By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a controversial Vatican power broker for more than a quarter of a century who was accused of covering up one of the Catholic Church’s most notorious sex abusers, has died at the age of…
‘Message to the world’ – Lithuanians fundraise to buy drone for Ukraine
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Hundreds of Lithuanians clubbed together to buy an advanced military drone for Ukraine in its war against Russia, in a show of solidarity with a fellow country formerly under Moscow’s rule. The target of five million…
Trump to call for security overhaul in U.S. schools, change in approach to mental health issues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump on Friday will call for a “drastic” change to the United States’ approach to mental health issues and a security overhaul at schools following this week’s shooting at a Texas school by a gunman who k…
Forest Service says it started all of New Mexico’s largest wildfire
By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) – Two blazes that grew into New Mexico’s largest ever wildfire were both started by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the agency said on Friday, prompting the state’s governor to demand the federal government take full …
Bubs Australia plans to ship at least 1.25 million baby formula cans to U.S., says FDA
(Reuters) – Bubs Australia Ltd plans to ship at least 1.25 million cans of its baby formula to the United States to help ease a nationwide shortage, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday. Some of the baby formula is currently in st…
Wall Street rallies to end longest weekly losing streak in decades
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street closed sharply higher on Friday as signs of peaking inflation and consumer resiliency sent investors into the long holiday weekend with growing optimism that the Federal Reserve will be able to tighten m…
U.S. retailers’ ballooning inventories set stage for deep discounts
By Siddharth Cavale and Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) -Major U.S. retailers that recently scrambled to restock shelves amid product shortages disclosed this week that their stores are now packed with too much merchandise, and some are even doing …
Moderate Democratic congressman Schrader loses to left-wing challenger in Oregon primary
By Moira Warburton (Reuters) – Moderate U.S. congressman Kurt Schrader of Oregon, who at times angered fellow Democrats by opposing pieces of President Joe Biden’s agenda, has been defeated by left-wing primary challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner. The Asso…
UK PM Johnson faces new call to resign over ‘partygate’
LONDON (Reuters) -A Conservative lawmaker submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson on Friday and another quit a role as an assistant to Britain’s interior minister, putting new pressure on the prime minister over illegal parties at his Down…
Trump loses bid to thwart New York AG’s probe of his businesses
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday lost a bid to stop New York state Attorney General Letitia James’ probe of his business practices, allowing the three-year investigation to move forward. Trump, a Republican, last year s…