Category Archives: National
Trump metals tariffs draw swift retaliation from Canada and EU
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's increased tariffs on all U.S. steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign to reorder global trade in favor of th...
Mar 12, 2025 Workers install steel rods at a construction site in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Giorgio Viera
A wary Russia waits for details from US on Ukraine ceasefire plan
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was awaiting details from Washington about a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine while senior Moscow sources said a deal would have to take ac...
Mar 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Members of the National Police Special Purpose Battalion of Zaporizhzhia region fire a D-30 howitzer towards Russian troops on a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
US House Republicans pass stopgap bill to fund government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a stopgap bill to keep federal agencies funded past Friday, averting a partial shutdown beginning this w...
Mar 11, 2025 U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
US job openings rise, layoffs low before Trump policy shifts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. job openings increased in January, but demand for labor is likely to soften in the months ahead amid concerns that uncertainty over import tariffs and aggressive government ...
Mar 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A “Help Wanted” sign hangs in restaurant window in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Trump says he will double tariffs on Canada metals to 50%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled his planned tariff on all steel and aluminum products coming into the United States from Canada, bringing the total to 50%, in response ...
Mar 11, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US judge says Musk's DOGE must release records on operations run in 'secrecy'
(Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday ordered the government-downsizing team created by U.S. President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public records concerning its operat...
Mar 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Senior Advisor to the President of the United States Elon Musk shows his shirt to the press as he arrives with U.S. President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 9, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo
US and Ukraine hold talks in Saudi Arabia after major drone attack on Russia
JEDDAH (Reuters) - Ukrainian and U.S. officials held crunch talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to find a path towards ending the war with Russia, hours after Kyiv's forces launched their largest drone a...
Mar 11, 2025 U.S Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Ukrainian Head of Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, and Ukrainian Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov hold a meeting in the presence of Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025. SAUL LOEB/Pool via REUTERS
Wall Street ends sharply lower as recession fears loom
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks plunged on Monday as relentless tariff wrangling and mounting anxieties from a possible federal government shutdown gave rise to fears that the U.S. economy could be ca...
Mar 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 24, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Pope Francis no longer faces immediate danger, responding to treatment, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis is no longer in immediate danger of death and is responding well to treatment in hospital, the Vatican said on Monday, in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old pon...
Mar 10, 2025 General view of the statue of late Pope John Paul II and Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is admitted for ongoing pneumonia treatment, in Rome, Italy, March 10, 2025.
Zelenskiy in Saudi Arabia as US voices hope for Ukraine peace talks
JEDDAH (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was in Saudi Arabia on Monday to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a day before talks between Ukrainian and U.S. officials that Washington hopes wi...
Mar 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 12, 2024. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
