Category Archives: National
Ukrainians face first nationwide electricity outages after Russian strikes
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainians faced their first large-scale nationwide disruptions to electricity on Thursday as officials sought to restrict supply to allow energy companies to repair power facilities ...
Oct 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A shopper uses a torch to see products in a supermarket as Kharkiv suffers an electricity outage, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
UK's Truss says she is resigning as PM
LONDON (Reuters) - Liz Truss said on Thursday she was resigning as British prime minister just six weeks after she was appointed, brought down by an economic program that sent shockwaves through finan...
Oct 20, 2022 British Prime Minister Liz Truss gives statement outside Number 10 Downing Street, London, Britain October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Trump's company faces criminal tax trial as his legal woes mount
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's family company is set to face a criminal trial on tax fraud charges in New York starting next week that could trigger fines and further complicate the real estate f...
Oct 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks during a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Minden, Nevada, U.S., October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
NATO allies would act if Sweden, Finland come under pressure, Stoltenberg says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO allies will act if Sweden or Finland come under pressure from Russia or another adversary before they become full members of the alliance, NATO Secretary General Jens Stolten...
Oct 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: NATO, Swedish and Finnish flags are seen in this illustration taken May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Judge says Trump knowingly pressed inaccurate voter fraud claims in court
(Reuters) -A California federal judge on Wednesday said then-U.S. President Donald Trump had signed a sworn statement asserting that voter fraud numbers included in a 2020 election lawsuit were accura...
Oct 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO - Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Mesa, Arizona, U.S., October 9, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
U.S. to release oil reserves as Biden tackles high gas prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden announced a plan on Wednesday to sell off 15 million barrels of crude oil from the nation's emergency supply and begin refilling the reserve as he tries...
Oct 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden calls for a federal gas tax holiday as he speaks about gas prices during remarks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Russia's Putin declares martial law in seized Ukrainian regions
KYIV/MIKOLAIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin introduced martial law on Wednesday in four Ukrainian regions he says are part of Russia as some residents of the Russian-held city of Khers...
Oct 19, 2022 A Ukrainian national flag rises over a local council's headquarter building, heavily damaged during Russia's attack in the village of Lymany near a frontline in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
N.Korea fires artillery shells to send 'serious warning' to S.Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired 100 more artillery shells off its west coast on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, just hours after it launched hundreds of shells into the sea off its east and...
Oct 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo
U.S. jury acquits Russian on charges he lied to FBI over 'Steele dossier'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Russian researcher who contributed explosive details to a document dubbed the "Steele dossier" that alleged ties between former U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election camp...
Oct 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO - An FBI logo is pictured on an agent's shirt in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Biden promises to codify abortion rights if Democrats keep control of Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, under renewed pressure over high inflation with mid-term elections approaching, said on Tuesday he will sign a law to codify abortion rights in January ...
Oct 18, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the student loan forgiveness program from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
