Category Archives: National
U.S. to issue gender neutral passports, take steps to combat anti- transgender laws
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans will be allowed to choose an X for gender on their passport applications and select their sex on Social Security cards, the Biden administration said on Thursday in an...
Apr 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman holds passports while waiting to cross at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Ysidro, California January 31, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo
Kremlin says Ukraine strike on Russian fuel depot creates awkward backdrop for talks
(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that a Ukrainian strike against a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod did not create comfortable conditions to continue peace talks with Kyiv. Russia accu...
Apr 01, 2022 A view shows a fuel depot on fire in the city of Belgorod, Russia April 1, 2022. Pavel Kolyadin/BelPressa/Handout via REUTERS
Scientists publish the first complete human genome
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for clues regarding d...
Mar 31, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The face of a girl is seen daubed in colours as she takes part in Holi celebrations in Ahmedabad, India, March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Biden spurs record emergency oil release in 'moment of peril' for world
UPDATED 2:05 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday launched the largest release ever from the U.S. emergency oil reserve and challenged oil companies to drill more in an attempt t...
Mar 31, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an oil storage facility, is seen in this aerial photograph over Freeport, Texas, U.S., April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Film academy starts disciplinary proceedings against Will Smith
UPDATED 5:50 p.m. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood's film academy has started a process that could lead to discipline against best actor winner Will Smith for slapping comedian Chris Rock on stage at ...
Mar 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Will Smith walks off the stage after hitting Chris Rock as Rock spoke on stage during the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Biden gets second booster shot, pushes for more COVID funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden rolled up his sleeve for a second COVID-19 booster shot on Wednesday as his administration rolled out efforts to help Americans live with the coronavirus...
Mar 30, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before receiving a second COVID-19 booster vaccination in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Bruce Willis to retire from acting after medical diagnosis
UPDATED 1:19 p.m. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"Die Hard" franchise star Bruce Willis will retire from his acting career after being diagnosed with aphasia, a disease that is "impacting his cognitive abilit...
Mar 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Actor Bruce Willis attends the European premiere of "Glass" in London, Britain January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Russia bombards Kyiv outskirts, Chernihiv despite promise to scale back
MALA ROHAN/NEAR IRPIN, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian forces bombarded the outskirts of Kyiv and a besieged city in northern Ukraine on Wednesday, a day after promising to scale down operations there in ...
Mar 30, 2022 Ukrainian service members walk on the front line near Kyiv as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukraine March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
U.S. astronaut, two Russian cosmonauts return home from ISS
ALMATY (Reuters) -A U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts safely landed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday after leaving the International Space Station aboard the same capsule despite heightened antagoni...
Mar 30, 2022 The Soyuz MS-19 space capsule carrying crew members of the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, descends beneath a parachute in a remote area outside Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan March 30, 2022, in this still image taken from video. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS
Collins becomes first Republican to back U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Susan Collins on Wednesday became the first Republican to declare support for President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, further boosting her pro...
Mar 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) meets with U.S. Supreme Court nominee and federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
