WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Detained American basketball player Brittney Griner was found to be in good condition by a U.S. Embassy official in Moscow who was granted access to her on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said. Griner, an Olympic g…
Trump withdraws endorsement of Brooks for Alabama U.S. Senate seat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday withdrew his endorsement of U.S. Senate Republican hopeful Mo Brooks on Wednesday, citing the Alambama candidate’s statement saying it was time to move on from the 2020 election. (Report…
Tennis-‘I am spent’: World number one Barty goes out on top
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Ash Barty sent shockwaves around the tennis world on Wednesday when she abruptly announced her retirement at the peak of her game and just two months after claiming a third Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. Ci…
Taliban orders girls’ high schools to remain closed, leaving students in tears
By Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban on Wednesday backtracked on their announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law for them to reopen. The…
Fed policymakers call for bigger rate hikes to fight inflation
By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Ann Saphir (Reuters) -Federal Reserve officials are helping shape market expectations for sharper interest-rate hikes to curb the surge in inflation, but have not managed to dispel fears the tightening cycle could blow a hole in…
British royals’ Jamaica visit stirs demands for slavery reparations
(Corrects typo in headline) By Kate Chappell and Brian Ellsworth KINGSTON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate arrived in Jamaica on Tuesday as part of a week-long Caribbean tour, hours after activists protested to demand reparations f…
Biden’s Brussels trip to highlight new Russia sanctions, NATO posture plans
By Alexandra Alper and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his European counterparts will announce new sanctions against Russia and new measures to tighten existing sanctions during his trip to Brussels this week, national sec…
Florida Governor declares Weyant winner over transgender athlete
(Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a proclamation on Tuesday acknowledging Emma Weyant as the winner of a women’s college swimming event after her recent loss to a transgender athlete and accused the NCAA of destroying opportunities for w…
A third of U.S. COVID now caused by Omicron BA.2 as overall cases fall
By Michael Erman and Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -About one-in-three COVID-19 cases in the United States are now caused by the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant of the coronavirus, according to government data on Tuesday that also showed overall infections still de…
U.S. Senate to vote this spring on lowering insulin prices – Senator Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he intends to hold votes this spring on a bill that would cap the cost of insulin, a life-sustaining diabetes drug. The legislation would place a $35 monthly cap on what p…