By Humeyra Pamuk, John Irish and Johan Ahlander BERLIN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -NATO and the United States said on Sunday they were confident Turkey would not hold up membership of Finland and Sweden in the Western military alliance, as the two Nordic stat…
Harris says U.S. ‘seeing an epidemic of hate’ after mass shooting in Buffalo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said the United States was seeing “an epidemic of hate” after an 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death on Saturday at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of upstate New York. “Law …
Burning munitions cascade down on Ukrainian steel plant – video
LONDON (Reuters) – White brightly burning munitions were shown cascading down on the Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in what a British military expert said looked like either an attack with phosphorus or incendiary weapons. …
NY suspect in racist shooting was detained for mental health check last year
By Jenna Zucker and Gabriella Borter BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) – A white teenager who fatally shot 10 people in a racist attack at a New York grocery store in a Black neighborhood had been taken into custody and given a mental health evaluation a year ag…
Detroit Three automakers reinstate mask mandate at some Michigan facilities
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and Chrysler parent Stellantis NV said on Sunday they are reinstating a requirement that employees wear masks in southeastern Michigan where there are high levels of COVID-19. The Detroit…
NATO deputy chief ‘confident’ of finding consensus on Finland, Sweden membership
By Sabine Siebold and John Irish BERLIN (Reuters) – NATO is confident that it can overcome objections by Turkey and quickly admit Finland and Sweden, its deputy chief said on Sunday, as the alliance prepares for a historic enlargement in the Nordic reg…
U.S.’ Blinken says talked to Turkish FM, confident consensus on Sweden, Finland
(Refiles to remove extra word in last line) BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had spoken to his Turkish counterpart on Ankara’s concerns regarding Sweden and Finland’s entry into NATO and that after Sunday’s meeting of f…
Germany’s conservatives on track to win key state vote
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s conservative CDU party was on track to win a regional election in North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday, but the Green party could emerge as “kingmaker” in a potential coalition with Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Soc…
Ireland calls on UK to cool Brexit tensions over Northern Ireland
LONDON (Reuters) – Ireland’s foreign minister Simon Coveney urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday not to introduce new post-Brexit trade laws in the coming the days that he said could undermine the peace process in Northern Ireland. Top …
Pope declares 10 new saints, including Dutch priest killed by Nazis
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday declared 10 people saints of the Roman Catholic Church, including an anti-Nazi Dutch priest murdered in the Dachau concentration camp and a French hermit monk assassinated in Algeria. T…