Category Archives: National
Biden administration plans to resume plans for federal oil and gas development
(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday said it would resume plans for oil and gas development on federal lands following a court ruling this week that temporarily restored a measure meant to fa...
Mar 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A drilling rig operates in the Permian Basin oil and natural gas production area in Lea County, New Mexico, U.S., February 10, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
Pope says 'slaughters and atrocities' committed daily in Ukraine
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, continuing his implicit criticism of Russia, called the conflict in Ukraine an unjustified "senseless massacre" and urged leaders to stop "this repugnant war". "...
Mar 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
U.S. judge rules against Kentucky clerk who denied same-sex marriage licenses
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge ruled that a former county clerk from Kentucky knowingly violated the rights of same-sex couples by denying them marriage licenses in 2015, clearing the way for a jury trial s...
Mar 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis speaks during an interview on Fox News Channel's 'The Kelly File' in New York September 23, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Mariupol says thousands deported from besieged Ukrainian city
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia's siege of the port city of Mariupol was "a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come", while local authorities...
Mar 20, 2022 A general view of market Barabashovo after a fire caused by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 19, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Lapshyn
Russia launches hypersonic missiles as part of nuclear drills
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian leader Vladimir Putin oversaw strategic nuclear exercises involving the launch of hypersonic ballistic missiles and other weapons on Saturday, the latest show of strength at ...
Mar 19, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko observe training launches of ballistic missiles as part of the exercise of the strategic deterrence force, in Moscow, Russia February 19, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says it is time for meaningful security talks with Moscow
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday called for comprehensive peace talks with Moscow, saying Russia would otherwise need generations to recover from losses suffered during ...
Mar 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits people who were injured while fleeing from Kyiv's outskirts as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine March 17, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
US seeks China's help to end Russia's war in Ukraine
KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden sought to prevent Beijing giving new life to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a video call with his Chinese counterpart on Friday as stalled Russ...
Mar 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A TV screen shows news of a video meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Hong Kong, China November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
New Illinois legislation addresses war on Ukraine
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois House Democrats have put together new legislation addressing Russia's war on Ukraine. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Lindsey Lapointe, of Chicago, said this is one of the most ...
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Moderna seeks FDA authorization for second COVID booster for all adults
(Reuters) -Moderna Inc on late Thursday sought emergency use authorization from U.S. health regulators for a second COVID-19 booster shot, as a surge in cases in some parts of the world fuels fears of...
Mar 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Missiles strike Lviv as Biden pressures Xi to abandon Moscow
KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia fired missiles at an airport near Lviv on Friday, a city where hundreds of thousands found refuge far from Ukraine's battlefields, as Moscow tries to regain the i...
Mar 18, 2022 Firefighters work at the site of a fire at the Barabashova market, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Lapshyn
