Category Archives: National
Israel offers Gaza hospital evacuation for babies but fighting rages on
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's army said it was ready to evacuate babies from Gaza's largest hospital on Sunday, but Palestinian officials said people inside were still trapped, with two newborns ...
Nov 12, 2023 Palestinian children wounded in Israeli strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas wait to receive treatment at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 12, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
US House Republicans eye plan to avert government shutdown as Moody's warns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Republicans are due to unveil a stopgap measure on Saturday aimed at averting a government shutdown, the latest in a series of standoffs that contri...
Nov 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Newly-elected U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks from his office to the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2023.REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
UAW workers at GM's Flint plant narrowly vote against new labor deal
(Reuters) -United Auto Workers (UAW) union members at General Motors' Flint assembly plant in Michigan have narrowly voted against a proposed contract with the U.S. automaker, the local chapter said. ...
Nov 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Hollywood actors win streaming bonuses under new contract
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Streaming services will pay bonuses of roughly $40 million per year as part of the tentative labor agreement reached between the SAG-AFTRA actors union and major Hollywood studi...
Nov 11, 2023 SAG-AFTRA union President Fran Drescher and SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland attend a press conference after SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee approved a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to bring an end to the actors strike, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 10, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
UPDATE: Israel's war on Hamas homes in on Gaza hospitals
UPDATED 8:51 A.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian officials said a baby died and dozens more patients were at risk from an Israeli siege around Gaza's largest hospital on Saturday, while Israel ...
Nov 11, 2023 Smoke rises over Gaza as seen from Southern Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, November 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
FBI agents seized New York mayor's electronic devices, NY Times reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) -FBI agents seized electronic devices from New York City Mayor Eric Adams earlier this week, days after a raid on the home of his chief campaign fundraiser, the New York Times repor...
Nov 10, 2023 New York City Mayor Eric Adams listens as he and Ecuadorian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility Gustavo Manrique (not pictured) deliver a statement following a meeting in Quito, Ecuador October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo
Biden to meet Xi on Wednesday in San Francisco Bay area, U.S. says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping face-to-face for the first time in a year on Wednesday, the White House said, in high-stakes diplomacy aimed at curbing...
Nov 10, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, November 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Surgeons in New York announce world's first eye transplant
(Reuters) - Surgeons in New York have performed the first-ever whole-eye transplant in a human, they announced on Thursday, an accomplishment being hailed as a breakthrough even though the patient has...
Nov 10, 2023 Aaron James of Hot Springs, Arkansas, poses with Dr. Eduardo D. Rodriguez after he underwent surgery for the world’s first whole-eye transplant as part of a partial face transplant at NYU Langone in an undated photograph. NYU Langone Health/Handout via REUTERS
US voices concern over killing of Palestinians as Gaza death toll tops 11,000
GAZA (Reuters) -The United States on Friday expressed growing concern about the rising Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip where health officials said the number killed in a five-week-old Israeli...
Nov 10, 2023 Smoke rises over Gaza as seen from southern Israel, November 10, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Biden to register for South Carolina primary, seen as first test of re-election strength
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's re-election campaign on Friday will register for the South Carolina Democratic primary, the party's first official clash and an early enthusiasm test for a presid...
Nov 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to United Auto Workers (UAW) union members in Belvidere, Illinois, U.S., November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
