WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States slapped sanctions on Friday on two Russian intelligence officers who attempted to interfere in a local American election as part of Moscow’s “global malign influence operations,” the Treasury Department said. The two officers, Yegor Sergeyevich Popov and Aleksei Borisovich Sukhodolov, both members of Russia’s Federal Security Service, have worked…
(Reuters) – The crew of the Ocean Race’s Team JAJO endured several heart-stopping minutes on their approach to the Strait of Gibraltar on Thursday when their boat came under attack from a pod of orcas. Video footage shows the orcas, also known as killer whales, circling the Dutch yacht, before accelerating towards it, ramming into…
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s ombudsman is to investigate the sinking of a dinghy headed to the Canary Islands from Morocco on Wednesday after more than 30 migrants were feared dead. Migration-focused organisations Walking Borders and Alarm Phone criticised Spain and Morocco this week for not intervening earlier to rescue the vessel’s passengers. Spain says all…
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will spend $2.3 billion on food purchases for schools and food banks as the end of pandemic-era aid leads to rising food insecurity, the Department of Agriculture said on Friday. Supplemental food aid for low-income families and schools tied to the COVID-19 pandemic has mostly expired….
(Reuters) -Moderna said on Thursday it has completed a submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking authorization for its updated COVID-19 vaccine to target the XBB.1.5 subvariant. The submission from the company follows the FDA’s advice last week to manufacturers that are updating their COVID-19 vaccines to develop monovalent shots to target XBB.1.5….
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. Medicare health plan on Thursday offered details of plans to collect patient data as a condition for reimbursement for Eisai Co Ltd and Biogen Inc’s new Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, should it win traditional U.S. approval as expected by July 6. Under the plan, Medicare, the government health plan…
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, is traveling to Denmark this weekend to participate in a meeting about Ukraine which may include some countries that have refused to condemn the invasion. The talks in Copenhagen are being organized by Ukraine “to discuss basic principles of peace,” a…
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KHUIRATTA, Pakistan-administered Kashmir (Reuters) – Hameed Iqbal Bhatti had prospered over two decades working in Saudi Arabia, but after returning to Pakistan three years ago, he was getting desperate. The economy had suffered in the pandemic and his restaurant business closed. With work avenues drying up and sky-high inflation blowing a…
By Rollo Ross and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Movie director and submersible maker James Cameron said on Thursday he wishes he had sounded the alarm earlier about the submersible Titan that imploded on an expedition to the Titanic wreckage, saying he had found the hull design risky. All five aboard the vessel were killed. Cameron…
(Reuters) – The five people aboard a submersible visiting the wreck of the Titanic died after a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber, U.S. Coast Guard officials said on Thursday. A “debris field” matching the submersible was discovered by a robotic deep-sea vessel. Here is a timeline of events since the start of the trip,…
