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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is planning to re-up discussions with abortion pill manufacturers and U.S. pharmacy chains on ways to push back against efforts to ban mifepristone, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, as it appeals a Texas court ruling suspending the approval of the drug. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, on Friday suspended approval of mifepristone, which will essentially make […]

By Frank Pingue AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Sahith Theegala may not have garnered much attention when he arrived at Augusta National this week but the Masters debutant left a lasting impression, most especially when he evoked one of the greatest shots in the tournament’s rich history. The highlight of the day for Theegala came when he evoked memories of Tiger Woods’ 2005 chip at the par-three 16th hole that remains […]

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Highly classified military and intelligence documents that appeared online, with details ranging from Ukraine’s air defenses to Israel’s Mossad spy agency, have U.S. officials scrambling to identify the leak’s source, with some Western security experts and U.S. officials saying they suspected it could be someone from the United States. Officials say the breadth of topics addressed in the documents, which touch on the war […]

(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced Russian air strikes coinciding with the observance of Orthodox Palm Sunday, including an attack that killed a father and daughter at home in the city of Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine’s military reported Russian attacks and shelling throughout the front, with the heaviest fighting still focused on two cities in eastern Donetsk region — Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Russian forces have been besieging Bakhmut for months in the […]

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis appeared to ask Russians to seek the truth about their country’s invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message to the world on Sunday and appealed for dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians following recent violence. Francis, 86, presided at a solemn Easter day Mass in a sunny St. Peter’s Square after unseasonal cold forced him to skip an outdoor service on Friday – […]

By Gabriella Borter and Njuwa Maina (Reuters) – Two Tennessee Democrats who were expelled from the Republican-dominated state House of Representatives last week over their participation in a gun control protest said on Sunday that they hoped to soon reclaim their seats. Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, who joined hundreds of protesters at the state capitol in Nashville to demand stricter gun laws four days after a mass shooting […]

By Steve Keating AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) -Jon Rahm, channelling Spanish great Seve Ballesteros on his late hero’s birthday, moved two shots clear at the top of Masters leaderboard with nine to play on Sunday as LIV Golf standard bearer Brooks Koepka’s Green Jacket hopes frayed. While Koepka’s round was unravelling at Augusta National, evergreen Phil Mickelson was turning back the clock. The 52-year-old three-time Masters champion carded a sensational seven-under […]

By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) -The bankruptcy filing by Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc has dealt a blow to Japan’s hopes of building a domestic space industry, with plans for a Kyushu-based spaceport designed to attract tourism on hold for lack of funding. Oita prefecture, home to Japan’s largest number of hot springs, partnered with Virgin Orbit in 2020 to create its first Asian spaceport at Oita Airport using […]

PARIS (Reuters) -Eight people are not responding to calls and are thought to be under the rubble of two buildings that collapsed in an explosion early on Sunday in the southern French city of Marseille, local officials said. The cause of the explosion was not yet known, Marseille prosecutor Dominique Laurens said. The collapse caused a fire that has complicated rescue efforts and investigations, and it has not been brought […]