Category Archives: National
Rishi Sunak to become Britain's next PM after months of turmoil
LONDON (Reuters) - Rishi Sunak will become Britain's next prime minister after he won the race on Monday to lead the Conservative Party, tasked with steering a deeply divided country through an econom...
Oct 24, 2022 New leader of the Britain's Conservative Party Rishi Sunak walks outside the Conservative Campaign Headquarters, in London, Britain October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
U.S. student test results document pandemic's toll on learning
(Reuters) - U.S. students have experienced historic learning setbacks with math and reading scores falling to their lowest levels in years, national exam results released on Monday showed, the latest ...
Oct 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Fulton County Public Schools 8th grader Ceani Williams participates in an online class during a virtual learning day at a desk in her bedroom in Milton, Georgia, U.S., January 4, 2022, after students have gone remote for a week as cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant continue to surge. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
Jury selection set to begin Trump company's criminal tax trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jury selection is due to start on Monday in the tax fraud trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump's real estate company, with prosecutors in Manhattan accusing the business of...
Oct 24, 2022 Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Robstown, Texas, U.S., October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
Biden wants voters to judge his energy level, not age
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden sought to reassure Democratic voters who have doubts about whether the 79-year-old should run for re-election, while also saying in an interview that he coul...
Oct 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about student debt relief at Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware, U.S., October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Russian strikes cause blackouts in much of Ukraine, more flee Kherson
KYIV (Reuters) - Russian missiles pounded Ukrainian energy and other facilities on Saturday, causing blackouts in various regions, Kyiv said, while Russian occupation authorities in the southern city ...
Oct 23, 2022 Children evacuated from the Russian-controlled city of Kherson wait in a bus heading to Crimea, in the town of Oleshky, Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
The power of one: Xi solidifies grip at party congress
BEIJING (Reuters) - China wrapped up its twice-a-decade leadership reshuffle on Sunday, with Xi Jinping securing a third term as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party and packing the new Pol...
Oct 23, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping waves after his speech as the new Politburo Standing Committee members meet the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Boris Johnson arrives back in Britain to attempt rapid political comeback
LONDON (Reuters) -Boris Johnson arrived back in Britain on Saturday as he considers an audacious attempt to win a second term as prime minister only weeks after he was forced to step down, with some c...
Oct 22, 2022 Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures, at Gatwick Airport, near London, Britain October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
U.S. appeals court temporarily blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in college student debt, one day after a judge dismissed a Republican-...
Oct 21, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about administration plans to forgive federal student loan debt during remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Apartment fire kills six people in Wisconsin
(Reuters) - Six people were confirmed dead on Friday in a predawn apartment fire in suburban Milwaukee, and authorities have opened a criminal investigation for any clues that the blaze may have been ...
Oct 21, 2022 Midwest Communications
Teen suspect in Michigan school shooting to plead guilty, prosecutor says
(Reuters) - A Michigan teenager accused of killing four students and injuring seven other people in the deadliest school shooting of 2021 will plead guilty to murder charges in a court appearance on M...
Oct 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO- Ethan Crumbley, 15, who is charged with the fatal shooting of four fellow students and the wounding of seven others, including a teacher at Oxford high school on November 30, 2021, and his defense attorneys Amy Hopp and Paulette Loftin attend a placement hearing at Oakland County circuit court in Pontiac, U.S. February 22, 2022. David Guralnick/Pool via REUTERS
