By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal appellate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to become the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, visited the Senate on Wednesday as lawmakers from both parties mulled h…
As Russia steps up assault, the fleeing fear for fathers left behind
By Krisztina Than, Alicja Ptak and Jan Lopatka TISZABECS, Hungary/KORCZOWA, Poland (Reuters) – Thousands of people fleeing fierce fighting in Ukraine streamed across central European border crossings on Wednesday as Russian troops bombarded Ukrainian c…
Anger and disbelief amidst the rubble in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – On a residential street in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, debris was strewn all around, blood stained the ground and the bodies of people carried from destroyed homes lay covered in blankets. Some survivors of the barrage b…
Biden administration prepares COVID roadmap for outbreaks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. health officials on Wednesday laid out a national blueprint to manage COVID-19 going forward, vowing to prepare for any new variant outbreaks without shutting down schools and businesses and calling for additional funding…
Exclusive-Ford set to announce plans to run EV, ICE as separate businesses -sources
By Paul Lienert, Ben Klayman and David Shepardson (Reuters) -Ford Motor Co on Wednesday will announce a reorganization under which its electric vehicle (EV) and internal-combustion engine (ICE) units will be run as separate businesses in a move to fast…
H&M, Oracle and videogame maker EA add to corporate condemnation of Russia
By Tim Hepher and Nick Carey (Reuters) -Netflix, fashion outlet H&M, tech company Oracle and many others cut or paused business in Russia on Wednesday because of the attack on Ukraine, while the United States laid out new sanctions and a Ukrainian offi…
Republican Abbott, Democrat O’Rourke to face off in Texas governor race after primary wins
By Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott won his party’s nomination on Tuesday to seek a third term in office, setting up a November contest with Democratic former Congressman Beto O’Rourke, U.S. media reported. Abbott,…
Sport-Russian and Belarusian athletes banned, tennis players avoid tour exclusion
(Reuters) -World Athletics on Tuesday joined a growing list of sporting bodies to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes, while tennis’s governing bodies barred players from competing under the name or flag of either country following Russia’s invasion of…
Ukrainian cyber resistance group targets Russian power grid, railways
By Joel Schectman, Christopher Bing and James Pearson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Ukrainian cyber guerrilla warfare group plans to launch digital sabotage attacks against critical Russian infrastructure such as railways and the electricity grid, to strike…
Top U.S. Senate Republican signals support for Biden on Ukraine
By David Morgan and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that Republicans largely support President Joe Biden’s actions toward Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, but that lawmakers have hit …