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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, in Justice Stephen Breyer’s last scheduled oral argument before retirement, appeared divided as it weighed limiting the impact of its …

WASHINGTON – A bill requiring U.S. federal judges to disclose more about their financial interests passed the House in a rare bipartisan voice vote, sending the bill to President Joe …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Alabama on Tuesday to visit a Lockheed Martin Corp facility that is manufacturing weapons being provided to Ukraine, including Javelin anti-tank …

By Michel Rose PARIS -French President Emmanuel Macron paid a surprise visit to a Socialist-held working-class suburb of Paris on Wednesday on his first official outing since his re-election, in …

(Reuters) -A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption …

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON – A group seeking to have U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene removed from the ballot accused her of giving “dubious” testimony during a recent court hearing. …

WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will meet in Washington next month to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine among other issues, their offices said on …

(Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had traded Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine held in a Russian jail, for Russian citizen Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was serving a …

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday moved to further diversify the federal bench in terms of demographics and job experience with five new judicial nominees, including …

By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he will address in the coming weeks a long-awaited national security strategy to deal …

By Eduardo Baptista and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI -Millions of people in Beijing took their second COVID-19 tests of the week on Wednesday as the Chinese capital tried to keep an …

By Giulia Paravicini KASAGITA, Ethiopia – Fifteen-year-old Eysa Mohammed was collecting water near her home in northern Ethiopia’s Afar region when an explosion underfoot tore shrapnel into her leg, making …

By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey KYIV -Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday dismantled a huge Soviet-era monument in the centre of Kyiv meant to symbolise friendship between Russia and Ukraine, a response to Moscow’s …

KARACHI – A woman suicide bomber who killed three Chinese teachers in Pakistan was a teacher who had enrolled for a master’s degree months before her attack, carried out on …

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO – Missing both legs and an arm, former special forces soldier Thushara Kumara is an unlikely critic of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a wartime defence …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK -Former President Donald Trump must pay a fine of $10,000 per day starting on Tuesday until he complies with a subpoena to hand over material …

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday but is not exhibiting symptoms, a spokesperson said, at a time when there has been …

By Eduardo Baptista and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI – Three-quarters of Beijing’s 22 million people lined up for COVID-19 tests on Tuesday as authorities in the Chinese capital raced to stamp …

By Manas Mishra and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -Following the record surge in COVID-19 cases during the Omicron-driven wave, some 58% of the U.S. population overall and more than 75% of …

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON – A fresh examination of meteorites that landed in the United States, Canada and Australia is bolstering the notion that such objects may have delivered to …

Biden’s NIH May Have Colluded With University To Downplay Experiments On Babies Laurel Duggan on April 26, 2022 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) scheduled meetings with the University of …

CHANG: Biden Administration Is Handing Space To China On A Silver Platter Gordon G. Chang on April 26, 2022 “The destruction of space objects through direct-ascent ASAT missile testing is …

CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Champlain Port of Entry Cargo facility seized National Hockey League (NHL) Stanley Cup Championship Rings, due to trademark violations. …

INDIO, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four United States citizens in two separate events attempting to smuggle narcotics further into the United States. The first incident …