Category Archives: National
US Supreme Court leans toward parents who object to elementary school LGBT storybooks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined to rule in favor of Christian and Muslim parents in Maryland seeking to keep their elementary school children out of certain classes when...
Apr 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Moscow, Kyiv blame each other for blocking truce talks as Washington loses patience
(Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Tuesday of standing in the way of negotiations on a moratorium on attacking civilian targets, as the warring sides jockey for the favour of a Trump ...
Apr 22, 2025 Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks with journalists during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, April 21, 2025. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
Harvard University sues to block Trump from slashing billions in research funding
(Reuters) -Harvard University sued on Monday to block U.S. President Donald Trump from freezing billions of dollars in federal funding after the elite research institution rejected a list of White Hou...
Apr 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Students walk on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo
Pope Francis' funeral to be held on Saturday, many world leaders expected
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday in St. Peter's Square, Roman Catholic cardinals decided on Tuesday, setting the stage for a solemn ceremony that will draw leader...
Apr 22, 2025 Workers hold up a picture of Pope Francis before a Mass, after his death was announced by the Vatican, at Saint Louis Catholic Church in Bangkok, Thailand, April 21, 2025. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Vance arrives in India, to hold talks with Modi under US tariffs shadow
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance began a four-day visit to India on Monday and will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as New Delhi rushes to avoid steep U.S. tariffs with...
Apr 21, 2025 U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrives in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2025. Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS
Pentagon chief Hegseth shared sensitive Yemen war plans in second Signal chat, source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details of a March attack on Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, a sou...
Apr 21, 2025 U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts an arrival ceremony for El Salvador Defense Minister Rene Merino Monroy at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
UPDATE: Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies after stroke and cardiac arrest
UPDATED 3:40 P.M. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Vatican said, endi...
Apr 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Pope Francis appears at the window of his future private apartment to bless the faithful, gathered below in St. Peter's Square, during the Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican March 17, 2013. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo
DHL to suspend global shipments of over $800 to U.S. consumers
BEIJING (Reuters) - DHL Express, a division of Germany's Deutsche Post, said it would suspend global business-to-consumer shipments worth over $800 to individuals in the United States from April 21, a...
Apr 20, 2025 Trucks are parked outside a DHL delivery facility in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Russia jails 19-year-old for nearly three years for condemning Ukraine conflict
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - A Russian court handed down a prison sentence of nearly three years to Darya Kozyreva, a young activist who used 19th-century poetry and graffiti to protest the conflict in U...
Apr 19, 2025 Activist Darya Kozyreva, who is charged with repeatedly discrediting the Russian armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine military conflict, speaks her last words before the verdict announcement during a court hearing in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 18, 2025. REUTERS/Anastasia Barashkova
Russia's Putin declares unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a surprise one-day ceasefire in Ukraine for Easter on Saturday, but Kyiv said attacks continued, Putin couldn't be trusted and Moscow should inste...
Apr 19, 2025 Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS
