Biden to Visit South Korea, Japan in May
contact@hellonews.website U.S. President Joe Biden is set to travel to South Korea and Japan next month to meet with leaders and discuss economic and security ties. The White House announced the…
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US Seeks Authority to Give Seized Russian Assets to Ukraine
The Biden administration is asking Congress for additional legal authority to make it easier for the U.S. government to seize Russian government and oligarch assets and transfer the proceeds to…
US Economy Shrinks 1.4% in Last Three Months
Washington — The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank 1.4% in the first three months of 2022 compared to a year ago, the government reported Thursday, raising fears that the world’s largest…
RFE/RL Journalist Dies in Russian Air Strikes on Kyiv
RFE/RL journalist Vira Hyrych has died in Kyiv after a Russian air strike hit the residential building where she lived in the Ukrainian capital. Hyrych’s body was found early in…
Former US Marine Back Home After Prisoner Swap with Russia
After nearly three years in a Russian prison, former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed is back in the United States on Thursday after a swap with a Russian held in the…
Ukraine Slams Kyiv Attack Amid New Mariupol Rescue Effort
Ukraine’s leader accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit by Secretary-General António Guterres, an attack that shattered the capital’s tentative…
Police Officer Appeals Murder Conviction for Killing George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS — The former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murder in the killing of George Floyd has appealed his conviction, saying among other things that the jury was intimidated…
Bloomberg Reporters in Turkey Acquitted Over 2018 Currency Crisis Article
ISTANBUL — A Turkish court on Friday acquitted 33 people, including two Bloomberg reporters and other journalists from local media, of spreading false information about the economy in an article…
Muslim Students at Princeton University Break Ramadan Fast Together
For many students, living and studying at one of the most prestigious schools in the United States can be stressful and sometimes a little lonely. But some Muslim students at…
New Gas Pipeline Boosts Europe's Bid to Ease Russian Supply
Athens — Mountainous and remote, the Greek-Bulgaria border once formed the southern corner of the Iron Curtain. Today, it’s where the European Union is redrawing the region’s energy map to…
US Plan to Ban Menthol Tobacco Products Moves Forward
Menthol cigarettes and other menthol tobacco products may soon be things of the past, according to an announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday saying authorities are…
IATSE, Reel Works Team to Train Hairstylists from Historically Excluded Backgrounds (Exclusive)
As awareness over the need to diversify Hollywood’s hair and makeup trailers continues to grow, the union that represents those artists has teamed up with entertainment workforce development program Reel…
Russia Makes Last-Gasp Dollar Bond Payments in Bid to Avoid Default
Russia made what appeared to be a late u-turn to avoid a default on Friday, as it made a number of already-overdue international debt payments in dollars despite previously vowing…
US, EU Warn Against Giving In to Russian ‘Gas Blackmail’
London — The United States and the European Union have warned against giving in to what they called Russian “blackmail” over gas supplies to Europe. Russia, which supplies about 40%…
Feds Seek Nearly $3M From Manafort Over Undisclosed Accounts
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort — who was convicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and later…