By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. poultry producers are tightening safety measures for their flocks as disease experts warn that wild birds are likely spreading a highly lethal form of avian flu across the country. Indiana on Wednesday reported h…
New York Times defamation case about power, not politics, Palin’s lawyer says
By Jonathan Stempel and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sarah Palin fell victim to the New York Times’ power when it published a 2017 editorial linking her to a mass shooting six years earlier, a lawyer for Palin said on Friday at her defamation trial …
Macron refused Russian COVID test in Putin trip over DNA theft fears -sources
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian COVID-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this week, to prevent Russia getting hold of Macron’s DNA, two sources in M…
Canadian judge grants order to stop protesters blocking U.S. border bridge
By Kayla Tarnowski and Trevor Hunnicutt WINDSOR, Ontario/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A judge on Friday ordered an end to the four-day-long blockade of a Canada-U.S. trade corridor by anti-coronavirus mandate protesters and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promi…
U.S. plans to free half of $7 billion frozen Afghan funds for aid, remainder to stay in U.S
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is seeking to free up half of $7 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets on its soil to help the Afghan people, pending a judicial decision, while holding the rest to satisfy lawsuits aga…
Wall Street drops, European shares see first weekly gain of 2022
By Stephen Culp and Chris Prentice NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wall Street tumbled in choppy trade on Friday, European shares finished lower but still eked out their first weekly gain of the year as traders grappled with decades-high inflation and …
China’s labour policies in Xinjiang are discriminatory, ILO body says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – An International Labour Organization committee has expressed “deep concern” about China’s policies in its far western region of Xinjiang, calling them discriminatory and asking Beijing to bring its employment practices …
U.S. and allies tell citizens to leave Ukraine as Russia could invade ‘at any time’
By Jeff Mason and Tom Balmforth WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States and its allies urged their citizens to leave Ukraine right away to avoid a Russian invasion, including a possible air assault, that Washington said on Friday could occur an…
Blinken says Russian invasion of Ukraine could come at any time
By Humeyra Pamuk and Kirsty Needham MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Russia has sent more forces to its border with Ukraine and could launch an invasion at any time, including during the Beijing Winter Olympics, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Frid…
Exclusive-Olympics-U.S. could prosecute Russians in Valieva doping case -USADA chief
By Iain Axon BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States could prosecute the Russians involved in figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case under the American Rodchenkov Act, the head of the U.S. Anti Doping Agency (USADA), Travis Tygart, told Reuters on Fr…