(Reuters) – Russia has ordered its forces in Ukraine to step up operations, its defence ministry said, as rockets and missiles pounded the country in the latest of a series of bombardments that Kyiv says have killed dozens of people in recent days. FIG…
Saudi prince told Biden that U.S. has made mistakes too, Saudi minister says
By Aziz El Yaakoubi JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) -Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Joe Biden that Saudi Arabia had acted to prevent a repeat of mistakes like the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and that the United States had also…
San Francisco International Airport resumes operations following bomb threat
(Reuters) – San Francisco International Airport said it resumed normal operations after evacuating the international terminal late on Friday following a bomb threat. “Police have cleared the Int’l Terminal. SFO resumes normal operations,” the airport s…
Georgia’s second-largest school district allows non-officers to carry guns
(This July 15 story corrects superintendent’s name to Ragsdale from Ragland.) By Randi Love (Reuters) – Georgia’s second-largest school district has approved a policy to allow personnel who are not certified police officers to carry guns, part of its r…
Sri Lanka’s ousted president says he ‘took all possible steps’ to prevent crisis
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s ousted president, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took “all possible steps” to avert the economic crisis that has engul…
Donald Trump’s fundraising juggernaut slows as other Republicans gain
By Jason Lange and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump’s online fundraising has slowed in recent months, a financial disclosure on Friday showed, adding to doubts over the firmness of his grip on the Republican Party. T…
U.S. House passes bill to protect right to travel for abortion
By Rose Horowitch (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation to safeguard the right to travel across state lines to seek an abortion after several states banned the procedure in the wake of last month’s Supreme Court ruli…
Elon Musk seeks to block Twitter request for expedited trial
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Elon Musk filed a motion on Friday opposing Twitter Inc’s request to fast-track a trial over his plan to terminate his $44 billion deal for the social media firm. Musk’s lawyers, in papers filed with the Delaware Chancery Cour…
Drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero arrested in Mexico – sources
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican authorities captured Rafael Caro Quintero, one of the country’s most wanted drug lords accused of orchestrating the 1985 murder of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, two sources told Reuters on Friday. Ca…
U.S. State Department approves potential arms sales worth $1.5bn – Pentagon
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of HIMARS rocket systems to Estonia, missiles to Norway and torpedoes to South Korea in separate deals that could be worth more than $1.5 billion in all, the…