Category Archives: National
Ukrainian forces advance east of Kyiv as Russians fall back
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops are recapturing towns east of Kyiv and Russian forces who had been trying to seize the capital are falling back on overextended supply lines, Britain said on...
Mar 25, 2022 A man carries belonging out of a house that was hit by bombing in a northern district of Kharkiv as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine, March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
West stands by Ukraine and assails Russian 'barbarism'
BRUSSELS/LVIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - Western leaders piled on military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine on Thursday with U.S. President Joe Biden calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "brute"...
Mar 24, 2022 US President Joe Biden talks with France's President Emmanuel Macron and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of an extraordinary summit at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. Brendan Smialowski/ Pool via REUTERS
West united in support for Ukraine but EU split on Russian energy ban
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO offered Kyiv new military assistance and assigned more troops to its eastern flank on Thursday as London and Washington imposed fresh sanctions on Moscow in a show of Western ...
Mar 24, 2022 A Belgian delegation welcomes U.S. President Joe Biden, who arrives to attend an extraordinary NATO summit to discuss ongoing deterrence and defense efforts in response to Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
N.Korea tests largest ICBM, White House condemns return to long-range launches
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea conducted what is thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test ever on Thursday, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, marking a drama...
Mar 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Edgar Su
COVID pandemic fuelled 2021 population drop in 73% of U.S. counties
(Reuters) - The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic was reflected in a natural decrease last year in the population of nearly three-quarters of U.S. counties versus the two previous years, the census bureau...
Mar 24, 2022 Children are seen walking to school, on the first day of lifting the indoor mask mandate for DOE schools between K through 12, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S., March 7, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Senior Democrat decries Republican attacks on U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee's Democratic chairman on Thursday decried Republican attacks on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearing w...
Mar 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies on the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. U.S., March 23, 2022. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Biden lands in Europe in middle of dispute over Russian energy sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden landed in Brussels on Wednesday in the middle of a dispute with European allies over whether to impose further energy sanctions on Russia over its invasion...
Mar 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks to board Marine One, before traveling to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware for the weekend, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state, dies at 84
UPDATED 2:12 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Madeleine Albright, who fled the Nazis as a child in her native Czechoslovakia during World War Two but rose to become the first female U.S. secretary of state ...
Mar 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks before an interview in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2016. Picture taken November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Biden's Brussels trip to highlight new Russia sanctions, NATO posture plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his European counterparts will announce new sanctions against Russia and new measures to tighten existing sanctions during his trip to Brussels this ...
Mar 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden discusses the United States' response to Russian invasion of Ukraine and warns CEOs about potential cyber attacks from Russia at Business Roundtable's CEO Quarterly Meeting in Washington, DC, U.S., March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Tornado rips through New Orleans, destroying homes; one dead
(Reuters) -A tornado blasted through New Orleans on Tuesday, killing at least one person, destroying homes and knocking down power lines, media reported, in another setback for an area that has yet to...
Mar 23, 2022 Debris is strewn across the ground in the Arabi neighborhood after a large tornado struck New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn
