HOUSTON (Reuters) – The amount of crude oil in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) dropped by 5 million barrels in the week to May 13, data from the U.S. Department of Energy showed. Stockpiles in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell to 538 mill…
Indigenous Canadians make a painful plea on eve of British royal visit
(Reuters) – As Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla prepare to visit Canada this week, some members of the indigenous community are calling on the British royal family to formally acknowledge the harm colonization did to First Nations people. …
EU ministers fail to persuade Hungary to sign up to Russian oil embargo
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU foreign ministers failed on Monday in their effort to pressure Hungary to lift its veto of a proposed oil embargo on Russia, with Lithuania saying the bloc was being “held hostage by one member state”. The ban on …
Explainer-What is ‘The Great Replacement’ and what are its origins?
(Reuters) – Investigators of a mass shooting on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, are looking into a 180-page manifesto, believed to have been authored by the teenage gunman, that outlined “The Great Replacement” conspiracy theory popular among white nati…
Bezos and White House battle over taxes and inflation
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House and Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos squared off on Monday over the Biden administration’s handling of U.S. inflation and its plans to tax the rich. Starting over the weekend, Bezos has been s…
U.S. eyes baby formula imports amid nationwide shortage
By Susan Heavey and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. health regulators will announce action on baby formula imports as soon as Monday to address a nationwide shortage that has left parents scrambling to feed their babies, the Food and Drug Adminis…
Steelworks defenders appear to signal end of Mariupol siege
By Natalia Zinets KYIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – The Ukrainian unit holed up beneath the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol said on Monday its garrison was fulfilling orders to save the lives of troops, an apparent sign that the longest and bloodiest …
Russia says it will evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers from Azovstal
LONDON (Reuters) -Russia said on Monday that it had agreed to evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the bunkers below the besieged Azovstal steel works in Mariupol to a medical facility in the Russian-controlled town of Novoazovsk. “An agreement has…
Sweden’s plans for NATO membership hit snag as Turkey says no
By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden will formally apply for NATO membership in the next few days, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday, but its accession process, and that of Finland, hit a snag when NATO member…
Democratic frontrunner in Pennsylvania Senate primary to skip rally after stroke
By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, the leading Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in the state, will skip his election night party on Tuesday as he recovers in a hospital from a stroke suf…