US and World News

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -Three Alabama teenagers have been taken into custody and charged with murder in last week’s shooting at a “Sweet 16” birthday party that left four dead …

By Doug Barrett and Brendan O’Brien LIBERTY, Missouri (Reuters) – An 84-year-old white man charged in the shooting and wounding of a Black teenager who mistakenly walked up to the …

(Reuters) – Eight healthcare workers will go on trial over the death of Diego Maradona after being charged with “homicide by negligence”, Argentine media reported on Wednesday. The footballing great, …

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will discuss Venezuela in wide-ranging talks with Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday, including U.S. willingness to further ease sanctions on the …

By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON (Reuters) – People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio …

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM/CAIRO (Reuters) -A new attempt at a ceasefire in fierce fighting between Sudanese troops and paramilitary forces in Khartoum failed on Wednesday, leaving people …

By Alexander Ratz BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday described parts of her recent trip to China as “more than shocking” and said Beijing was increasingly …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – South Asia is home to highest number of child brides in the world as increased financial pressures and school closures due to COVID-19 forced families to …

(Reuters) – Walt Disney World said on Wednesday it would break ground next year on a planned affordable housing development in Central Florida. The unit of Walt Disney Co said …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will convene envoys on Afghanistan from various countries next month to work on a unified approach to dealing with the …

By Richard Cowan and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday unveiled a plan to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion and cut …

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to meet top potential donors for his planned re-election campaign next week, according to two people with direct …

(Reuters) – Donald Trump continued to rack up endorsements in Florida for his presidential campaign on Wednesday, outmaneuvering the state’s Governor Ron DeSantis on his home turf. Vern Buchanan, co-chair …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former prosecutor who once led the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into former U.S. President Donald Trump must testify before a congressional committee, …

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s top national security adviser resigned on Wednesday, the presidential palace said, amid a scandal related to the aide’s presence during the …

By Dave Sherwood and Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuban lawmakers on Wednesday easily re-elected Miguel Diaz-Canel as president for a second term as the country faces one of the biggest …

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday extended by two days a temporary block on limits set by lower courts on access to the …

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former employee at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent confidential records relating to hundreds of thousands of consumers and several financial institutions to …

By Andy Sullivan (Reuters) -Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of a storied U.S. political dynasty, announced on Wednesday a long-shot bid to challenge incumbent President Joe Biden …

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury brought in $129.82 billion in total tax receipts on Tuesday, the annual tax filing deadline, compared with $75.53 billion a day …

By Tim McLaughlin and Sarah N. Lynch BOSTON (Reuters) -A 21-year-old U.S. Air National Guardsman facing criminal charges for leaking top-secret military intelligence records online will remain in jail, according …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump wants to attend next week’s trial involving the writer E. Jean Carroll, who has accused him of rape, but may not …

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s president on Wednesday presented a set of security measures in response to surging crime rates in the Central American country, which is currently on …

By James Pearson and Raphael Satter BELFAST/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -British officials are sounding the alarm over the widespread abuse of surveillance software and hackers-for-hire, saying that thousands of people were being …

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Florida education officials voted on Wednesday to ban classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in all public school grades, expanding on a law signed …