US and World News

By Andrea Shalal and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukraine secured promises of $5 billion in additional funding to support its ongoing fight against Russia amid “fruitful meetings” in Washington this …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump will not learn the identities of jurors expected to decide at an upcoming civil trial whether the former president defamed the …

By Ricardo Brito and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -A judge on Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to testify before federal police within 10 days about his …

(Reuters) – France’s Constitutional Council is due to deliver its verdict on Friday on a deeply unpopular bill which will delay retirement by two years to 64, and on plans …

By Anna Tong and Dan Whitcomb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -A tech executive was arrested on Thursday for the stabbing murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco, police …

By Ethan Wang, Ryan Woo and Lisandra Paraguassu BEIJING/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil reset its diplomatic ties with China, its largest trading partner, with a state visit on Friday where they …

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday approved exports of liquefied natural gas from the Alaska LNG project that one day could help the United States compete …

(Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill on Friday allowing juries to recommend the death penalty in capital cases on an 8-4 vote, a move spurred …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jack Douglas Teixeira was arrested on Thursday for allegedly leaking a trove of highly classified documents online. Here is what we know about him. FAMILY BACKGROUND The …

By Ross Kerber and Sarah N. Lynch DIGHTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) – The FBI on Thursday arrested Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard, over the …

By Katharine Jackson and Luc Cohen (Reuters) – The United States has charged leaders of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel with running a fentanyl trafficking operation fueled by Chinese chemical and …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington on Friday imposed sanctions on two entities based in China, accusing them supplying precursor chemicals to drug cartels in Mexico for the production of illicit fentanyl …

(Refiles to fix typo on first paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) – There is no evidence yet showing which animal the COVID-causing virus may have come from, the former head of the …

By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine barred its national sports teams from competing in Olympic, non-Olympic and Paralympic events which include competitors from Russia and Belarus, the sports ministry said …

By Humeyra Pamuk, Francesco Guarascio and David Brunnstrom HANOI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Vietnam on Friday hoping for progress towards upgrading relations with a …

‘Silence Equals Death’: Protest Against Riley Gaines Turns Violent, One Arrested In Scuffle Alexa Schwerha on April 14, 2023 One protester was arrested at the University of Buffalo on Thursday …

Reinstated Tennessee Rep Not-So-Subtly Compares Himself To Jesus Kate Anderson on April 14, 2023 Democratic state Rep. Justin J. Pearson of Tennessee celebrated his reinstatement to office Thursday with a …

Officials Reveal How 21-Year-Old National Guardsman Could Have Accessed Top Secret Pentagon Docs Micaela Burrow on April 14, 2023 Officials said it’s not unusual f0r a young National Guardsman to …

(Reuters) – Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law that bans most abortions after six weeks, setting the stage for abortion access to be drastically curtailed …

By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) -Fifteen Russian diplomats expelled by Norway this week had sought to recruit sources, intercept communications and buy advanced technology, the Norwegian PST security police said …

MADRID (Reuters) – A 74-year-old Spanish man accused of sending a series of letter bombs in late 2022 will be bailed under supervision on Friday, after a high court judge …

By Soo-hyang Choi and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea announced on Friday it had tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a development set to “radically promote” …

By Birsen Altayli and Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The deadliest earthquake in Turkey’s modern history has reawakened fears on the other side of the country that Istanbul is an …

By Jonathan Landay, Idrees Ali and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The latest U.S. intelligence leak illustrates a paradox of spycraft: keeping secrets means limiting their distribution but protecting against dangers …