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By Moira Warburton (Reuters) -Democrats in Congress released six years of Donald Trump’s tax records to the public on Friday, disclosing documents the former president long sought to keep secret …

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday pardoned six people who have already served time for crimes, including five convicted of drug or alcohol-related offenses and …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is concerned by China’s alignment with Russia as Moscow continues its invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. State Department said on Friday after Russian President …

By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – Immigration arrests nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2021 as border authorities apprehended more migrants and courts blocked efforts by U.S. President Joe …

SANTOS, Brazil (Reuters) – A barber who first met Brazilian soccer legend Pele in the 1950s and cut his hair for decades said on Friday he hoped God would take …

(This Dec. 28 story has been corrected to say ‘members of the LGBTQ+ community’, instead of ‘gays’, in paragraph 8) By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Former pope Benedict, …

PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo opened two border crossings with Serbia in the volatile north on Friday, following three weeks of closure after Serbs set up roadblocks to protest against the …

By Bernard Orr and David Latona BEIJING/MADRID (Reuters) -Chinese state-media have railed against the growing number of foreign governments imposing COVID tests on travellers from China, calling the measures “discriminatory.” …

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Former Pope Benedict is in a “stable” condition, the Vatican said on Friday, amid continued concern for the health of the 95-year-old retired pontiff. Benedict had …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday that the road to peace talks on Ukraine would not be smooth and that China would …

ROME (Reuters) – An Italian theatre on Friday called off a show by a prominent Russian dancer who has three tattoos of President Vladimir Putin on his chest and shoulders, …

(Reuters) -Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted of five counts of corruption on Friday and jailed for seven more years, an informed source said, wrapping up a …

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian prosecutors asked a Bucharest court on Friday to extend by 30 days the arrest of ex-kickboxer and internet personality Andrew Tate, prosecutors from the anti organised …

By Kristina Cooke, Mike Spector, Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine and Disha Raychaudhuri (Reuters) – Lawmakers around the United States have tried to grant justice to victims of decades-old incidents of …

By Kwang Jira[censored] Kuhakan POIPET, Cambodia (Reuters) -Cambodian rescue teams recovered several bodies on Friday from the charred rooms of a casino-hotel where a fire killed at least 27 people …

By Jira[censored] Kuhakan ARANYAPRATHET, Thailand (Reuters) – When Nunthida Kongreung heard a huge fire had broken out at a Cambodian border town casino-hotel, she started calling her parents who were …

By Andrew Downie and Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in …

By Dan Fastenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – The first licensed marijuana store in New York opened on Thursday, more than a year after the state legalized the drug and during …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -One is a pistol-packing ex-member of an outlawed Jewish militant group. The other is a religious fundamentalist who once called himself a “proud homophobe”. Both …

LA PAZ (Reuters) – A Bolivian court sentenced right-wing opposition Governor Luis Fernando Camacho to six months of pre-trial detention a day after he was arrested in connection to 2019 …

Columbus, OH – It has been a month since health officials first detected cases of measles in Ohio, and the number of cases has rapidly increased with at least 82 …

Liberal City Offers Bounty After Drivers Take Over Block, Woman Killed Trevor Schakohl on December 29, 2022 The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is offering up to $50,000 for information …

Green Energy Struggled To Meet Energy Demand Across America During Raging Winter Storms Jack McEvoy on December 29, 2022 Renewable energy was unable to generate sufficient power to meet elevated …

The US Could End Up Handing Out Huge Tax Breaks For Foreign EVs John Hugh DeMastri on December 29, 2022 Under mounting pressure from foreign allies, the Biden administration may …