Category Archives: National
Israel, Hamas extend Gaza truce by one day in last-minute deal
GAZA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire for a seventh day, and Washington said it hoped the truce could be extended further to fr...
Nov 30, 2023 People wave Israeli flags following the release of hostages who were seized during the October 7 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas and held in the Gaza Strip, in Ofakim, Israel, November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy and ...
Nov 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrives for a memorial service for late Social Democratic senior politician Egon Bahr at St. Mary's Church in Berlin, Germany, September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
US life expectancy climbs in 2022 after COVID retreat
(Reuters) - U.S. babies born in 2022 gained roughly a year in life expectancy compared with babies born a year earlier, federal data showed on Wednesday, marking progress after two consecutive years o...
Nov 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Seniors, who are 65 and over, wait in line at the Department of Health Sarasota COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic in Sarasota, Florida, U.S. January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Biden says Israeli-American hostage has been released
PUEBLO, Colorado (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday Israeli-American hostage Liat Beinin had been released by Hamas after being abducted during the militant group's attack on Israe...
Nov 29, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a prime-time address to the nation about his approaches to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, humanitarian assistance in Gaza and continued support for Ukraine in their war with Russia, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S. October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool/File Photo
Hamas hands over 16 hostages to Israel from Gaza Strip
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Sixteen hostages were released on Wednesday by Hamas on the final day of a two-day extension of a truce in the Gaza war between Israel and the Palestinian militants. The grou...
Nov 29, 2023 A Red Cross vehicle, as part of a convoy carrying hostages abducted by Hamas militants during the October 7 attack on Israel, arrives at the Rafah border, amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 29, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter returned to Georgia hometown for burial
PLAINS, Georgia (Reuters) - A private funeral was held on Wednesday for Rosalynn Carter at a church in her hometown of Plains, Georgia, marking the end of three days of tributes celebrating the life a...
Nov 29, 2023 Members of an Armed Forces body bearer team moves the casket after the funeral service for former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Georgia, U.S. November 29, 2023. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS
US Supreme Court is again asked to block Illinois assault weapons ban
(Reuters) - An Illinois firearms retailer and a national gun rights group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a second time to block a Democratic-backed state ban on assault-style rifles and...
Nov 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A man examines an AR-10 for sale at the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds & Expo Center Gun Show, after the state of Illinois passed its "assault weapons" ban into law, in Belleville, Illinois, U.S., January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Kate Munsch/File Photo
Olympics-France 2030, Salt Lake City 2034 are preferred Winter Games bids - IOC
PARIS (Reuters) -France's 2030 Winter Olympics bid and Salt Lake City's 2034 proposal were picked as preferred hosts and will go into a dialogue with the International Olympic Committee, the IOC said ...
Nov 29, 2023 Olympics - IOC Executive Board meeting press conference - Salon Hoche, Paris, France - November 29, 2023 President of the Austrian Olympic Committee Karl Stoss during the press conference REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
UPDATE: Indicted Republican George Santos to face US House expulsion vote Friday
UPDATED 4:18 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Friday on whether to expel scandal-plagued Republican George Santos, who faces criminal corruption char...
Nov 29, 2023 U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) leaves the U.S. Capitol the day after two Democratic lawmakers moved to force a vote to expel him from the House of Representatives, in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Top US Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer warns against surge of antisemitism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned on Wednesday against blaming Jewish Americans for the actions of Israel's government, as antisemitism swelled in the U.S. following t...
Nov 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addresses reporters during a news conference following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
