Grassroots labor group takes on Amazon in NYC union fight
NEW YORK — An independent group formed by former and current Amazon workers is trying to organize a company warehouse in New York City, a David and Goliath scenario that … Read More
Biden planning to tap oil reserve to control gas prices
President Joe Biden is preparing to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve in a bid to control … Read More
End of COVID may bring major turbulence for US health care
WASHINGTON — When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible and up-to-date technologically through … Read More
No ‘time to deal with all the traitors’: Zelensky removes two top Ukrainian generals
Khrystyna Pavluchenko tends to her newborn daughter, Adelina. (Kyung Lah/CNN) Khrystyna Pavluchenko strokes the tiny hand of her newborn, Adelina. She had anticipated the profound joy of becoming a mother … Read More
Fourteen tons of food and medications confiscated along humanitarian corridor as Ukraine tries to evacuate hard-hit cities
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo speaks prior to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky statement during a plenary session of the Chamber at the Federal Parliament in Brussels on Thursday March … Read More
Corridor to allow rescue of civilians is ‘insufficient,’ France says, as NATO says Russia is ‘not withdrawing but repositioning’
President Joe Biden speaks at the White House on Thursday. (Patrick Semansky/AP) US President Joe Biden on Thursday said there’s some indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin is self-isolating and punishing … Read More
Military official says shelling had intensified elsewhere in the region as the convoy moves toward the ravaged city
Raisa Makhnovets, 73, and her mother Yevhenia Khomenko, 94, in their Sacramento family’s home. (Omar Jimenez/CNN) Even as the bombs began to fall, Yevhenia Khomenko didn’t want to leave her … Read More
Buses headed to Mariupol for safe passage of citizens have been stopped, Ukraine official says
A Ukrainian official said on Thursday that a convoy of buses en route to the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol had been held up at a Russian checkpoint in Vasylivka, … Read More
Donbas: Why is the region so important in the conflict?
Damage after shelling in the pro-Russian separatists-controlled Donetsk, in Ukraine on March 30. (Leon Klein/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Ukrainian military governors in the country’s east reported heavy shelling Thursday amid an … Read More
Catch up: It’s 7 a.m. in Kyiv. Here’s what you need to know
Some European countries are heavily dependent on Russia for their gas supply. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said earlier this month that EU leaders had agreed to spend … Read More
