Category: Breaking news

By Vicky Wong,BBC News Reuters Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has hailed the “return” of Crimea to Russia at a concert marking the 10th anniversary of the illegal annexation of the territory from Ukraine. He said Crimea had “returned to its home harbour” and that it would move forwards with Russia “hand in hand”. Mr Putin […]

March 14 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday criticized adoption of a federal policy designed to curb the practice of “judge shopping” used by conservative litigants to steer cases challenging President Joe Biden’s agenda to judges perceived as sympathetic. McConnell in remarks delivered on the Senate floor urged the U.S. Judicial […]

WASHINGTON, March 14 – Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation. Three former officials told Reuters that the […]

FILE – Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Super Tuesday election night party Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Fake images of Trump surrounded by smiling Black voters are circulating online, highlighting the potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence ahead of the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, […]

By Nathan Layne and Gram Slattery WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich./IRMO, SC. (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the New York judge who ruled he must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, telling thousands of supporters at a campaign rally the decision was an “election interference ploy.” […]

By Victoria Butenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Andrew Carey and Christian Edwards Updated 9:22 PM EST, Thu February 9, 2024 Valerii Zaluzhnyi is pictured at a ceremony marking Ukraine’s Independence Day, in Kyiv on August 24, 2023.Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP/Getty Images Kyiv, Ukraine CNN  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the dismissal of Ukraine’s top commander, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, […]

A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump’s drive to return to the White House is putting the Supreme Court uncomfortably at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign. DENVER (AP) — In the summer of 2020, Gerard Magliocca, like many during the coronavirus pandemic, found himself stuck inside with time on his hands. […]

The talks come just days ahead of pivotal elections in Taiwan China has said it will “never compromise” on the issue of Taiwan, in its first military talks with the US since 2021. It urged the US to “stop arming Taiwan” and take its concerns “seriously”. This comes just days ahead of pivotal elections in […]

Lawyers for Donald Trump asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to review a gag order restricting the former president’s speech in the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election. The request on Monday follows a decision by a three-judge panel of the appeals court that upheld but narrowed a gag […]

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it. https://buy.tinypass.com/checkout/offer/show?displayMode=inline&containerSelector=%23artmeterpv&templateId=OTMELQCFVI1I&templateVariantId=OTVNT00Y3CXU1&offerId=OFLKKA5GNS15&formNameByTermId=%7B%7D&hideCompletedFields=true&showCloseButton=false&checkoutFlowId=CFEUS01IURGN&experienceActionId=showOffer99RL6MTA7I13397&experienceId=EXZPARGVCA7M&activeMeters=%5B%7B%22meterName%22%3A%22TH_FIRST_ARTICLE%22%2C%22views%22%3A1%2C%22viewsLeft%22%3A2%2C%22maxViews%22%3A3%2C%22totalViews%22%3A1%7D%5D&widget=offer&iframeId=offer-0-bLYAR&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fpope-francis-approves-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-if-the-rituals-dont-resemble-marriage%2Farticle67651325.ece&parentDualScreenLeft=-7&parentDualScreenTop=-7&parentWidth=1280&parentHeight=675&parentOuterHeight=773&aid=DC3REpZYpu&zone=Web&browserId=lqc4j2hkitzmabvw&pianoIdUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fid.tinypass.com%2Fid%2F&pianoIdStage=&userProvider=piano_id&userToken=&customCookies=%7B%22_pc_thgpremiumexp%22%3A%22false%22%7D&hasLoginRequiredCallback=true&initMode=context&requestUserAuthForLinkedTerm=true&initTime=14995&logType=offerShow&width=692.433349609375&_qh=c806cc916e The document from the Vatican’s doctrine office, released on Monday, elaborates on […]