Nigerian kidnappers demand $620,000 for release of school hostages (www.reuters.com)
Congress is getting less productive (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Congress is navigating yet another government funding deadline — the eighth in less than six months — and are at an impasse over sending aid to key allies in Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel. Divisions among Republicans in the House and Senate killed a major bipartisan border policy bill. Reforms to bedrock programs like...
Pressure rises on Biden, Democrats to reject AIPAC funds (www.reuters.com)
NEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters) - A coalition of progressive groups is asking U.S. President Joe Biden and other Democratic Party officials to not accept endorsements or contributions from a pro-Israel group and its affiliated super PACs.
Netanyahu says Israel will push on with Gaza offensive, including in Rafah (www.reuters.com)
Israel will push on with its offensive against Hamas, including into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, despite growing international pressure to stop, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday....
French lawmakers vote on Ukraine support in 'risky' Macron bet (www.reuters.com)
The far-right National Rally (RN) have said they would abstain in Tuesday’s vote and the hard left France Unbowed (LFI) is also opposed to the security pact....
Haitian PM tenders resignation after Jamaica talks (www.reuters.com)
At least 50 hurt as LATAM's Boeing 787 to Auckland "just dropped" mid-flight (www.reuters.com)
At least 50 people were hurt when a Boeing 787 operated by LATAM Airlines dropped abruptly mid-flight from Sydney to Auckland on Monday, according to the airline and a New Zealand health service organisation that treated the injured....
At least 50 hurt as LATAM's Boeing 787 to Auckland 'just dropped' mid-flight (www.reuters.com)
India says it uncovers trafficking racket duping people into fighting for Russia in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
EU members endorse diluted draft rules on rights for gig workers (www.reuters.com)
The draft rules ban the use of automated monitoring or decision-making systems for the processing of certain types of personal data of persons performing platform work, such as biometric data or their emotional or psychological state.
Biden struggles to engage Black voters in Georgia after winning there in 2020 (www.reuters.com)
Much has changed since Wanda Mosley helped galvanize thousands of Black voters across the battleground state of Georgia to help clinch the 2020 general election for U.S. President Joe Biden....
Gunmen kidnap 227 pupils from school in Nigeria (www.reuters.com)
US judge in Texas rules minority business agency must serve all races (www.reuters.com)
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the U.S. Minority Business Development Agency, founded during the Nixon administration, must avail itself to disadvantaged entrepreneurs of all races and ethnicities, including whites....
Jury finds armorer guilty in fatal 'Rust' shooting (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump posts $91.6 million bond for E. Jean Carroll's defamation verdict (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump on Friday posted a $91.6 million bond to cover the defamation verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll, and began his appeal of the case that arose from his branding her a liar after she accused him of raping her decades ago....
Trump tightens grip on US Republican Party as daughter-in-law takes key post (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump cemented his grip on the Republican National Committee on Friday after his daughter-in-law and another ally assumed top leadership posts amid a debate among members over whether the organization should help pay his legal bills....
US aid policy on Gaza 'absurd' given military support for Israel, UN expert says (www.reuters.com)
A U.N. expert on Friday criticised U.S. efforts to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, such as plans for a temporary port and recent air drops, which he said were “absurd” and “cynical” methods so long as military aid to Israel continues....
US embassy warns of imminent attack in Moscow by 'extremists' (www.reuters.com)
MOSCOW, March 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Russia warned that “extremists” had imminent plans for an attack in Moscow, hours after Russian security services said they had foiled a planned shooting at a synagogue by a cell from the Afghan arm of Islamic State
'I forced her to go to school', Nigerian mother cries after mass school abduction (www.reuters.com)
After speech, Biden launches major tour plus $30 million ad buy (www.reuters.com)
Safety at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant worsening, Ukraine says (www.reuters.com)
Safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine is worsening daily, Ukraine’s energy minister said on Friday, pledging to keep pressuring Russia at the U.N. nuclear watchdog to withdraw from the site....
US Supreme Court sets April 25 Trump criminal immunity argument (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court has set April 25 as the date it will hear Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution on charges related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss - the last day of oral arguments of its current term....