Category Archives: National
WHO says monkeypox outbreak 'containable', confirms 131 cases outside Africa
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday there have been 131 confirmed monkeypox cases and 106 further suspected cases since the first was reported on May 7 outside the c...
May 24, 2022 Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
White House considers tapping emergency diesel reserve to ease supply crunch
TOKYO (Reuters) -The White House is weighing an emergency declaration to release diesel from a rarely used stockpile in a bid to address a major supply crunch and blunt rising prices, an administratio...
May 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks for crude oil, gasoline, diesel, and other refined petroleum products are seen at the Kinder Morgan Terminal, viewed from the Phillips 66 Company's Los Angeles Refinery in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan
World faces a turning point, Ukraine's Zelenskiy warns leaders at Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told global business leaders meeting at Davos on Monday that the world faces a turning point and has to ratchet up sanctions again...
May 23, 2022 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is seen on a screen as he delivers a video address to the delegates of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Russian soldier jailed for life in first war crimes trial of Ukraine war
KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison on Monday for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's invasion. Vadim Shishimari...
May 23, 2022 Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin, 21, suspected of violations of the laws and norms of war, sits inside a cage during a court hearing, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
COVID restrictions for migrants at U.S. border cannot end yet, judge rules
(Reuters) -U.S. authorities were blocked by a federal judge on Friday from lifting COVID-19 restrictions that empower agents at the U.S.-Mexico border to turn back migrants without giving them a chanc...
May 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Cuban migrants, who were expelled from the U.S. and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, walk near the at the Lerdo Stanton International border bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
First baby formula shipment arrives in U.S. from Europe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A military cargo plane carrying the first shipment of infant formula from Europe to help address a critical shortage in the United States landed in Indianapolis on Sunday, and th...
May 23, 2022 Pallets of infant formula being shipped from Europe to the United States during Operation Fly Formula are seen in a transport aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in a photograph released May 22, 2022. The White House/Handout via REUTERS
In Tokyo, Biden says would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan
TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression in a comment that seemed to stretch the limits of the ambiguous U....
May 23, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend a press conference at Akasaka guest house, in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2022. Nicolas Datiche/Pool via REUTERS
Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters fourth month
(Reuters) - Russia heads into the fourth month of its invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday with no end in sight to the fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble. Aft...
May 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises above Azovstal steelworks, in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this still image obtained from a recent drone video posted on social media. MARIUPOL CITY COUNCIL/via REUTERS
Russia halts gas flow to Finland, says Mariupol steelworks siege has ended
KYIV/OSLO (Reuters) - Russia stopped delivering gas to Finland in an escalation of a dispute over energy payments with Western nations, and claimed victory in a weeks-long battle for Mariupol's devast...
May 21, 2022 A view shows Azovstal steel mill during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Grunt, hoo, pant, scream: Chimps use complex vocal communication
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists exploring the evolutionary origin of language have detected a vocal communication system among wild chimpanzees more complex and structured than previously known, wit...
May 20, 2022 A wild female chimpanzee produces vocalization in the Tai National Park in Ivory Coast in this undated handout image. Liran Samuni/Tai Chimpanzee Project/Handout via REUTERS
