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(Reuters) – The massacre at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers this week has once again spurred calls for Congress to act to stem …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it has expanded its collaboration with Danone’s Nutricia business to boost supplies of specialized medical baby formula bottles to …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS -China and Russia vetoed on Thursday a U.S.-led push to impose more United Nations sanctions on North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches, publicly …

(Reuters) – The husband of a fourth grade teacher killed in this week’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school has died from a heart attack, family members told the …

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has not invited the governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua to the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas next month, a State Department official …

By Katharine Jackson and Mike Stone WASHINGTON -The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of mobile rocket launchers to Australia, as the country seeks to boost its military presence …

By David Morgan WASHINGTON -U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked debate on a bill that represented the first effort by Congress to address mass shootings since a white supremacist’s killing …

By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump must testify under oath in the New York Attorney General’s civil investigation into his business practices, an intermediate state appeals court …

By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday complained that U.S. President Joe Biden ignored him at a G20 summit last year and suggested it was due …

(Reuters) – Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are suing each other for defamation, each claiming they were abused before and during their roughly two-year marriage. The jury is expected …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden has confidence in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its commissioner Robert Califf, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday, …

By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinian Authority said on Thursday its investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh showed that she was shot …

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON – As the United States and its allies provide Ukraine with increasingly sophisticated arms, Washington has held discussions with Kyiv about the danger …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday “to grieve with the community that lost twenty-one lives in the horrific …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has secured the forfeiture of a Maryland property purchased by former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh with about …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of CH-47F Chinook helicopters and related equipment to Egypt for an estimated cost of $2.6 billion, the Pentagon said …

By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Thursday proposed auctioning five areas off the coast of California for offshore wind development, a critical milestone in expanding the nascent …

By Ezequiel Abiu Lopez SANTO DOMINGO – American actor Ray Liotta, 67, who starred in the 1990 blockbuster crime film “Goodfellas,” died in his sleep on Thursday in the Dominican …

By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) – “Aquaman” actor Amber Heard delivered the final testimony in the multimillion-dollar defamation battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp on Thursday, telling jurors she has faced daily …

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday let President Joe Biden’s administration raise the cost estimate for the societal impact of greenhouse gases that federal agencies would …

By Brad Brooks UVALDE, Texas -Eulalio Diaz Jr. walked into the classroom where 19 children and two teachers were shot to death just a few hours before, looked down on …

By Leroy Leo (Reuters) -Abbott Laboratories said on Thursday it is actively developing a test for monkeypox, as the disease spreads in various countries. The company will provide the test …

CAIRO – Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV Network will refer the killing of its journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), it said in a …