(Reuters) -The Solomon Islands holds a national election on Wednesday, the first since Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare signed a security pact with China that prompted concern from the United States…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – An Ohio judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Republican-backed state law banning gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers and hormones, for transgender minors from taking…
By Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) – The first seven jurors were selected on Tuesday to serve on Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial, as the…
(Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers Jerry Nadler and Joaquin Castro on Tuesday raised competition concerns over the sports streaming joint venture planned by Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery. The…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a transgender middle-school girl in West Virginia can compete in her school’s girls’ track and cross-country teams,…
By Jarrett Renshaw and Steve Holland SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden kicked off a multi-city tour of the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday with a stop…
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) -Wall Street stocks ended lower in choppy trading on Tuesday as Treasury yields climbed, with investors weighing the likely path of interest rates in a resilient…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Smartmatic has settled a lawsuit accusing right-wing television network One America News of defamation by falsely claiming that the voting technology company rigged the 2020 U.S.…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel who was stabbed during a church service live streamed from Sydney on Monday is a social media star with followers around…
By Patricia Zengerle and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Democrats said on Tuesday they would wait to decide how to respond to a proposal from the Republican-led House of Representatives…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A former U.S. Army financial counselor pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding grieving military families out of life insurance payments, in a scheme whose alleged…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Every U.S. national election, a cottage industry of strategists, pollsters and organizers craft brand-new words and phrases to describe the mood of American voters and the politicking…
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face each other in the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5 in what looks set to be a divisive, closely…
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China is directly subsidizing production of illicit fentanyl precursors for sale abroad and fueling the U.S. opioid crisis, a U.S. congressional committee said on Tuesday,…
By Michael Holden and Kanishka Singh LONDON (Reuters) -The United States has provided assurances requested by the High Court in London which could finally pave the way for WikiLeaks founder…
CAIRO (Reuters) -The Qatari embassy in the U.S. expressed surprise on Tuesday at comments made by a U.S. Democratic congressman regarding the Gaza hostage crisis and his threat to “reevaluate”…
By Andrew Gray and Benoit Van Overstraeten BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will prepare to expand its sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran’s attack on Israel, EU top diplomat…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. single-family homebuilding tumbled in March, and while new construction remains underpinned by a severe shortage of previously owned houses for sale, a resurgence…
By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A third meeting of Israel’s war cabinet set for Tuesday to decide on a response to Iran’s first-ever direct attack was put off until…
By Bernard Orr and Ethan Wang BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal said on Tuesday that intellectual property rights (IPR) continue to be a main…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland defended President Joe Biden’s mental fitness on Tuesday, telling lawmakers on a House of Representatives panel that he…
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Efforts to end wars in the Middle East and Ukraine will dominate this week’s meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers,…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday announced a partnership with state attorneys general to fast-track investigations into complaints against airlines and ticket…
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) -The number of antisemitic incidents of assault, vandalism and harassment in the U.S. hit a record high in 2023 as anti-Jewish sentiment spiked after the start…
(Reuters) – A lack of air defense missiles prevented Ukraine from thwarting a Russian missile attack last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in the region around the capital…