Category Archives: National
Trump dodges plea from Britain's Starmer for Ukraine security guarantee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a minerals deal with Ukraine is the security guarantee Kyiv needs against Russia, brushing aside a plea from British Prime Minister ...
Feb 27, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump meets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US weekly jobless claims rise more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but that likely does not signal a material shift in labor marke...
Feb 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Hamas says it's ready for more ceasefire talks after releasing hostage remains
JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV/GAZA (Reuters) - Militant group Hamas said on Thursday it was ready to begin talks on the second phase of a ceasefire in Gaza after several hundred Palestinians were released from I...
Feb 27, 2025 Freed Palestinian prisoners guesture out of the windows as they arrive in a bus after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Texas child is first reported US measles death in a decade as outbreak hits more than 130
(Reuters) - A child in West Texas has died of measles, state health officials said on Wednesday, the first reported U.S. death from the highly contagious disease in a decade, as a Texas outbreak has g...
Feb 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A sign reading "measles testing" is seen as an outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, has raised concerns over its spread to other parts of the state, in Seminole, Texas, U.S., February 25, 2025. REUTERS/Sebastian Rocandio/File Photo
Ultimatum to federal workers raises tensions between Musk, White House staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's top aides are struggling to contain disputes at the White House and across the administration following billionaire Elon Musk's ultimatum to federa...
Feb 27, 2025 Elon Musk speaks during the first cabinet meeting hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
US Attorney General hopes to release Epstein-related flight logs, names on Thursday
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department hopes to release on Thursday flight logs and "a lot of names" related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier accused of sex trafficking who socialized with Wall...
Feb 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: Actor Gene Hackman and wife found dead at home; cause of death under probe
UPDATED 10:31 P.M. SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) -Gene Hackman, the intense character actor who won two Oscars in a more than 60-year career, died of unknown causes at home, along with his wife, pian...
Feb 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Gene Hackman poses during the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. January 19, 2003. REUTERS/Andy Clark/File Photo
Michelle Trachtenberg, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' actor, dead at 39
(Reuters) - Michelle Trachtenberg, an American actor known for her roles in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Gossip Girl," died on Wednesday, according to her public relations tea...
Feb 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Actress Michelle Trachtenberg poses at the 4th annual Critics' Choice Television Awards in Beverly Hills, California June 19, 2014. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File Photo
Israel mourns Bibas family as Hamas signals breakthrough on hostages
RISHON LEZION, Israel/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israelis mourned the family that symbolised the trauma their country suffered in the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023, as the Palestinian militant group agree...
Feb 26, 2025 A woman holds a cut-out picture of hostages Shiri Bibas, 32, with Kfir Bibas, 9 months old, who were kidnapped from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas and then killed in Gaza, on the day of their funeral procession, at a public square dedicated to hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Shir Torem
Ukraine set to sign minerals deal, Trump confirms Zelenskiy visit
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Wednesday it was set to approve a framework minerals deal with the United States but that its success would depend on talks with President Donald Trump. The deal, under...
Feb 26, 2025 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a press conference, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
