Category Archives: National
'CODA' takes top prize, Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at Oscars
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"CODA," a heartwarming movie about a deaf family with a hearing daughter, won a landmark best picture prize at the Oscars on Sunday, in a ceremony overshadowed by best-actor win...
Mar 28, 2022 Will Smith cries as he accepts the Oscar for Best Actor in "King Richard" at the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Biden says budget targets Trump's 'fiscal mess,' raises taxes on wealthy
UPDATED: 5:10 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday submitted a $5.79 trillion budget plan to Congress that calls for record peacetime military spending and further aid for Ukr...
Mar 28, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden announces his budget proposal for fiscal year 2023, as Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young listens in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Russia hits Ukraine's Lviv with cruise missiles, defence ministry says
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia struck military targets in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv with high-precision cruise missiles, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday. Russia hit a fuel depot being ...
Mar 27, 2022 Rescuers work at a site of fuel storage facilities hit by cruise missiles, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, in this handout picture released March 27, 2022. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. has no strategy of regime change in Russia, Blinken says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States has no strategy of regime change for Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters on Sunday after President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimi...
Mar 27, 2022 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference with Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, March 27, 2022. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
Ukrainian president calls on energy producers to hike output
DOHA (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on energy producing countries on Saturday to increase output so that Russia cannot use its oil and gas wealth to "blackmail" other natio...
Mar 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the Ukrainian people, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 25, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies, aged 50
(Reuters) -Taylor Hawkins, the drummer of American rock band Foo Fighters, has died aged 50, the band announced late on Friday. The band did not give a cause of death. Variety reported that the band h...
Mar 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters arrive at the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles April 18, 2013. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo
In Poland, Biden visits U.S. troops on NATO eastern flank
RZESZOW, Poland (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday got a firsthand look at international efforts to help some of the millions of Ukrainian war refugees in Poland, and spoke to American tro...
Mar 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at the G2 Arena in Jasionka, near Rzeszow, Poland, March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thomas is discharged from hospital -Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who was hospitalized with flu-like symptoms last week, was discharged from the hospital on Friday morning, the Supreme Court said. Th...
Mar 25, 2022 U.S. Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court justice Thomas's wife urged Trump White House to overturn 2020 election -report
(Reuters) -Virginia Thomas, the wife of conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, urged former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to work to overturn the results of the 2020 elect...
Mar 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton over 2016 Russian collusion allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Thursday sued his rival in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton, and several other Democrats, alleging that they tried to rig that election by tyi...
Mar 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
