Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Japan quake toll nears 50 as rescuers battle to find survivors
WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) -At least 48 people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit Japan on New Year's Day, with rescue teams struggling on Tuesday to reach isolated areas where buildings had bee...
Jan 02, 2024 An aerial view shows a collapsed building caused by an earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan January 2, 2024, in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
UPDATE: All passengers, crew escape blaze on Japan Airlines plane after Tokyo airport collision
Updated 6:18 a.m. TOKYO (Reuters) -All 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines plane miraculously escaped from a fire following a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda airport on...
Jan 02, 2024 Japan Airlines' A350 airplane is on fire at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato
U.N. pushes for more aid into Gaza; Israel widens offensive
UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The U.N. Security Council approved a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza and sought steps to create conditions to end fighting on Friday, hours a...
Dec 22, 2023 Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip December 22, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Trump pressured Michigan officials to throw out Biden's 2020 win -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump urged two Michigan election officials not to certify Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the state following the 2020 presidential election, personally calling them in ...
Dec 22, 2023 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. December 19, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
U.S. dual citizen taken hostage dies in Gaza, Israeli forum says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. dual national who was among some 240 people seized during the Oct 7 cross-border rampage by Hamas in southern Israel has died in captivity in the Gaza Strip, a group repre...
Dec 22, 2023 joshuapiano / CC
Biden reduces sentences of 11 facing non-violent drug charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he would reduce the prison terms of 11 people serving decades-long sentences for non-violent drug charges and pardon some marijuana posse...
Dec 22, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden discusses the Biden administration economic policies during a visit to the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., December 20, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Migrant surge at the southern border rages on
LUKEVILLE, Az. - The number of migrants surging across the United States' southern border with Mexico shows no signs of slowing ahead of the holidays. The record for daily migrant encounters has alrea...
Dec 22, 2023 U.S. Customs and Border Protection
US takes aim at financial institutions with new Russia sanctions authority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday will sign an executive order allowing Washington to impose sanctions on financial institutions that help Russia evade sanctions, U.S. Treasury...
Dec 22, 2023 Ukrainian service members fire a L119 howitzer towards Russian troops near the front line town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine December 21, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Giuliani seeks bankruptcy after $148 million judgment in defamation case -filing
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Trump ally Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, days after a jury decided he must pay more than $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers...
Dec 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani departs the U.S. District Courthouse after he was ordered to pay $148 million in his defamation case in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2023. REUTERS/Bonnie Cash/File Photo
UPDATE: Gunman kills 14 in unprecedented attack at Prague university
UPDATED 5:13 P.M. PRAGUE (Reuters) -A 24-year-old Czech student shot dead his father, then killed 14 people and wounded 25 others at his Prague university on Thursday before possibly killing himself, ...
Dec 21, 2023 A woman lights a candle in front of Charles University main building following the shooting at one of it's buildings in Prague, Czech Republic, December 21, 2023. REUTERS/David W Cerny
