by Reuters | Jun 24, 2022 | Asia, Environment, Politics, Top News
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan lacks the medical supplies to treat those injured in an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people this week, a senior official said, as an aftershock on Friday killed five more. Authorities earlier ended a...
by Reuters | Jun 22, 2022 | Business, Environment, Politics, US
By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has publicly criticized oil and gas executives for banking big profits from high gasoline prices but he has rarely spoken directly to the heads of energy companies or their...
by Reuters | Jun 20, 2022 | Africa, Environment, Health, Politics, Top News
By Katharine Houreld DOLLOW, Somalia (Reuters) -Each morning in this Somali border town, 11-year-old Bashir Nur Salat plots his day’s mission behind a crooked wire fence. Armed with only a friend’s yellow school shirt, a borrowed book and toothy grin, he...
by Reuters | Jun 15, 2022 | Entertainment and Lifestyle, Environment, Oddly Enough, Science, Top News
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Happy the elephant will stay at the Bronx Zoo after New York state’s highest court on Tuesday ruled against an animal rights group that said she deserved some of the same rights as humans and should be freed. In a 5-2 decision,...
by Reuters | Jun 9, 2022 | Business, Environment, Europe, Politics, Top News, US
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – U.S. renewable energy developers have delayed or scrapped several big battery projects meant to store electrical power on the grid in recent months, scuttling plans to replace fossil fuels with wind and solar energy. At least a dozen...
by Reuters | Jun 8, 2022 | Asia, Business, Economy, Environment, Europe, Politics, US
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told senators on Tuesday that she expected inflation to remain high and the Biden administration would likely increase the 4.7% inflation forecast for this year in its budget...