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Biden Says ‘Enough!’ on Gun Violence, Demands Action From Congress
Date: June 3, 2022
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Declaring “Enough, enough!” U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and implement other gun control measures to address a string of mass shootings that have struck the United States. Speaking from the White House, in a speech broadcast...
UK’s Johnson Jeered on Arrival at Platinum Jubilee Service
Date: June 3, 2022
By Kate Holton and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was greeted with a chorus of boos and jeers as he arrived at a Service of Thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth on Friday, in a public reflection of the growing pressure on his leadership. Climbing the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral towards leading...
Arrests Made After Queen Elizabeth’s Military Parade Interrupted
Date: June 2, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -At least two people caused a disturbance at a military parade in London which launches celebrations for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee on Thursday, running out in front of marching soldiers before being arrested, TV pictures showed. Two men ran out from behind barriers where tens of thousands of people had gathered on the...
Reforms, Cost Cutting and Malaise Push French Diplomats to Strike
Date: May 31, 2022
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – French diplomats will go on strike for the first time in 20 years on Thursday in protest against a perceived lack of recognition and reforms pushed by the president that they say could damage France’s global standing. The action won support from 500 foreign ministry civil servants in a...
Uvalde Begins to Bury Its Dead in Wake of School Massacre
Date: May 31, 2022
By Brad Brooks and Daniel Trotta UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) – The grieving Texas town of Uvalde begins laying to rest the 21 school children and teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school a week ago, with two funerals scheduled Tuesday for two 10-year-old girls. According to obituaries on the websites...
Biden Heads to Texas Town Crushed by Deadliest Mass School Shooting in a Decade
Date: May 29, 2022
(Corrects to remove extra letter in “Greg” in paragraph 15 and adds dropped word “school” in headline) By Jarrett Renshaw WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Sunday headed to a Texas town to comfort families ripped apart by the largest U.S. school shooting in a decade amid lingering questions about whether law enforcement’s failure...