Aug 8 (Reuters) – The United States will send an additional $5.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, made up of $4.5 billion in budgetary support and $1 billion in military assistance, to help it come to grips with the turmoil of this year’s Russian invasion. The $4.5 billion budgetary grant will fund[Read More…]
WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday accused China of increased “provocations” against rival claimants to territory in the South China Sea and other states operating there. “There is a clear and upward trend of PRC provocations against South China Sea claimants and other states lawfully operating[Read More…]
LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) – Britain is enacting the early stages of drought plans which involve using water carefully to protect supplies, the government said on Tuesday, following record-breaking temperatures. There are so far no plans for curbs on water use but regulators and water companies are working to manage[Read More…]
* This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine MOSCOW, July 26 (Reuters) – Privately owned packaging company Tetra Pak on Tuesday said it would exit its remaining Russia operations after 62 years in the country and would divest its business[Read More…]
By Daniel Trotta July 25 (Reuters) – Much of the United States will experience another heat wave this week, with above-normal temperatures forecast for the Pacific Northwest, Southern Plains and the Lower Mississippi Valley. The extreme heat is fueling a fast-moving California wildfire, just went of Yosemite National Park. The[Read More…]
By Yiming Woo KYIV, July 22 (Reuters) – Meet Snake, a kitten with a heck of a war story. And the Ukrainian special forces soldier who saved him. When Ukraine’s military released images in early July of its troops raising the country’s blue and yellow flag over Snake Island, a[Read More…]
By Rose Horowitch WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to protect access to contraception, responding to concerns that it could be threatened by a conservative Supreme Court that revoked the ruling that guaranteed a nationwide right to abortion. The bill passed[Read More…]
MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google was fined 21.1 billion roubles ($373 million) on Monday by a Moscow court for a repeated failure to remove content Russia deems illegal, such as “fake news” about the conflict in Ukraine, Russia’s communications regulator said. Moscow has long objected to foreign tech[Read More…]
July 18 (Reuters) – Strikes and staff shortages are forcing airlines to cancel thousands of flights and causing hours-long queues at major airports, dashing hopes of a sizzling first summer after COVID lockdowns. Here is a summary of some of the key developments: LABOUR UNREST: After sweeping job cuts and[Read More…]
By Patricia Zengerle, Richard Cowan and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of inciting a mob of followers to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a last-ditch bid to remain in power fueled by a chaotic meeting with some[Read More…]
