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A man wearing a protective mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walks past an electronic board displaying Japan's Nikkei index and various countries' stock market index prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 22, 2022.

Stocks, Euro Slip As ECB Gets Set To Hike Rates

U.S. and European shares slid and euro zone borrowing costs hit an eight-year high on Thursday after the European Central Bank signaled it would hike interest rates next month for the first time since 2011, a move some said was too slow.

Street Battles Rage In Eastern Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk

Local women walk along a street while Ukrainian servicemen patrol an area, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Kurakhove, in Donetsk region, Ukraine May 20, 2022. Picture taken May 20, 2022.
Ukrainian forces were holding their positions in intense street fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, where Russians were "dying like flies", the region's governor said on Thursday, but they faced a "catastrophic" lack of artillery.
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Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket, with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen at the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana December 23, 2021. NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS

Tiny Meteoroid Bops $10 Billion Webb Space Telescope

A tiny meteoroid struck the newly deployed James Webb Space Telescope in May, knocking one of its gold-plated mirrors out of alignment but not changing the orbiting observatory's schedule to become fully operational shortly, NASA said on Wednesday.
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Freeport LNG Plant Blast Adds To Strain On Global Supplies

Freeport LNG, operator of one of the largest U.S. export plants producing liquefied natural gas (LNG), will shut for at least three weeks following an explosion at its Texas Gulf Coast facility, raising the risk of shortages especially in Europe.
People visit the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. March 15, 2022.

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Civil Rights Claim Against Border Agent

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday nixed a Washington state bed-and-breakfast owner's lawsuit accusing a Border Patrol agent of civil rights violations during a violent 2014 encounter, as its conservative majority further curtailed the ability to sue federal officials for damages.
Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, stands in court during his sentencing hearing in the Eaton County Court in Charlotte, Michigan, U.S., February 5, 2018.

Dozens Of Abuse Survivors Sue FBI Over Nassar Investigation

More than 90 women filed lawsuits on Wednesday against the FBI, accusing former agents at the agency of botching the sex abuse investigation into onetime USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, one of the law firms handling the case said.
Luis Gilberto Murillo, former vice-presidential candidate for the Coalition of Hope, Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro and vice-presidential candidate Francia Marquez of the Historic Pact coalition pose for a photo at the Congress o

Analysis: Colombia's Extractive Industries Watching Election Warily

Colombia's leftist firebrand presidential candidate Gustavo Petro is too close in recent polls for the comfort of oil companies and miners who worry that his promised policies would imperil Colombia's economy and energy self-sufficiency, high-ranking industry figures and business associations said.

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