By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Friday of shelling Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant as fighting raged again in the crucial border region of the Donbas and three more ships left ports carrying previously b…
Indiana lawmakers bring near-total abortion ban to final vote
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Indiana lawmakers prepared on Friday to take a final vote on a bill that would ban all abortions except in cases of rape, incest or medical emergency, legislation that would dramatically cut abortion access in the Midwes…
Moscow, Kyiv exchange accusations after Ukrainian nuclear plant shelled
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine on Friday accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest of its kind in Europe, and laying the ground for a potential disaster. Russia’s defence ministry said it was only by luck t…
After Griner gets jail, Russia ready to discuss swap with U.S
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with the United States in private, a day after a Russian court jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for nine years for a drugs offence. The case against Griner, a tw…
White House says U.S. has nothing to rectify over Taiwan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday that the United States had nothing to rectify regarding U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, following demands from Beijing that Washington fix its “mistakes.” White House national secu…
U.N. report links Malian, ‘white-skinned’ troops to civilian deaths
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Malian government troops and “white-skinned soldiers” detained 33 civilians in central Mali in March who were later found shot dead and their bodies burned, sanctions monitors told the U.N. Security Securit…
Washington DC lightning strike that killed three offers climate warning
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) – Scientists say that climate change is increasing the likelihood of lightning strikes across the United States, after lightning struck at a square near the White House, leaving three people dead and one other in critical con…
Texas governor sends migrants to New York City as immigration standoff accelerates
By Sofia Ahmed and Ted Hesson NEW YORK (Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, said on Friday he has started to send buses carrying migrants to New York City in an effort to push responsibility for border crossers to Democratic mayors and …
Ukraine buries agricultural ‘titan’ killed in missile strike
KYIV (Reuters) – Orthodox chants of mourning resounded in a packed central Kyiv cathedral on Friday as Ukraine buried an agricultural tycoon with his wife after they were killed in a missile strike that hit his home last weekend. Oleksiy Vadaturskyi, c…
Trump-backed candidate Lake wins Republican nod for Arizona governor
(Reuters) – Kari Lake, a former news anchor who has embraced former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud, has been projected to win the Republican nomination for Arizona governor, according to Edison Research. Lake has promised to try t…