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…]

SEOUL, Aug 4 (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her South Korean counterpart vowed on Thursday to support deterrence against North Korea and achieve its denuclearisation. “Both sides expressed concerns about the dire situation of North Korea’s growing threat,” Pelosi and South Korea’s National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo said in a joint statement after meeting in Seoul.  “We agreed[Read More…]

Aug 4 (Reuters) – Here are some highlights from U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner’s statement to a court in Russia on Thursday as she faced a verdict in a trial on drugs charges that could see her sentenced to up to 10 years in prison: Read full story “My parents taught me two[Read More…]

Aug 1 (Reuters) – One year ago, sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya’s life was upended when she refused to board a plane back to her native Belarus after being kicked out of the Tokyo Olympics by her team.  What began as a controversy over Tsimanouskaya’s entry in the 4×400 meters relay snowballed into a[Read More…]

JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Israel signaled it would not change policy around its assumed nuclear arsenal on Monday as Washington affirmed a global treaty designed to roll back the spread of such weaponry. The rare, if veiled, remarks by Prime Minister Yair Lapid came as countries party to the 1970 nuclear[Read More…]

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) – Russia’s new space chief on Tuesday signaled his country’s intent to withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024, but a senior NASA official said Moscow has not communicated its intent to pull out of the two-decade-old orbital partnership with the United[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…]