US and World News

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Two stabbing attacks in Sydney which killed six people and injured shoppers and a Assyrian bishop during his service have shocked Australians and sparked calls …

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – O.J. Simpson, the onetime football star infamously tried and acquitted of double-murder charges, was cremated on Wednesday during a private gathering of friends and family …

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft said on Wednesday that Russian online campaigns to influence the upcoming U.S. presidential election kicked into gear over the past 45 days, but at a …

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday underscored the Biden administration’s commitment to provide Ukraine with the budgetary and military assistance it …

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law the first measure passed in the U.S. that aims to protect the data found in a …

By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Finance leaders from the Group of Seven industrial democracies on Wednesday condemned Iran’s attack on Israel and pledged to continue work on …

By Antonio Bronic and Fedja Grulovic ZAGREB (Reuters) -Croatia’s ruling HDZ party won Wednesday’s parliamentary election but with fewer seats than before and without a majority, according to preliminary results. …

By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgia’s parliament gave initial approval on Wednesday to a bill on “foreign agents” that the European Union said risked blocking the country’s path to membership …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Prosecutors on Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial want to ask the former U.S. president about civil cases in which he was found liable …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A man-made famine is “tightening its grip” across the Gaza Strip, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA warned on …

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks fell in choppy trading on Wednesday as investors assessed the Federal Reserve’s interest rate stance and a batch of soft earnings early …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michael Cohen, who once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump, is now poised to serve as a star prosecution witness …

By Matt Spetalnick, Daphne Psaledakis and Marianna Parraga WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration said it would not renew a license set to expire early on Thursday that had broadly eased …

By Nichola Groom and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -The Biden administration is expected to grant a request by South Korea’s Hanwha Qcells to reverse a two-year-old trade exemption that has allowed …

By James Mackenzie and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, as Western countries pleaded …

By Felix Hoske, Anastasiia Malenko and Sofiia Gatilova KYIV/DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – The Ukrainian infantryman, call sign “Ray”, said he quickly pulled on his gas mask after a Russian …

By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) – A fire engine arrived within five minutes of the first reports of a wildfire last August on the edge of Lahaina, the historic Hawaiian resort …

By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s public universities held protests on Wednesday against sharp budget cuts by the government of President Javier Milei, turning off the lights in …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a Palestinian request for full U.N. membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel …

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Wednesday an Israeli retaliation against Iranian strikes could bring a real risk of dragging the whole region …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday dismissed both charges of illegal conduct by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, as Democrats successfully defended President Joe Biden’s top border security …

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday raised the possibility that an uncle who served in the Pacific campaign during World War Two might have fallen victim to cannibals …

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s upper house of parliament rejected for a fourth time a piece of legislation needed to enable Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, …

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and David Lawder WASHINGTON/PITTSBURGH (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for sharply higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese metal products as part of a package …

(Reuters) -U.S. economic activity expanded slightly from late February through early April and firms signaled they expect inflation pressures to hold steady, a Federal Reserve survey showed on Wednesday, continuing …