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Democratic strategist James Carville warned Monday that the Supreme Court will ban mailing condoms and birth control if former President Donald Trump is reelected in November. Congress passed the Comstock Act …

MANILA (Reuters) – Protesters in Manila trampled on an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday as they condemned China’s “aggression” against the Philippines in the South China Sea. …

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s annual war games this year will practice “kill” zones at sea to break a blockade and simulate a scenario where China suddenly turns …

By Steve Holland and Stephanie Kelly MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) -President Joe Biden announced on Monday plans to ease student debt that would benefit at least 23 million Americans, addressing a …

HANOI (Reuters) – The Vatican’s foreign minister Paul Richard Gallagher began an unprecedented six-day visit to Communist-ruled Vietnam on Tuesday as the two sides work on closer relations. Gallagher’s trip, …

BANGKOK (Reuters) -There were sensitive issues in initiating talks between Myanmar’s junta and anti-junta groups, Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said after a cabinet meeting that discussed the escalating conflict …

By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration plans to announce it is awarding more than $6 billion to South Korea’s Samsung next week to expand its chip output in …

By Felix Njini JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. must boost commercial ties with African countries to curb reliance on China for supplies of critical minerals, a Washington-based think tank said …

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, added his voice on Monday to growing calls from prominent Republicans to pass billions …

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will travel to the heavily armed Korean border and meet North Korean defectors in South Korea, her …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appellate judge on Monday denied Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from …

By Doina Chiacu and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday that abortion laws should be determined by U.S. states, stopping short of proposing a …

By Sarah N. Lynch and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Monday rebuffed demands by Republicans in the House of Representatives to hand over audio recordings of …

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s detained former Vice President Jorge Glas was taken to hospital on Monday after he fell ill at a prison in Guayaquil, prison authorities said, …

By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican on Monday reaffirmed its opposition to gender-affirming surgery, “gender theory” and surrogate parenthood, drawing criticism from advocates for LGBTQ Catholics. The declaration …

By Lewis Jackson and Sakura Murakami SYDNEY/TOKYO (Reuters) -Australia downplayed reports Japan could soon join its AUKUS security pact with Britain and the United States, saying on Tuesday any cooperation …

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea will hold legislative elections on Wednesday to decide the make-up of its 300-strong National Assembly, with most polls suggesting an outcome that will …

By Brendan McDermid and Joseph Ax NIAGARA FALLS, New York (Reuters) -Throngs of skywatchers across North America gazed upward at a blackened sun in the midday dusk on Monday, celebrating …

By Abhirup Roy and Aditya Soni (Reuters) -Tesla has settled a lawsuit over a 2018 car crash that killed an Apple engineer after his Model X, operating on Autopilot, swerved …

By Alistair Smout and Kanishka Singh LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -British Foreign Minister David Cameron will meet Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday during his U.S. trip and press lawmakers in …

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics on Monday banned transgender women from competing in women’s sports, taking a more hardline stance than other athletic bodies …

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -At least 100 Russians asked for help from President Vladimir Putin on Monday in a city struck by the worst flooding ever recorded, chanting “shame …

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks were essentially unchanged at the close of a choppy session on Monday, with a solar eclipse offering distraction ahead of crucial inflation …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday called for legislation to force TikTok’s parent company, China’s ByteDance, to divest the short video app used …

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas was taken to a hospital in Guayaquil on Monday, the SNAI prison agency said in a statement, due to apparently becoming …