At least six major hospitals have agreed to refuse gender-affirming hormones and surgery for transgender young people and agreed instead to make payments to the federal government for patients who want to reverse gender transitions, according to deals with the Department of Justice. The most…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska’s heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around. Online voting began Tuesday for Fat Bear Week, the annual contest that pits the rotund residents of Katmai National Park and Preserve…
By Mohi Narayan NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Commodity vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz fell to two on Monday from 10 a day earlier, preliminary shipping data showed on Tuesday. The figures exclude any vessels that might have crossed the strait with their…
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a deal between the United States, Denmark and Greenland that will allow a larger US military presence on Greenland was a matter for those involved and that cooperation between Russia and Washington in the…
(Corrects to add dropped words ‘up to’ in headline) Sept 22 (Reuters) – AI infrastructure provider Accelevation and some selling shareholders are seeking to raise as much as $720 million in its U.S. initial public offering, the company revealed in a filing on Tuesday. (Reporting…
By Mike Dolan Sept 22 (Reuters) – The combination of a buzzy reception for Meta’s new AI assistant Muse and softer oil prices was enough to give stocks a lift to start the week, with Mark Zuckerberg’s firm surging more than 11% on demand for…
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Russia believes the UN Security Council should expand its number of permanent members beyond the current five, and that the existing veto system should remain, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a question from…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombarded at least four Ukrainian regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing four people, officials said Tuesday, and Ukraine’s forces damaged another Russian oil refinery in their latest long-range strike. The ongoing exchange of daily aerial attacks, while positions on…
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the Philippines announced a new free trade deal on Tuesday in the latest bilateral agreement struck by Brussels as it seeks to diversify its economy as tensions persist with traditional trading partners including China, Russia and the United…
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An attacker opened fire near a high school in western Turkey on Tuesday and wounded at least 11 people, officials said. The suspected shooter was arrested. At least two of the injured were in serious condition, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said…
