By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – What is the status of COVID-19 now that President Joe Biden has told the CBS 60 Minutes news program the pandemic is over in the United States? HAS THE U.S. FORMALLY DECLARED THE END OF THE PANDEMIC? No. The U…
U.S. adds Iran cargo planes flying to Russia to export violation list
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday said it will add three Iranian cargo planes serving Russia to a list of aircraft believed to violate U.S. export controls under the Biden administration’s sanctions. Using…
U.S. to seek death penalty against accused New York bike path killer
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government said it plans to seek the death penalty for the man charged with using a truck to kill eight people on a Manhattan bike path on Halloween in 2017. In a letter filed late Friday in Manhattan f…
Taliban release U.S. engineer Frerichs as Biden approves swap for drug smuggler
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Humeyra Pamuk KABUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban on Monday freed American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Taliban-linked Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai, after President Joe Biden granted cleme…
Cracked iPhone back glass? Some new models much easier to fix, firm finds
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s new iPhone 14 base model looks similar to its predecessor but is redesigned on the inside, making it much easier to repair cracks in the back glass, repair firm iFixit said in blog post Monday. Glass backs retu…
Farewell to the queen: emotional crowds line streets of London and Windsor
By Andrew MacAskill and Humza Jilani LONDON/WINDSOR (Reuters) -Vast crowds gathered in London and Windsor for Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-world-prepare-say-last-farewell-queen-elizabeth-2022-09-18 watched th…
U.S. states ask appeals court to reinstate Facebook lawsuit
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A big group of U.S. states, led by New York, argued to an appeals court Monday that it should reinstate an antitrust lawsuit against Meta’s Facebook because of ongoing harm from the company’s actions and because th…
Poet Amanda Gorman, K-pop’s Blackpink push global goals at U.N.
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – South Korean pop band Blackpink and American poet Amanda Gorman took to the United Nations stage on Monday to urge action on climate change and other global goals that include achieving gender equality and…
U.S. demands accountability in death of Iranian woman after hijab arrest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States wants accountability for the death of an Iranian woman after she was arrested in Tehran last week for wearing an ‘improper’ hijab, a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said on Monday. “Ma…
Top manager Vanguard bullish on U.S. Treasuries as Fed’s hikes near peak
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – Vanguard, the world’s second-largest asset manager, believes U.S. Treasuries are near the end of a painful decline even as prices tumble to fresh multi-year lows, a senior portfolio manager at the firm told Reut…