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HOUSTON -The amount of crude oil in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) dropped by 5 million barrels in the week to May 13, data from the U.S. Department of …

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – A court-appointed expert released a draft New York congressional district map on Monday that is far less favorable to Democrats than the original plan adopted …

(Reuters) – As investigators delved more deeply into why a young white man went on a shooting rampage at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, fresh details emerged on Monday …

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL – Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former U.S.-backed government, including the country’s Human Rights Commission, deeming them unnecessary in the …

By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR – Dozens of innocent people have been apprehended in El Salvador in recent months amid President Nayib Bukele’s “war on gangs,” after superiors forced officers …

By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM -Sweden will formally apply for NATO membership in the next few days, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday, but its accession process, …

(Reuters) – As Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla prepare to visit Canada this week, some members of the indigenous community are calling on the British royal family to …

By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS -EU foreign ministers failed on Monday in their effort to pressure Hungary to lift its veto of a proposed oil embargo on Russia, with Lithuania saying …

(Reuters) – Investigators of a mass shooting on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, are looking into a 180-page manifesto, believed to have been authored by the teenage gunman, that outlined …

(Corrects to ‘waive’ in headline) WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Monday that his department can waive hours of service rules for truck drivers to deliver infant …

By Giulia Paravicini and Katharine Houreld ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI -Authorities in Ethiopia’s war-shattered Tigray region are forcing young people to join their army’s fight against the central government by threatening and …

WASHINGTON – Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said Canada was in favour of a “quick” accession to the NATO military alliance for Sweden and Finland. “Canada not only favors their …

(Reuters) – A producer of the movie “Rust,” whose set saw the fatal accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last year, said the movie will be completed, the Hollywood Reporter …

(Reuters) – Donald Trump will have to wait for six hours before reposting his messages from social media platform Truth Social on other platforms, a regulatory filing revealed on Monday. …

LONDON -Russia said on Monday that it had agreed to evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the bunkers below the besieged Azovstal steel works in Mariupol to a medical facility in …

By Paul Carrel (Reuters) -The worst post-war result for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats in a traditional party stronghold heaps pressure on him to show more decisive leadership over the …

By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. – A wildfire burning for 40 days in New Mexico on Monday became the largest in the Southwestern state’s recorded history as it forced the …

By Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday raised the spectre of an “era of recession” in Europe as the continent grapples with …

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS – Latvia’s interior minister resigned on Monday under pressure from the ruling coalition which criticized the police for failing to ban the country’s Russian speakers from …

By SungHyuk An and Heejung Jung SEOUL – Standing tall in bright red hazmat suits, five North Korean health workers stride towards an ambulance to do battle with a COVID-19 …

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Elise Stefanik Endorses ‘America First Conservative’ In CA Special Election Samantha Renck on May 16, 2022 New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik has endorsed Connie Conway for California’s …

(Reuters) -Starbucks Corp will reimburse U.S. employees if they must travel more than 100 miles from their homes to obtain an abortion, according to a memo sent to employees on …

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the Securities and Exchange Commission’s bid to block a challenge to the constitutionality of its in-house …

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON – Nordia Tompkins was serving a seven-year sentence for a drug charge in June 2020 when the U.S. federal Bureau of Prisons released her to …

By George Obulutsa and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI – Kenya’s top two presidential candidates have announced their running mates, with veteran contender Raila Odinga opting for a champion of women’s rights …