Category Archives: National
US CDC says 2025-26 flu season 'moderately severe' as cases hit 11 million
Jan 5 (Reuters) - Seasonal influenza activity remained elevated and rose in the final week of December, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed on Monday, as the agency for the fir...
Jan 05, 2026 The exterior of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., December 5, 2025. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Shackled and defiant, Maduro pleads not guilty to US narcotics charges
NEW YORK, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Shackled at the ankles and dressed in prison garb, toppled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro stood before a U.S. judge on Monday and declared he was still his country's r...
Jan 05, 2026 Venezuela's captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores attend their arraignment with defense lawyer Mark Donnelly to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Minnesota Governor Walz will not seek third term, to focus on welfare fraud scandal
Jan 5 (Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will not seek a third term in office, he announced on Monday, saying he would instead focus on allegations of fraud in the state's welfare system that has...
Jan 05, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz looks on, as he visits Columbus, Ohio, U.S., April 6, 2025. REUTERS/Megan Jelinger/File Photo
Venezuela's Maduro at US court, substitute leader softens stance
Updated at 7:29 a.m. NEW YORK, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Venezuela's deposed leader Nicolas Maduro arrived at a New York court on Monday to face drug charges while the U.N. was to debate the legality of U.S. ...
Jan 05, 2026 Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrives at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Manhattan United States Courthouse for an initial appearance to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others in New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Authorities investigate incident at US vice president's Ohio home, CNN reports
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials are investigating an incident at U.S. Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home and have taken one person into custody, CNN reported on Monday, noting...
Jan 05, 2026 U.S. Vice President JD Vance closes out AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA summit since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. December 21, 2025. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Iran supreme leader says will not yield as protests simmer and US threatens
DUBAI, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed not to yield after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to come to the aid of protesters, as rights groups reported a shar...
Jan 03, 2026 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2026. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Trump says Venezuela's Maduro deposed, captured after US strikes
WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. struck Venezuela overnight and captured its long-serving President Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump said early on Saturday after months of pressuring him o...
Jan 03, 2026 Smoke rises near Fort Tiuna, a military zone, during a full blackout, following explosions and loud noises, amid rising tensions between administrations of U.S. President Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria
US says it thwarted potential ISIS-inspired New Year's Eve attack in North Carolina
WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it thwarted an alleged plan by a North Carolina man to carry out an ISIS-inspired attack using knives and hammers on New Year's...
Jan 02, 2026 United States Department of Justice logo and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Swiss resort fire likely started by sparkler candles, dozens of those injured fighting for their lives
By Emma Farge and Dave Graham CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Dozens of young partygoers injured in a New Year's Eve bar fire in Switzerland were transferred to specialist burn units acr...
Jan 02, 2026 A person lights a match next to the tributes laid for the victims on the ground outside the "Le Constellation" bar, after a fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party where several people died and others were injured, according to Swiss police, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 2, 2026. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes southern Mexico
Jan 2 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the southern Mexican state of Guerrero on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 mil...
Jan 02, 2026 People stand after leaving a building following an earthquake, Mexico City, Mexico, January 2, 2026. REUTERS/Luis Cortes
