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Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have tried to set up phone calls with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Gen. Valery Gerasimov but the Russians “have so far declined to engage,” said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby in a statement […]
U.S. stocks fell and oil prices jumped, as concerns about rising energy prices, supply shortages and inflation rattled investors once again. The S&P 500 ticked down 0.5% in morning trading Wednesday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4%. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index lost 1%. Major U.S. stock indexes jumped Tuesday, as investors shrugged […]
Russian troop numbers dipped for the first time below 90 per cent of the 150,000 it had amassed on the border of Ukraine before the invasion, a senior US defence official said on Tuesday. Russian forces are struggling with communication, logistics and fuel, the official said, while some troops have been evacuated after suffering from […]
People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Weekly jobless claims fall 18,000 to 215,000 Layoffs drop 20% in February; hiring surges
On some days Marilyn Datillo, a vaccine nurse, used to see 900 people enter Mercy Covid Vaccine Clinic in Kirkwood, a St Louis suburb. Now, she said sometimes less than 20 people visit the clinic in one day – even though only 55% of Missouri residents are fully vaccinated and just 22% are boosted. When […]
Matthew Lussenhop, acting assistant secretary for the bureau of educational and cultural affairs at the State Department, said on a press call that the pandemic affected international education and student mobility around the world, and the United States is no exception. “But throughout the pandemic, the United States remained open and welcoming to international students,” […]
A pump jack operates in front of a drilling rig at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford Benchmarks close at highest since Oct. 26 on Tuesday API data shows U.S. crude stocks fall by 2.5 mln bbls last week Investors anticipate U . . .
Passenger vehicle sales fell the world over in the month of October as the crippling shortage in semiconductor chip rages on. Most prominent car makers confirmed a challenging passage of play and blamed shortage of crucial components as the main driving force pushing sales down even if demand in many markets remains rather robust. While […]
Sean Hannity laid bare the full extent of how life in the United States has deteriorated under President Joe Biden in his opening monologue Wednesday night. The “Hannity” host said the U.S. is in a “precipitous…dangerous state of decline,” and that no solution will come “with Joe Biden and the radical [Green New] Deal socialists […]
A member of the medical staff puts on an extra pair of gloves in the COVID-19 ICU unit of the Marius Nasta National Pneumology Institute in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. Daily new coronavirus infections in Romania, a country of 19 million, have grown exponentially over the last month, while vaccine uptake has declined […]