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Zelenskiy tells U.S. House speaker: quick passage of military aid is vital
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during a phone call on Thursday that it was vital that Congress passes a new military aid package for Kyiv rapidly. Republican Speaker Mike Johnson ...
US Senator Warren renews call for gun sale code regulation
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic lawmakers renewed calls for financial regulators to direct the use of a payment code for firearms retailers, citing conflicting new state laws on the matter, a March 27 ...
US House to deliver Mayorkas impeachment to Senate April 10
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will deliver two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10, House Speaker Mike Johnson told Senate Majority Leader Chuck ...
Baltimore radio dispatch to stop bridge traffic may have saved lives
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Less than a minute before Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed from the impact of a colliding cargo ship, a first responder on emergency radio answered the crew's mayday call by sending officers to halt traffic ...
Pope, looking well, visits female prison for foot-washing ritual
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis looked well as he washed and kissed the feet of 12 women prisoners on Thursday at a traditional ritual on the first of four event-filled days leading to Easter for the 87-year-old pontiff. Francis ...
Two children among Russians questioned over 'terrorism' posts
By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) - Two children are among at least six people who have been detained or questioned in Russia over online comments viewed as "justifying terrorism" since last week's deadly attack on a concert hall, according ...
Netanyahu asks Israeli court to defer deadline on conscription controversy
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Israel's top court on Thursday to defer a deadline for the government to come up with a new military conscription plan that would address mainstream anger at the exemptions granted to ...
World court orders Israel to take action to address Gaza famine
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges at the International Court of Justice on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel to take all the necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies arrive without delay to the ...
Factbox-What do we know about the suspects in the Russian concert shooting?
By Filipp Lebedev (Reuters) - Russia's Investigative Committee says it has evidence that the Tajik gunmen accused of killing at least 143 people at a concert hall near Moscow last week were linked to Ukrainian nationalists. Ukraine denies ...
Dengue cases surge in the Americas in potentially worst-ever outbreak -PAHO
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Dengue cases in the Americas spiked in the first three months of this year, or by three times the number of infections reported in the same period last year, the Pan American Health Organization said on Thursday. Brazil, ...