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By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to speed up development of his country’s nuclear arsenal while overseeing a huge military parade …

By Tom Balmforth and Parniyan Zemaryalai KYIV – As Russian forces tightened their siege of Mariupol and missiles rained down, Mykhailo Puryshev drove into the city six times last month …

By Marek Strzelecki, Phil Stewart and Pavel Polityuk WARSAW/ RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany/KYIV – Kyiv accused Russia of blackmailing Europe by cutting off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria as …

By Moira Warburton and David Shepardson WASHINGTON -Republican U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn has been cited by police for possessing a gun at an airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, the local …

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON -The Biden administration on Tuesday outlined its plan to tackle border security, pushing back against criticism that it is unprepared for a late-May deadline to lift …

By Humeyra Pamuk and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – The influential chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee criticized Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday for failing to condemn …

WASHINGTON – White House COVID-19 response chief Ashish Jha said on Tuesday that it’s hard to ensure no one gets COVID – including U.S. President Joe Biden – and that …

By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas – Citizens decrying censorship have filed a lawsuit against county officials in central Texas they say have trampled on their First Amendment rights by banning …

WASHINGTON – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he will insist on a vote to stop any suspension of the so-called Title 42 immigration border measure, and possibly …

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON -U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday grappled with President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind a hardline immigration policy begun under his predecessor Donald Trump that forced …

By Patricia Zengerle, Humeyra Pamuk and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON – The United States and Ukraine are “largely aligned” on what military equipment Ukraine believes it needs to fight the Russian …

RAMSTEIN – The U.S. government on Tuesday welcomed Germany’s decision to, for the first time, send heavy weapons to Ukraine. “I think it’s significant that Germany announced that it is …

By Michela Moscufo (Reuters) -Harvard University is setting aside $100 million for an endowment fund and other measures to close the educational, social and economic gaps that are legacies of …

(This April 23 story corrects paragraph 4 to read “east” instead of “west.”) By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. – Wind-driven wildfires in northern New Mexico burned multiple homes and forced …

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON – A trial kicked off on Tuesday for a veteran of the New York Police Department accused of assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, …

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The first all-private astronaut team ever flown aboard the International Space Station (ISS) safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida’s coast on Monday, concluding a …

By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey (Reuters) – Nuclear engineer Liudmyla Kozak was part-way through a 12-hour overnight shift at the defunct Chornobyl plant when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 and workers …

By Joseph Campbell ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine -Ukrainian farmers in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia which borders the frontline of the military conflict with Russia are now wearing body armour to …

NEW YORK – Citigroup Chief Executive Jane Fraser said Tuesday that the bank’s policy of reimbursing employee travel to get reproductive healthcare services, including abortions, is not intended to be …

(This April 22 story corrects name of gun safety group in seventh paragraph) WASHINGTON – More children and teenagers in the United States were killed by guns than any other …

(This April 25 story corrects spelling of IUB spokesperson’s name in paragraph 14) By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Summit Carbon Solutions, the company behind a huge carbon pipeline proposal in …

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON – Shoulder-fired Stinger missiles are in hot demand in Ukraine where they have successfully stopped Russian assaults from the air, but U.S. supplies have shrunk and …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden will hold talks Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday to discuss migration, security and economic cooperation, the White House said. The two …