S.Korea, US, Japan hold drills as N.Korea slams US ‘nuclear blackmail’
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea, the United States and Japan staged joint naval missile defence exercises on…
Politics
US Senator Fetterman returns to Senate after depression treatment
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator John Fetterman returned to work on Monday after weeks of treatment…
Dozens of states criticize Russia for media ‘crackdown’ after reporter arrest
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States and more than 40 other countries said in a joint statement on Monday that…
Kremlin critic jailed in treason case for 25 years in harshest verdict of Putin era
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for 25 years by a Moscow court on Monday,…
California city can’t enforce natural gas ban, appeals court says
By Clark Mindock NEW YORK (Reuters) -Berkeley, California, cannot ban natural gas hookups in new buildings because a U.S. federal…
Analysis-Republican states could be hit hardest by McCarthy’s proposed spending cuts
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The spending-cut proposals unveiled by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday…
Republican US congressman asks judge to let probe into Trump case proceed
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Republican U.S. congressman Jim Jordan on Monday asked a judge to let a House…
Brazil’s govt working on extra revenue measures for second half -official
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government is working on additional revenue measures to be announced in the second half of this…
Exclusive-G7 coalition to keep Russian oil price cap at $60 per barrel -source
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Group of Seven (G7) coalition will keep a $60 per barrel price cap on…
US homebuilder sentiment improves further; NY state manufacturing rebounds
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Confidence among U.S. single-family homebuilders improved for a fourth straight month in April as…