SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he had conceded defeat in a national election on Saturday, saying that while vote counting was incomplete the opposition Labor party looked likely to form a government. “Tonight I have sp…
Russia says 963 Americans are banned from entering, adds 26 new Canadians
LONDON (Reuters) -Russia said on Saturday it had so far banned 963 Americans from entering the country – including previously announced moves against President Joe Biden and other top officials – and would continue to retaliate against what it called h…
Russia intensifies push for Donbas, halts gas to Finland
By Pavel Polityuk, Tom Balmforth and Terje Solsvik KYIV/OSLO (Reuters) -Russia intensified an offensive in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine on Saturday and stopped providing gas to Finland, escalating Moscow’s dispute with the West over energy paym…
Biden says first shipments of baby formula flying in from Europe this weekend
(Reuters) – The first shipments of infant formula from Europe to address a critical shortage in the United States should begin arriving this weekend, President Joe Biden said on Friday amid criticism of his administration’s handling of the issue. Biden…
Biden, South Korea’s Yoon vow to deter North Korea but offer COVID aid
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart agreed on Saturday to hold bigger military drills and deploy more U.S. weapons if necessary to deter North Korea, while offering to send COVID…
Australia ousts conservatives after nine years, Albanese to be PM
By Byron Kaye and Lincoln Feast SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Labor Party was set to end almost a decade of conservative rule as the government was swept away in Saturday’s election by a wave of support for candidates who campaigned for more action on …
Boeing’s Starliner capsule docks with space station in uncrewed flight test
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Boeing’s new Starliner crew capsule docked for the first time with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, completing a major objective in a high stakes do-over test flight int…
Global stocks rebound despite unease over economy; dollar gains
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets rebounded after the S&P 500 pared losses that briefly took it into bear market territory, and the dollar gained on Friday, as investor unease about Federal Reserve policy tightening to curb inf…
COVID restrictions for migrants at U.S. border cannot end yet, judge rules
By Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) -U.S. authorities were blocked by a federal judge on Friday from lifting COVID-19 restrictions that empower agents at the U.S.-Mexico border to turn back migrants without giving them a chance to seek asylu…
Tennis-Wimbledon stripped of ranking points by ATP, WTA over Russia, Belarus ban
(Reuters) -Wimbledon had its ranking points stripped by the ATP and WTA Tours on Friday over its decision to exclude players from Russia and Belarus at this year’s Championships due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Tennis’ governing bodies have banned …