured in an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people this week, a senior official said, as …

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision erasing the constitutional right to abortion provides a roadmap to end other freedoms involving marriage, sexuality and birth control, its three …

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to overturn the constitutional right to abortion will deny American women …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY -The Vatican’s Academy for Life on Friday praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on abortion, saying it challenged the world to reflect on life issues, …

By David Morgan WASHINGTON – Leading Democrats sought to turn Friday’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade into a rallying cry for the November elections, warning of grim consequences …

By Tom Balmforth KYIV – It took Russia weeks of fierce fighting, an untold number of casualties, and relentless shelling before the exhausted Ukrainian defenders of Sievierodonetsk received orders to …

By Sharon Bernstein, Gabriella Borter and Brad Brooks (Reuters) – For a Mississippi doctor, it was a glimpse of a fetal arm. For a police officer, it was the treatment …

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON -Seventeen months after leaving office, former President Donald Trump delivered on a campaign promise on Friday when the conservative U.S. Supreme Court majority he cemented overturned …

By Karolos Grohmann (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has defended its position that it is up to each international sports body to set their own rules for transgender …

By Liliana Salgado TULSA, Okla. – The sound of fingers on keyboards and an occasional moving office chair are all you will hear at Tulsa Women’s Clinic in Oklahoma these …

By Gloria Dickie and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI – With only two days left to hash out a U.N. draft agreement to protect global biodiversity, organizers on Friday urged delegates in …

(Reuters) -Russia on Friday said the decision by European Union leaders to accept Ukraine and Moldova as membership candidates would have negative consequences and amounted to the EU’s “enslaving” neighbouring …

By Michelle Nichols (Reuters) – Restricting abortion access does not stop people seeking the procedure “it only makes it more deadly,” a spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on …

WASHINGTON – The first significant gun-safety bill in decades garnered enough votes for passage in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, weeks after mass shootings in Texas and New …

KYIV -Ukraine needs “fire parity” with Russia in order to stabilize the difficult situation in the country’s eastern region of Luhansk, Ukraine’s top general told his U.S. counterpart during a …

OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision was “horrific” and he …

By Matthias Williams LONDON -Information reviewed by the U.N. human rights office suggests Israeli security forces fired the shot that killed Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in May, not indiscriminate …

Supreme Court Overturns Roe V. Wade Laurel Duggan on June 24, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision Friday, sending the authority to regulate …

By Michael Erman NEW YORK – COVID-19 vaccines this fall are likely to be based on the Omicron variant of the coronavirus rather than the original strain, although some experts …

(Reuters) – Ukrainian troops were set to withdraw from the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk after weeks of intense bombardments and street fighting, the regional governor said on Friday. The day …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision paves the way for about half of the 50 states to ban or heavily restrict women’s …

Christian Student Silenced By School Gets Massive Payday Reagan Reese on June 24, 2022 A college student will receive a massive settlement from his school after it tried to silence …

Energy Groups Invite Biden To Visit American Oil And Gas Sites Before He Jets Off To Saudi Arabia Jack McEvoy on June 24, 2022 More than two dozen American energy …