By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto-Dominion Bank has frozen two personal bank accounts into which C$1.4 million ($1.1 million) had been deposited to support protesters fighting the Canadian government’ pandemic measures, a bank spokesper…
U.S. removing about 150 military trainers from Ukraine
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -About 150 U.S. troops from the Florida National Guard who have been in Ukraine to help train Ukrainian forces are leaving the country as the threat of a Russian invasion increases, the Pentagon said on Saturday. Pent…
French COVID protest convoy defies Paris stay-away order
By Antony Paone and Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – A convoy protesting COVID-19 restrictions breached police defences and drove into central Paris on Saturday, snarling traffic around the Arc de Triomphe and on the Champs Elysees, as police fired tear …
Olympics – Coach defends skater Valieva, CAS to hold Sunday hearing on case
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Karolos Grohmann and Julien Pretot BEIJING (Reuters) – The Russian coach of the 15-year-old figure skater embroiled in an Olympic doping scandal broke her silence to defend Kamila Valieva on Saturday, while the sport’s hig…
Canada police in standoff with protesters blocking bridge to U.S
By Kayla Tarnowski and Carlos Osorio WINDSOR, Ontario (Reuters) – A standoff between Canadian police and protesters blocking a key bridge to the United States continued on Saturday, more than seven hours after authorities moved in seeking to end the bl…
Indian Muslim students say hijab ban forces choice of religion or education
By Sunil Kataria UDIPI, India (Reuters) – Ayesha Imthiaz, a devout Indian Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, says a move by her college to expel hijab-wearing girls is an insult that will force her t…
Olympics-Mitigating factors in six-week delay for Valieva’s test result
(Removes word hold from headline, no change to text) By Julien Pretot and Krystal Hu BEIJING (Reuters) – More than six weeks went by from the time teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s sample was collected and the day she heard at the Beijing …
Biden and Putin to speak; U.S. orders most embassy staff out of Ukraine
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Vladimir Soldatkin WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron told Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Saturday that sincere negotiations were incompatible with an escalation in tensions over Ukraine, France said…
China approves use of Pfizer’s COVID drug Paxlovid
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s medical products regulator said on Saturday it has given conditional approval for Pfizer’s COVID-19 drug Paxlovid, making it the first oral pill specifically developed to treat the disease cleared in the country. The National…
Snoop Dogg spokesperson calls sexual assault allegations ‘meritless’
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -An unidentified woman has filed a civil lawsuit that accuses American rapper Snoop Dogg of sexual assault and battery after she attended one of his concerts in 2013, allegations the musician’s spokesperson called…