Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) – Western nations pledge increasingly advanced weapons to bolster Ukraine’s defenses as troops fight a Russian offensive approaching the capture of a key city in the east . Germany said on Wednesday it would supply Ukraine with modern anti-aircraft missiles and radar systems, and the United States would unveil a new weapons …
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A detached house for sale in Encinitas, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Mortgage demand fell to its lowest level since December 2018, even after rates fell slightly last week. Mortgage applications to buy a home fell 1% last week compared to the previous week, according to the seasonally adjusted Mortgage Bankers Association index. The volume …
Three days before Christmas, Elizabeth Widders was stranded in her bathroom upstairs, tying red and green ribbons to the hair of her 4-year-old daughter, Liviah. But while Liviah was in the morning light, her mother noticed that the whites of her eyes had turned yellow. She took Liviah downstairs to ask her husband, Jack, for …
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a press conference during a summit of European Union leaders as EU leaders try to agree on sanctions for Russian oil in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Brussels, Belgium. May 31, 2022. REUTERS / Johanna Geron Register now for FREE and unlimited access to Reuters.com Sign up …
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Airlines had said they were prepared to avoid the service problems that plagued much of the industry last year. But between Friday and Monday, U.S. airlines canceled 2,653 flights, or nearly 3 percent of their collective schedules, according to FlightAware. That’s more than they had canceled for the same holiday weekend of the previous three …
No other monarch in British history has achieved 70 years of service. The queen, then 25, ascended the throne on February 6, 1952 on the death of her father, King George VI. In 2015, she became the longest-serving British monarch, surpassing the time spent on the throne by her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, who ruled for …
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According to a new study, patients with COVID-19 from racial and ethnic minority groups were delayed in receiving therapies due to an inaccurate reading of oxygen saturation levels. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Tuesday, found that “overestimation of arterial oxygen saturation levels by pulse oximetry” in patients with COVID-19 from racial and …
Shanghai celebrated a long-awaited outbreak of life on Wednesday as the government lifted the blockade across the city. But the reopening process is likely to be slow and painful, as financial center residents are struggling with the trauma of the past two months. For Henry Shi, a 30-year-old photographer who left his community on Tuesday …
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Neighbors celebrate, go shopping, go back to work Car, train and bus traffic is resumed in Shanghai Some residents are wary that COVID sidewalks may return The municipal government issues a letter of thanks, some apologize SHANGHAI, June 1 (Reuters) – Shanghai came back to life on Wednesday after two months of bitter isolation under …
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The 25-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, suffered stab wounds and other injuries Monday after approaching a bison near a Black Sand Basin boardwalk, the park officials in a press release. “As a result, the bison horned the woman and threw her 10 feet into the air,” the press release said. The park’s …