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WASHINGTON – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told senior European officials on Friday that China respects countries’ sovereignty, including Ukraine’s, but that Russia’s concerns about NATO’s eastward expansion should be …

By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON – The United States is playing a secondary role to European nations as thousands of refugees flee Ukraine, providing emergency aid but signaling …

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that the U.S. was prepared to welcome refugees from Ukraine fleeing as a result of Russia’s invasion. When asked at a press …

Medication-induced abortions accounted for 54% of all abortions in the U.S. in 2020, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Abortion pills have grown in popularity since they were first introduced in …

The White House confirmed that the administration’s sanctions targeting Russia don’t yet affect the country’s key oil and gas industry. “To be clear: Our sanctions are not designed to cause …

(Adds Fed’s policy report, updates prices) By Chuck Mikolajczak MEW YORK – The U.S. dollar dipped on Friday, giving back some of the strong gains from the previous day, as …

It was supposed to be an app killer. The app to free Republicans and conservatives from the constraints of Twitter and Facebook. Instead, Donald Trump’s “Truth Social” social media platform …

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON -Ketanji Brown Jackson, the federal appeals court judge picked by President Joe Biden https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-announce-us-supreme-court-pick-friday-white-house-sources-2022-02-25 to become the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, brings …

By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement activities have dropped sharply since 2018, as criminal fines and civil penalties paid by polluters dropped to new lows, a …

DUBAI -Iran will continue to enrich uranium to 20% purity even after sanctions on it are lifted and a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers is revived, Iranian news agencies …

By Mark John – Western economic sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine heap a new set of unknowables on a global economy already distorted by the coronavirus …

– President Joe Biden on Friday is poised to name federal appeals court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making good on his pledge to name a Black …

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Coons, who chairs the Senate subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, said on Friday he would support an emergency spending bill of …

By Costas Pitas LOS ANGELES – Ukrainians in the United States are making donations, sending money to relatives and mulling how they could get family out of a war zone, …

ROME – Italy must reduce its reliance on gas imports from Russia and is ready to take further measures to protect consumers from rising energy prices after the invasion of …

PARIS -French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday the option of cutting off Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system remained open, but that he viewed this …

SHANGHAI – A growing number of Chinese firms with business in Ukraine or Russia say the impact from the region’s crisis is limited for now, as some sought to reassure …

– Republican political operative and Donald Trump ally Roger Stone on Thursday sued members of the U.S. congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to block …

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON -Members of the U.S. Congress said on Thursday they could approve hundreds of millions of dollars in additional military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine starting as …

By Julia Harte and Tyler Clifford NEW YORK – Demonstrators in several major U.S. cities protested the invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt …

NEW YORK -The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), the second-largest U.S. pension fund, said on Thursday it had investments in Russia and was monitoring potential risks to its portfolio …

By Natalia Zinets and Aleksandar Vasovic KYIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine -Ukrainian forces battled Russian invaders on three sides on Thursday after Moscow unleashed the biggest attack on a European state since World …

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK – U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Thursday, led by a 3% gain in the Nasdaq, in a dramatic market reversal as U.S. President Joe …

By Alun John, Samuel Shen and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON -Russia’s attack on Ukraine sparked volatility and fresh uncertainty in markets on Thursday, as investors scrambled to assess the conflict’s longer …