WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration said Wednesday it plans to announce by June 30 how it intends to allocate more than $42 billion in broadband infrastructure grants to states and territories. The distribution formula from the Commerce Dep…
Russia coming under heavy pressure in Ukraine, says NATO chief
ROME (Reuters) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that Russia was coming under heavy pressure in Ukraine after Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered his troops to withdraw from the southern city of Kherson. “What is cle…
Ukraine says Russians will take at least a week to leave Kherson city
By Tom Balmforth, Max Hunder and Jonathan Landay KYIV/FRONTLINE NORTH OF KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian troops pushed towards the southern strategic river port of Kherson after Moscow ordered one of the war’s biggest retreats, although officials…
Factbox-Republicans pick up U.S. House seats from Democrats, lose a Senate seat, Edison Research projects
(Reuters) – Republicans have picked up a net twelve seats in the U.S. House of Representatives that had previously been held by Democrats with 34 of 435 races not yet called, Edison Research projected on Tuesday. For House races, Edison Research is tra…
Brazil’s Lula at COP27 will offer to host future climate summit -sources
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will offer to host a future global climate change summit when he attends the COP27 United Nations climate conference in Egypt next week, sources told Reuters…
Suspect indicted on federal charges in attack on Pelosi’s husband
(Reuters) – A man accused of attacking U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer at the couple’s San Francisco home was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday on attempted kidnapping and assault charges. (Reporting by Chris Gallagh…
Biden: Tuesday was a ‘good day’ for democracy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, buoyed by midterm elections in which his fellow Democrats fared better than expected, said on Wednesday that Election Day on Tuesday was good for democracy but the results showed that Americans remained f…
Brazilian singer Gal Costa, icon of Tropicalia movement, dies at 77
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian singer Gal Costa, one of the most distinctive voices from the country’s Tropicalia movement, has died at the age of 77. “It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that we communicate the death of singer Gal Costa,” said h…
High-level U.S. delegation visits Havana amid migration crisis
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – A U.S. government delegation met Cuban officials in Havana on Wednesday to discuss Washington’s concerns about irregular migration from the island, marking the highest-level known U.S. visit since the historic rappro…
Biden says Musk relationships with other countries ‘worthy of being looked at’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he thinks Twitter boss Elon Musk’s relationships with other countries is worthy of being looked at. Biden was asked at a news conference whether he thought Musk was a threat to national s…