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LONDON (Reuters) – Moscow said on Monday that the United States and Britain were helping Ukraine prepare fake claims about the alleged persecution of civilians in Ukraine to feed to international media in an attempt to smear Russia. Since Russian troop…

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday postponed a June trial date for two men accused of assaulting police during last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol after an attorney for one of the defendants expressed optimism a plea …

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stock markets fell on Monday, pulled lower by technology shares in Europe and on Wall Street, as U.S. Treasury yields jumped ahead of inflation data that could prompt the Federal Reserve to tighten policy eno…

(Reuters) -Authorities in four Russian regions bordering Ukraine and in Russian-controlled Crimea announced they were stepping up security measures on Monday over what they said were “possible provocations” from the Ukrainian side. Moscow, which sent t…

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican is studying the possibility of extending Pope Francis’ trip to Lebanon in June so he can fly to Jerusalem to meet there Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who has backed Russia’s war in Ukraine, tw…

By Elizabeth Piper KYIV (Reuters) – It’s the five years spent serving in the Ukrainian army that drives Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk’s passion to secure the release of every single prisoner of war being held in Russia. Now in charge of negoti…

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. officials now say that people 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster shot to fortify their immune defenses against COVID-19. But for individuals in that group, the decision is complicated. Here are …

By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Monday it is tracking a few dozen cases of two new sub-variants of the highly transmissible Omicron strain of the coronavirus to assess whether they are more infectious or dangerous. I…

(Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes opened lower on Monday, dragged down by high-growth stocks as Treasury yields surged, ahead of Tuesday’s inflation data that could back a more hawkish stance from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell…

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hungary and Austria questioned an EU decision to blacklist two Russian oligarchs but eventually accepted the move after pressure from other governments, European Union diplomats and officials said. The EU ado…