By Anne Kauranen and Johan Ahlander HELSINKI/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden have been considering applying for membership of the NATO military alliance, which would mark a major policy shift for the Nordic …
Ukraine’s ‘finest hour’: UK’s Johnson invokes Churchill as he predicts Russia will lose
By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukraine on Tuesday he believed it would defeat Russia and expose the “gigantic error” of the Kremlin’s invasion as he invoked Britain’s wartime leader Wi…
Sinn Fein eyes milestone election victory in push for Irish unity
By Amanda Ferguson and Clodagh Kilcoyne BELFAST (Reuters) – Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the IRA, is on course to become the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s government after Thursday’s election, a milestone in its quest for a united Irel…
Russia says Israel supports neo-Nazis in row over Ukraine
(Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry accused Israel on Tuesday of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine, escalating a row that began when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Israel said on Monday Lavrov’s comment w…
Wall Street ends higher after choppy session ahead of Fed
By Devik Jain and Echo Wang (Reuters) – Wall Street stocks ended higher on Tuesday after a choppy session in which each of the major indexes fluctuated between gains and losses as a key meeting of the Federal Reserve got under way. Investors picked up …
Some in Shanghai come out for air as Beijing resumes mass COVID tests
By Brenda Goh and Hallie Gu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Some of Shanghai’s 25 million people came out for brief walks and grocery shopping on Tuesday after enduring more than a month under a COVID lockdown, while China’s capital Beijing embarked on an…
Leaked draft abortion ruling a major blow to Supreme Court, experts say
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The leak of a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the constitutional right to abortion is an major breach of confidentiality that has heightened the stakes in an already politically-charged case, experts say…
Biden calls draft abortion ruling ‘radical’ as Supreme Court probes leak
By Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday criticized as “radical” a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwid…
Factbox-Restrictions vs protections: How U.S. states are taking sides on abortion
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – If the U.S. Supreme Court votes to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, conservative states will have more confidence that their new limits on abortion will stand while liberal states wil…
Taiwan flags risk of Stinger missile delays, says pressing U.S
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Defence Ministry on Tuesday said deliveries of shoulder-fired Stinger anti-aircraft missiles could be delayed, saying they were pressing the United States to deliver on schedule as the war in Ukraine pressures supplies. The …