Category Archives: National
Biden due to meet King Charles, PM Sunak during brief UK visit
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will arrive in Britain on Sunday for a brief visit during which he will meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and discuss climate change issues with King ...
Jul 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One as he arrives at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Pope Francis puts stamp on Church future with new cardinals
(Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday announced that he would elevate 21 churchmen to the high rank of cardinal, again putting his mark on the group that will one day choose his successor after his death ...
Jul 09, 2023 Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window, at the Vatican, July 9, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits symbolic Snake Island to mark 500 days of war
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Snake Island, a rocky outcrop on the Black Sea, to mark 500 days since Russia's invasion, a video issued by his office on Saturday showed. T...
Jul 08, 2023 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy writes an inscription 'Glory to Ukraine' as he visits Snake (Zmiinyi) Island in the Black Sea, retaken by the Ukrainian Armed Forces a year ago, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released July 8, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Yellen urges US-China cooperation on economy, climate
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged closer communication between China and the United States on Saturday to improve economic decision-making and challenged China to join glo...
Jul 08, 2023 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
Robots say they won't steal jobs, rebel against humans
GENEVA (Reuters) -Robots presented at an AI forum said on Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and would not steal humans' jobs or rebel against us. But, in the w...
Jul 07, 2023 Humanoid robot 'Rmeca' is pictured at AI for Good Global Summit, in Geneva, Switzerland, July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy
US to give Ukraine cluster munitions in $800 million aid package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced on Friday that it will send Ukraine cluster munitions - prohibited by more than 100 countries - as part of an $800 million security package, a move U...
Jul 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian military serviceman Igor Ovcharruck holds a defused cluster bomb from an MSLR missile, among a display of pieces of rockets used by Russian army, that a Ukrainian munitions expert said did not explode on impact, in the region of Kharkiv, Ukraine, October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
US job growth slows in June; unemployment rate falls to 3.6%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in June after surging in the prior month, but labor market conditions remain tight, with the unemployment rate retreating from a seven-...
Jul 07, 2023 A job posting looking for workers is shown at a gas station in San Diego, California, U.S. November, 9, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
UPDATE: Shooter who killed 23 at Texas Walmart sentenced to 90 life terms -local media
UPDATED 1:10 p.m. (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday sentenced a white supremacist to 90 consecutive life terms in prison for a 2019 shooting in which he killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at a ...
Jul 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: El Paso Walmart mass shooter Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old male from Allen, Texas, accused of killing 22 and injuring 25, is arraigned, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. October 10, 2019. Mark Lambie/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Yellen criticizes China's 'punitive' actions against U.S. companies, urges market reforms
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday called for market reforms in China and criticized the world's second-largest economy for its recent "punitive" actions against U.S. c...
Jul 07, 2023 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with representatives of the U.S. business community in China, in Beijing, July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Titanic sub operator suspends expeditions after deadly implosion
(Reuters) -OceanGate, the U.S.-based company that managed the tourist submersible that imploded during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic, has suspended all exploration and commercial operations, its ...
Jul 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken SS Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph. OceanGate Expeditions/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
