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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Florida said on Monday a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation is unlawful, overturning a Biden administration effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Last week, U.S. health officials e…

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it had dropped its “Do Not Travel” COVID-19 recommendations for about 90 international destinations. Last week, the CDC said it was revising its tra…

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s embattled president announced 17 new ministerial appointments on Monday, notably leaving out members of his own family, and expressed regret for his government’s handling of a deva…

By Maria Starkova and Pavel Polityuk LVIV/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Monday that Russia had started an anticipated new offensive in the east while a Russian missile attack killed seven people in Lviv, the first civilian victims in the western city…

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After a pandemic hiatus, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris launched the first White House Easter Egg Roll in two years on Monday, resuming an annual tradition for childre…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The port city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine was still contested as Russian appeared to have sent reinforcements into Ukraine in recent days, a senior U.S. defense official said on Monday. “Our assessment is Mariupol is still con…

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it agreed to pay $99 million to settle claims by West Virginia that it helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis in the state, removing the company from an ongoing trial that began earlier th…

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for unity among her people, according to a source familiar with her legal proceedings, in rare remarks since her overthrow in a military coup last year. Suu Kyi, the daughter of Myanmar’s …

(Reuters) – Ukraine said Russia started an anticipated new offensive in the east while a Russian missile attack killed seven people in Lviv, the first civilian victims in the western city about 60 km (40 miles) from Poland. FIGHTING* Ukraine says the “…

MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s regional leader accused the Spanish government on Monday of spying on its citizens after a rights group said his phone and dozens more belonging to Catalan pro-independence figures had been infected with spyware used by s…