Category Archives: National
Karine Jean-Pierre named first Black White House press secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Thursday he has chosen Karine Jean-Pierre to be White House press secretary, succeeding Jen Psaki and becoming the first Black and openly gay person t...
May 06, 2022 White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is introduced by current White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki as President Joe Biden's next White House press secretary at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. job growth solid in April; unemployment rate steady at 3.6%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth increased more than expected in April, underscoring the economy's strong fundamentals despite a contraction in gross domestic product in the first quarter. Nonfa...
May 06, 2022 A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
SpaceX capsule splashes down, bringing 4 astronauts home from 6-month mission
(Reuters) -The third long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth early on Friday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida...
May 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The four commercial crew astronauts representing NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission are pictured in their Dragon spacesuits for a fit check aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module on April 21, 2022. From left, are ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron. NASA/Handout via REUTERS
Fresh effort to evacuate Mariupol civilians has begun, says Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said a new attempt was under way on Friday to evacuate scores of civilians trapped in a heavily bombed steel works in the city of Mariupol, after bloody fighting with Russian f...
May 06, 2022 Smoke rises above a burning oil storage in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict on the outskirts of Donetsk, Ukraine May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Wall Street slumps as investors fear bigger Fed rate hikes
UPDATED 3:19 p.m. (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed Thursday sharply lower as investor sentiment cratered in the face of concerns that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike would not be enough to tame...
May 05, 2022 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S. May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase; productivity dives in first quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits increased to a more than two-month high last week, but remained at a level consistent with tightening labor market conditions and furth...
May 05, 2022 Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
International donors conference in Warsaw raises $6.5 billion for Ukraine-Polish PM
WARSAW (Reuters) -An international donors conference in Warsaw on Thursday collecting funds for Ukraine raised around $6.5 billion, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said. The conference, aim...
May 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a news conference near the gas installation at a Gaz-System gas compressor station in Rembelszczyzna, outside Warsaw, Poland, April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Amber Heard to return to stand in defamation battle with Johnny Depp
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Aquaman" actor Amber Heard is expected to testify for a second day on Thursday in the defamation case brought by her ex-husband Johnny Depp, the Hollywood star she said assaul...
May 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Actor Amber Heard returns to the courtroom after lunch break at Fairfax County Circuit Court during a defamation case against her by ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp, in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/Pool
U.S. summer travelers can expect long lines, higher prices as COVID restrictions ease
(Reuters) - With more U.S. travelers expected to take to the skies and the roads this summer as COVID restrictions ease, unbridled demand will strain capacity in the leisure and travel industry and pu...
May 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Travellers check a departures list at the ticketing level of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport before the Thanksgiving holiday in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
Fed raises rates by half point, starts balance sheet reduction June 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark overnight interest rate by half a percentage point, the biggest jump in 22 years, and the U.S. central bank's chief made a d...
May 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
