Category Archives: National
Britain's Queen Elizabeth catches COVID
WINDSOR, England (Reuters) -Queen Elizabeth tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, sharpening concerns about the health of the world's longest-reigning monarch two weeks after she marked 70 years on ...
Feb 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Steve Parsons/Pool via REUTERS
Russia and Belarus extend military drills north of Ukraine
MOSCOW/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia and Belarus are extending military drills that were due to end on Sunday, the Belarus defense minister said, in a step that further intensifies pressure on U...
Feb 20, 2022 Vadim Yakubyonok/Belta/Handout via REUTERS
WSJ: FDA considers approving a second COVID-19 booster shot
(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators are looking at authorizing a potential fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the fall, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the ...
Feb 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/File Photo
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine declare full military mobilization
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian-backed separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine declared a full military mobilization on Saturday, a day after ordering women and children to evacuate to southern Russia becaus...
Feb 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin gestures during a news conference in Donetsk, Ukraine February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
VP Harris will meet Ukraine's Zelenskiy, urge Putin to pull back
MUNICH (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy in Munich on Saturday, in what is likely to be a powerful display of diplomatic support ...
Feb 19, 2022 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a meeting with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Latvian President Egils Levits, and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 18, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. judge denies Trump's request to toss Jan 6 incitement lawsuits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday lost a bid to dismiss lawsuits accusing him of inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In a lengthy written ruling, Ju...
Feb 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during his first post-presidency campaign rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington, Ohio, U.S., June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Biden says Putin has decided to invade Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday that Russia President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, and that he continues to spread false information to try to build a pretext...
Feb 18, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Russia and Ukraine from the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US, UK: Russia responsible for cyberattack against Ukrainian banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian military hackers were behind a spate of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that briefly knocked Ukrainian banking and government websites offline, the United St...
Feb 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: White House Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, Anne Neuberger, addresses cyber security during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 2, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
MLB postpones start of Spring Training as labor dispute continues
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball on Friday said it would postpone the start of Spring Training games until at least March 5 due to an ongoing labor dispute with its players. Little progress has been ...
Feb 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Mar 29, 2021; Mesa, Arizona, USA; A general view of game action between the Chicago Cubs and the Arizona Diamondbacks during the fourth inning of a spring training game at Sloan Park. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Ex-Minnesota police officer sentenced to 2 years in death of Daunte Wright
UPDATED 11:29 A.M. (Reuters) -A Minnesota judge on Friday sentenced former police officer Kimberly Potter to two years in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, a li...
Feb 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Kimberly Potter, a former police officer, who has said she mistakenly used her handgun instead of her Taser when firing at Daunte Wright, 20, as he attempted to flee in his car following a traffic stop, reacts on a guilty verdict in a still image from video in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. December 23, 2021. Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
