Category Archives: National
G7 to phase out Russian oil, U.S. sanctions Gazprombank execs over Ukraine war
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -Group of Seven (G7) nations committed on Sunday to ban or phase out imports of Russian oil and the United States unveiled sanctions against Gazprombank executives and other...
May 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on economic growth, jobs, and deficit reduction in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. Senate to vote Wednesday on abortion rights bill, Schumer says
(Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to codify abortion rights into law on Wednesday in reaction to the leaked draft decision indicating the Supreme Court is poised to overturn its land...
May 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Protestors supporting reproductive rights demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Sixty feared dead in Ukraine school bombed by Russia, governor says
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -As many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the regional governor said ...
May 08, 2022
Jill Biden meets Ukrainian refugee mothers and teachers in Romania
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Sitting in a classroom in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, U.S. first lady Jill Biden met a group of Ukrainian refugee mothers and educators on Saturday, praising the women for...
May 07, 2022 U.S. first lady Jill Biden and Romania's first lady Carmen Johannis visit the Scoala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest, Romania, May 7, 2022. Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS
N. Korea fires likely submarine-launched ballistic missile, S. Korea says
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on Saturday, South Korea said, an escalation just before the inauguration of a South Korean president who has vowed to tak...
May 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets troops who have taken part in the military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) April 29, 2022. KCNA via REUTERS
Rich nations must stick to climate promises, says U.S. envoy Kerry
OSLO (Reuters) - The world's richest nations must implement their promises to keep alive a global goal to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told Reuters on Satur...
May 07, 2022 U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry poses for a picture in central Oslo, Norway, May 7, 2022. REUTERS/Gwladys Fouche
Pro-Russian forces say 50 more people evacuated from besieged Ukraine plant
UPDATED 9:20 a.m. KYIV (Reuters) -Pro-Russian forces said 50 more people were evacuated on Saturday from the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, where scores of civilians have been trapped for w...
May 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A young man evacuated from Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol stands surounded by service members of pro-Russian troops and members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at a temporary accommodation centre in the village of Bezimenne, during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Biden touts manufacturing, union jobs in battleground Ohio
HAMILTON, Ohio (Reuters) - President Joe Biden boasted on Friday of a U.S. manufacturing surge and introduced a new small business program in the key swing state of Ohio during his sixth visit there a...
May 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on economic growth, jobs, and deficit reduction in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Georgia official rules U.S. Representative Greene can seek reelection
UPDATED 5:36 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene should be allowed to run for reelection, Georgia's secretary of state ruled on Friday, rejecting arguments by a group...
May 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) holds a news conference about her suspended Twitter account and the impending sale of Twitter at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Boeing to move headquarters from Chicago to Virginia
WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) -Boeing Co said on Thursday it will move its headquarters from Chicago to Arlington, Virginia, as the crisis-plagued U.S. planemaker works to repair relationships with cus...
May 06, 2022 Midwest Communications
