Category Archives: National
Protests rock Israel as it passes curbs on some Supreme Court powers
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's parliament on Monday ratified the first bill of a judicial overhaul sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after last-gasp compromise efforts collapsed and failed t...
Jul 24, 2023 Police use a water cannon on protesters blocking a road that leads to the Prime Minister's office at a demonstration following a parliament vote on a contested bill that limits Supreme Court powers to void some government decisions, in Jerusalem July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Twitter blue bird has flown as Musk says X logo is here
(Reuters) -After 17 years with an iconic blue bird logo that came to symbolize the broadcasting of ideas to the world, billionaire Elon Musk renamed Twitter as X and unveiled a new logo, marking a foc...
Jul 24, 2023 Twitter's new logo is seen projected on the corporate headquarters building in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S. July 23, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
US IRS ends policy of unannounced revenue officer visits to taxpayers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said on Monday it was ending its policy of unannounced visits to taxpayers by agency revenue officers, reversing a decades-long practice ...
Jul 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel testifies before House Committee on Ways and Means on "Accountability and Transparency at the Internal Revenue Service" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Bringing Private King home: reaching Pyongyang is the first challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It has never been easy for the United States to secure the return of citizens from North Korea, one of the world's most isolated nations. The task may be even harder in the case...
Jul 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Private Travis T. King (wearing a black shirt and black cap) is seen in this picture taken during a tour of the tightly controlled Joint Security Area (JSA) on the border between the two Koreas, at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, July 18, 2023. Sarah Leslie/Handout via REUTERS
Pence says Trump conduct around 2021 Capitol attack was reckless but not criminal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. vice president and Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence said on Sunday he felt former President Donald Trump's words and actions leading up to the Capitol at...
Jul 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence stand while making remarks about early results from the 2020 U.S. presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Relentless U.S. stock rally faces Fed test
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. stocks rally faces a potential inflection point next week as the Federal Reserve is expected to deliver what may be the final rate hike of its most aggressive monetary polic...
Jul 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A street sign marks Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, where markets roiled after Russia continues to attack Ukraine, in New York, U.S., February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
Putin hosts Belarus leader, calls Ukraine's counter-offensive a failure
(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine's counteroffensive "has failed" as he hosted Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, his close ally, for talks in St Petersburg on Sunday. "The...
Jul 23, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko meet people outside the Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg, Russia July 23, 2023. Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via REUTERS
Drone attack in Crimea prompts evacuation, brief bridge closure
(Reuters) - A drone attack on an ammunition depot in Crimea prompted authorities to evacuate everyone in a five-km (3.1-mile) radius and briefly suspend road traffic on the bridge linking the peninsul...
Jul 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Russian Navy amphibious landing ship that was deployed to transport cars across the Kerch Strait, moves near the Crimean Bridge, a section of which was damaged by an alleged overnight attack, as seen from the city of Kerch, Crimea, July 17, 2023. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak/File Photo
Child's body recovered from Pennsylvania, a week after flash flooding
UPPER MAKEFIELD TWP., Pa. - Officials in Bucks County, Pennsylvania say they think they've found the body of one of the two children swept away by flood waters last weekend. Upper Makefield Township F...
Jul 22, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Soccer-Smith scores brace to power champions US past Vietnam
AUCKLAND (Reuters) -Sophia Smith scored a first-half brace on her Women's World Cup debut as the United States got their bid for a third successive title off to a comfortable start with a 3-0 win over...
Jul 22, 2023 Jul 22, 2023; Auckland, NZL; USA forward Sophia Smith (11) gets the ball past Vietnam forward Huynh Nhu (9) in the second half of a group stage match in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup at Eden Park. Mandatory Credit: Jenna Watson-USA TODAY Sports
