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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is on course to pass legislation that would aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy despite opposition from Republican leaders who warn the bill will undermine negotiations designed to achieve a comparable but stronger result. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., seeks to cement U.S. assistance for Ukraine by providing more than $1 billion in security and reconstruction aid. It […]

June 4 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pledged on Thursday that Ukraine would keep to a clear timetable in talks on joining the European Union and in sticking to its obligations with the 27-nation bloc. Zelenskiy was speaking a day after the EU’s rotating presidency under Cyprus said it had started preparing to open negotiations on the first group of negotiating chapters with Ukraine and neighbouring Moldova. The first chapter […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on Thursday about the Ukraine war, compromises on peace agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump and whether or not he would stay in power until 2036.  Putin spoke to senior editors of news agencies including Reuters at a meeting in the Russian city of St Petersburg.  Following are his quotes as translated by Reuters. WHEN ASKED ABOUT UKRAINE, […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sidestepped a question on whether or not he would stay in power until 2036, saying that it was too early to talk about the issue and that in any case only God knew if he would be healthy enough.  Asked by Reuters at a meeting in St. Petersburg with senior editors of news agencies if he would […]

By Siddhi Mahatole and Sriparna Roy June 4 (Reuters) – Otsuka Pharmaceutical said on Thursday its drug in a late-stage study preserved kidney function over 12 months in patients with a type of autoimmune disease that affects the organ. Branded as Voyxact, the drug was approved in November to reduce proteinuria in patients with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy, which causes inflammation in kidneys and can eventually lead to the organ’s […]

By Jonathan Stempel June 4 (Reuters) – The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United States, settling a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered in May 2024, after concluding that oil and gas development in the Permian Basin had made the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge was out of the lineup Thursday for a third straight game and the New York Yankees were awaiting clarity about a bone bruise in one of the slugger’s right ribs that is causing right shoulder pain. “I absolutely expect something in the next couple of hours,” manager Aaron Boone said before the Yankees concluded a three-game series with the Cleveland Guardians. “He went for […]

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s President Nicusor Dan nominated one of his advisors to be prime minister on Thursday as he seeks to end a political crisis after the previous coalition collapsed last month. Dan nominated 44-year-old Eugen Tomac, who is also a member of the European Parliament, to try to form a government after weeks of deliberations and political deadlock in the European Union-member country. The nomination will need […]

LONDON (AP) — Prince William and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have paid tribute to former MI6 spy chief Alex Younger after his death at the age of 62. Younger led the U.K.’s foreign espionage agency, also known as the Secret Intelligence Service, from 2014 to 2020, and was one of the first holders of the post – code-named C – to be publicly named. The government said he had […]