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DIPLOMATIC FAIL: OPEC Once Again Rebuffs Biden’s Pleas For More Oil Thomas Catenacci on May 4, 2022 The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the powerful Middle Eastern oil …

22-Year-Old ‘Pro-Life Spiderman’ Scales 61-Story Skyscraper With No Equipment Kendall Tietz on May 4, 2022 A man who calls himself the “Pro-Life Spiderman” was arrested climbing to the top of …

By Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden sharply criticized former President Donald Trump’s “MAGA” movement as extreme on Wednesday while touting his Democratic administration’s efforts to reduce …

(Reuters) – Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it will reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time employees who need to travel to another state for health care …

By Brendan Pierson and Nate Raymond (Reuters) – If the U.S. Supreme Court reverses its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing abortion rights nationwide, demand for abortion pills, which …

(Reuters) – Here’s what getting an abortion in America could look like if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The first …

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Stanford University received $1.1 billion, its largest ever gift, from venture capitalist John Doerr to fund a new school focused on climate change, fueling a …

By Elizabeth Pineau, Michel Rose and Ingrid Melander PARIS – France’s Socialist Party and the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) agreed in principle on Wednesday to run together in June …

By Gabriel Araujo and Steven Grattan SAO PAULO -COVID-19 cases in the Americas increased by 12.7% last week from the prior week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on …

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to defend abortion rights as the decades-old battle over the issue exploded anew this week in Canada’s southern neighbor, …

BEIJING/SHANGHAI – Beijing shut scores of metro stations and bus routes and extended COVID-19 curbs on many public venues on Wednesday, focusing efforts to avoid the fate of Shanghai, where …

(Reuters) – An Ohio man who was restrained in his seat with tape after groping and assaulting flight attendants during a Frontier Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Miami last year …

By Francesco Guarascio and John Chalmers STRASBOURG -The European Union’s executive on Wednesday proposed the toughest package of sanctions yet against Moscow for its war in Ukraine, but several countries …

By Soo-hyang Choi and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL -North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea and Japan said, about a week …

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The leak of a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the constitutional right to abortion is a major breach of confidentiality that has …

KYIV – Ukraine’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that Russia was attempting to increase the tempo of its offensive in the east of the country. Defence Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk …

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – The three known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre that saw a white mob murder scores of Blacks and raze much of their neighborhood …

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON – A draft opinion suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court was ready to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing the right to abortion sparked a …

KYIV – Kyiv will be ready if Belarus’s armed forces join Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian State Border Service said on Wednesday. Belarus, a close …

By Daniel Trotta SANTEE, Calif. – The view from atop Fanita Ranch is nearly 360 degrees of rolling hills and chaparral-covered canyons, with only a few homes visible in the …

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON – Former Belarus leader Stanislav Shushkevich, the man who broke the news to Mikhail Gorbachev that the Soviet Union was being consigned to history, has died …

WASHINGTON – J.D. Vance, the candidate backed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican nomination to run for the U.S. Senate in Ohio on Tuesday, beating out former state …

By Philip Pullella and Francesca Piscioneri VATICAN CITY -Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday that he asked for a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin …

(Reuters) – The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on Tuesday warned of larger-than-normal demand for power due to extreme hot weather expected in the region over May 6-9. “ERCOT has …

By Eric Cox and Nathan Layne CINCINNATI, Ohio -J.D. Vance, a candidate for the U.S. Senate who is backed by Donald Trump, won the Republican primary vote in Ohio on …